The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the

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championship of

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and the

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(

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), and the eleventh overall

tournament. The last time the CONCACAF Championship was held was 1971, from that point on the first-place finishers of

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qualifying were considered continental champions. The tournament was hosted by the United States and played in the

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area of

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at two venues: the

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and the Rose Bowl. The eight teams were broken up into two groups of four; the top two teams of each group would advance to the semifinals. The Gold Cup was won by the

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, who eliminated

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in the semi-finals match, and went on to beat

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on penalties after tying them in the final 0–0.

Qualified teams

Venues

Squads

The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 18 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

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is played (two periods of 15 minutes each), with each team being allowed to make a sixth

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. If still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a

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Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals *

Benjamín Galindo Benjamín Galindo Marentes (born 11 December 1960), nicknamed ''El Maestro'' (The Master), is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He participated with the national team in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Playing care ...

;3 goals * Dale Mitchell *

Eduardo Bennett José Eduardo Bennett (born 11 September 1968, in La Ceiba) is a Honduran former footballer. He is currently manager of UPNFM. Club career Born in La Ceiba, Bennett played in the youth teams of local side Victoria and moved to Tegucigalpa aged ...

* Luis Calix *

Carlos Hermosillo Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortúa (born 24 August 1964) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also known as ''El Grandote de Cerro Azul'' ("The big tall one from Cerro Azul"). He is the fifth all-time le ...

;2 goals * Marco Antonio Anariba * Eugenio Dolmo Flores *

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* Bruce Murray *

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;1 goal *

John Limniatis Ioannis "John" Limniatis (Greek: Ιωάννης "Τζον" Λημνιάτης; born 24 June 1967) is a retired professional soccer player who played as a midfielder. He captained and later became the head coach of the Montreal Impact. Born in G ...

Jamie Lowery James Matthew Lowery (born January 15, 1961) is a former professional soccer player from Canada. Club career Born in Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, Lowery joined the Coulson-Prescott Football Club. A midfielder, Lowery played for the Unive ...

* Colin Miller * Juan Carlos Arguedas *

Leonidas Flores Leonidas Flores Reyes (born 24 January 1965) is a retired Costa Rican professional association football, footballer. He played for Puntarenas F.C., Puntarenas, Deportivo Saprissa, Saprissa, Brujas F.C., Guanacasteca and A.D. San Carlos, San Car ...

Róger Gómez Róger Gómez Tenorio (born February 7, 1965) is a retired Costa Rican football player. Club career Born in Palmar Sur, Gómez played for Municipal Osa, Cartaginés and Herediano and scored 119 league goals during his career, 38 of them for ...

* Claudio Jara *

Hernán Medford Hernán Evaristo Medford Bryan ( , ; born May 23, 1968) is a Costa Rican former Association football, football player and coach. Highly regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of Central American football, Medford achieved su ...

* Luis Espel * Juan Carlos Espinoza *

Gilberto Yearwood Gilberto Jerónimo Yearwood (born 15 March 1956) is a Honduran former football player who currently is an Assistant coach of the El Salvador national football team. He is by many regarded as one of Honduras' best players of all time. Club care ...

Hector Wright Hector Wright (born 8 May 1969) is a Jamaican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Wright played for Seba United in his native country, but his career was cut short by injuries. He also has an older brother, Ch ...

Luís Roberto Alves Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos Gavranić (born 23 May 1967) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is best known in Mexico as Zague, in honor to his father who was called the same and also played as a forward f ...

* Gonzalo Farfán *

José Manuel de la Torre José Manuel de la Torre Menchaca (born 13 November 1965), popularly nicknamed ''Chepo'', is a Mexican former professional footballer and a manager. As a player, de la Torre played as an attacking midfielder. Playing career "Chepo" came up ...

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* John Doyle * Hugo Pérez * Brian Quinn *

Eric Wynalda Eric Boswell Wynalda (born June 9, 1969) is an American soccer coach, television commentator, and retired player. He was formerly an analyst and color commentator for soccer coverage on Fox Sports 1 and ESPN. Previously, he served as head coach ...

;1 own goal * Héctor Marchena (playing against the United States)

Awards

Winners

References

External links

Lineups/Squads
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