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 World Cup 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

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time,

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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 penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Benjamín Galindo ;3 goals * Dale Mitchell * Eduardo Bennett * Luis Calix *

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;2 goals * Marco Antonio Anariba * Eugenio Dolmo Flores * Roderick Reid * Leonson Lewis * Bruce Murray *

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;1 goal *

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* Jamie Lowery * Colin Miller *

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* Leonidas Flores * Róger Gómez * Claudio Jara *

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* Luis Espel * Juan Carlos Espinoza * Gilberto Yearwood * Hector Wright *

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* Gonzalo Farfán *

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* Alvin Thomas * Marcelo Balboa * John Doyle * Hugo Pérez * Brian Quinn *

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