The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winners of the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, United States, on January 21, 1996, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, Brazil and Mexico. Mexico, who had won 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup, successfully defended their title with a 2–0 win over Brazil. As Gold Cup champions, Mexico earned a berth into the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia as the representative from CONCACAF.
The final was Mexico's second in Gold Cup history, while it was Brazil's first final, and the first for a non-CONCACAF team to be invited for the tournament and make it to the final.
Route to the final
Brazil Round Mexico Opponents ResultGroup stage Opponents Result 4–1 Match 1 5–0 5–0 Match 2 1–0Group B winners Final standingsGroup A winners Opponents ResultKnockout stage Opponents Result 1–0Semi-finals 1–0
Match Details
GK 1 Dida DF 2 Zé Maria DF 13 Carlinhos DF 4 Narciso DF 6 André Luiz MF 10 Arílson MF 8 Amaral MF 5 Flavio Conceição MF 11 Sávio FW 7 Caio FW 18 Paulo Jamelli Substitutes: FW 20 Leandro Machado MF 16 Zé Elias Manager: Mario Zagallo
GK 19 Jorge Campos RB 21 Raúl Gutiérrez CB 2 Claudio Suárez CB 5 Duilio Davino LB 14 Joaquín del Olmo RM 8 Alberto Garcia Aspe CM 17 Germán Villa CM 6 Raúl Lara LM 7 Ramón Ramírez RF 15 Cuauhtémoc Blanco LF 10 Luis GarcíaSubstitutes: LF 11 Luis Hernández RF 9 Ricardo Peláez Manager: Bora Milutinović
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