The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was an association football match that took place on 25 July 1993 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico, to determine the winner of the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup. This was the second final in the history of CONCACAF Gold Cup and second consecutive final for the United States after they beat Honduras in a penalty shootout in the 1991 final. They faced Mexico, who were making their first appearance in a Gold Cup Final. El Tri won the match 4–0 in front of 120,000 spectators.
As the Gold Cup champion, Mexico qualified as the CONCACAF representative in the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Background Prior to the match, Mexico were favorites to win it all after Zague had scored 10 goals in every match in the competition they had played except their 1–1 draw with Costa Rica. On the contrary, the United States had won all of their games by 1 goal, and scored a golden goal against Costa Rica in the semi-finals.
Route to the final
United States Round Mexico Opponents ResultGroup stage Opponents Result 1–0 Match 1 9–0 2–1 Match 2 1–1 1–0 Match 3 8–0Group A winners Final standingsGroup B winners Opponents ResultKnockout stage Opponents Result 1–0 Semi-finals 6–1
Match Details
GK 1 Jorge CamposRB 6 Juan HernándezCB 2 Claudio SuárezCB 3 Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales LB 5 Ramón Ramírez RM 20 Jorge Rodríguez CM 4 Ignacio Ambríz (c)LM 19 Joaquín Del Olmo RW 10 Octavio Mora CF 9 Luis Miguel Salvador LW 11 Zague Substitutes:MF 18 Guillermo Cantú MF 17 José Antonio Noriega Manager:Miguel Mejía Barón GK 1 Tony Meola (c)RB 22 Alexi Lalas CB 15 Desmond ArmstrongCB 4 Cle KooimanLB 3 John DoyleRM 5 Thomas DooleyCM 13 Cobi Jones CM 6 John HarkesLM 19 Chris HendersonCF 17 Roy Wegerle CF 11 Eric WynaldaSubstitutes:FW 8 Dominic Kinnear FW 14 Joe-Max Moore Manager: Bora Milutinović
Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra time if score levels after 90 minutes. Penalty shootout if scores still level after 120 minutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
References
External links Official website