The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the second edition of the
Gold Cup, the
soccer
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championship of
North America
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,
Central America
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and the
Caribbean
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(
CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
).
The format of the tournament stayed the same as in
1991
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: eight teams were broken up into two groups of four, with the top two in each group advancing to the semifinals. It was the first Gold Cup to be co-hosted; Group A was held in the
United States
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(
Dallas
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), and Group B in
Mexico
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(
Mexico City
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). The tournament was won by
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
, who beat the
US 4–0 in the final.
Qualified teams
Venues
Squads
The 8 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 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
Bracket
Semi-finals
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Third place match
Costa Rica
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and
Jamaica
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shared the third place.
Final
Statistics
Goalscorers
11 goals
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Zague
5 goals
*
Luis Miguel Salvador
4 goals
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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 ...
3 goals
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Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
Juan Arnoldo Cayasso Reid (born 24 June 1961) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer who played during the 1980s and 1990s.
In 2014, the film ''Italia 90'' was shot with actor Winston Washington featuring as Cayasso.
Club career
Ca ...
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Octavio Mora
2 goals
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Roy Myers
Roy Anthony Myers Francis (born April 13, 1969 in La Francia de Siquirres) is a Costa Rican former football player who played most of his career with Deportivo Saprissa.
Club career
Myers was known as ''El Maravilloso'' (The Marvellous) due ...
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Paul Davis
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Devon Jarrett
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Ignacio Ambríz
Marcos Ignacio "Nacho" Ambriz Espinoza (born 7 February 1965) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager of Liga MX club Toluca.
Playing career
Playing for various clubs in Mexico, Ambríz is closely associated with Club Ne ...
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Jorge Rodriguez
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Eric Wynalda
1 goal
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Geoff Aunger
Geoffrey "Geoff" Edward Ramer Aunger (born 4 February 1968 in Red Deer, Alberta) is a former Canadian soccer player. He played in various Canadian leagues and the lower tiers of the English leagues system before playing in the United States in ...
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Alex Bunbury
Alexander Bunbury (born 18 June 1967) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a striker.
He played mainly for Marítimo in Portugal during a 13-year professional career, and represented the Canadian national team during ...
*
Nick Dasovic
Nick Robert Dasovic (born December 5, 1968) is a Canadian former professional soccer player who played as a midfielder.
He began his career with Croatian club HNK Segesta in 1988, followed by short stints at NK Dinamo Zagreb and NK Zagreb. He ...
*
Floyd Guthrie
Floyd Anthony Guthrie Bell (born 14 March 1966) is a Guatemalan-Costa Rican retired footballer who has played as a defender, midfielder and forward.
Club career
A versatile player, Limón-born Guthrie started his career at Uruguay de Coronado ...
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Giovanni Gayle Giovanni may refer to:
* Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname
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Alex Pineda Chacón
Alex Mauricio Pineda Chacón (born 19 December 1969 in Santa Cruz de Yojoa) is a retired Honduran footballer.
Professional career
Chacón spent most of his career with Club Olimpia of Honduras, joining the side in 1988, and leading the team ...
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Walter Boyd
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Hector Wright
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Thierry Fondelot
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Georges Gertrude
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Thierry Tinmar
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Guillermo Cantú
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Juan Hernández
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Ramón Ramírez
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Jesús Julio
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Víctor Mendieta
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Percibal Piggott
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Thomas Dooley
Thomas Dooley (born May 12, 1961) is an American former soccer player and coach. He played as a defender and defensive midfielder and was a long-time member and former captain of the United States national team. Dooley recently served as the ...
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Cle Kooiman
Christopher Clemence "Cle" Kooiman (born July 3, 1963) is an American former soccer defender. He played professionally in both Mexico and the United States including the first Major Indoor Soccer League, Western Soccer Alliance, American Profes ...
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Alexi Lalas
Panayotis Alexander "Alexi" Lalas ( el, Αλέξης Λάλας; born June 1, 1970) is an American retired soccer player who played mostly as a defender. Lalas is best known for his participation with the United States men's national soccer te ...
Own goals
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Javier Delgado for Mexico
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Desmond Armstrong
Desmond Kevin Armstrong (born November 2, 1964) is an American former soccer defender and midfielder, who was a member of the United States national team from 1987 to 1994. He played three seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League, part of o ...
for Mexico
Awards
References
External links
Lineups/Squads
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Concacaf Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( es, Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french: Coupe D'or CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North Ameri ...
Concacaf Gold Cup
The CONCACAF Gold Cup ( es, Copa de Oro de la CONCACAF, french: Coupe D'or CONCACAF) is the main association football competition of the men's national football teams governed by CONCACAF, determining the continental champion of North Ameri ...
CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments