The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a football match played on July 7, 1991, at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. United States beat Honduras 4–3 on penalties after the game finished 0–0 after extra time. This was the United States' first major title. It was also the first ever Gold Cup Final and first to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. As Gold Cup champion, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 1992 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.
Route to the final
Honduras Round United States Opponents ResultGroup stage Opponents Result 4–2 Match 1 2–1 5–0 Match 2 3–0 1–1 Match 3 3–2Group A winners TeamPldGDPts3+753+553–323–90 Final standingsGroup B winners TeamPldGDPts3+563023–123–42 Opponents ResultKnockout stage Opponents Result 2–0Semi-finals 2–0
Match details
GK 1 Belarmino Rivera RB 5 Raúl Sambulá CB 4 Juan F. Castro CB Marco Zelaya LB 18 Daniel Zapata RM 2 Gilberto Yearwood CM 8 Juan C. Espinoza CM 10 Luis Cálix LM 6 Mauricio Fúnez CF 7 Eugenio Flores CF 19 Eduardo BennettSubstitutes: FW 9 Luis Vallejo GK 25 Wilmer Cruz Manager: Flavio Ortega
GK 1 Tony Meola RB 20 Paul Caligiuri CB 17 Marcelo Balboa CB 21 Fernando Clavijo LB 10 Peter Vermes RM 19 Chris Henderson CM 16 John Doyle CM 7 Hugo Pérez LM 14 Brian Quinn CF 11 Eric Wynalda CF 4 Bruce Murray Substitutes: MF 5 Ted Eck DF 8 Dominic Kinnear Manager: Bora Milutinović
References
External links Official website