1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament

North American football tournament August 2023 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 1988 5 September 1987 – 25 May 1988 6 1 11 USA Brent Goulet (6 goals) 1984 1992 The 1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament was the seventh edition of the CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament, the quadrennial, international football tournament organised by the CONCACAF to determine which national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament.https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-men/about/ About CONCACAF https://web.archive.org/web/20210628210028/https://www.concacaf.com/en/olympics-qualifying-men/about/ 10 August 2021 2021-06-28 United States and Guatemala qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics: Mexico had originally qualified, but were disqualified after receiving a two-year suspension by FIFA arising from the Cachirules scandal. Qualification 1988 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament qualification Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the final tournament. Zone Country Method of qualification Appearance1 Last appearance Previous best performancePrevious Olympic appearances(last)North America MEX First round winners 4th 1976 Winners (1964, 1972, 1976) USA First round winners 4th 1980 Runners-up (1972, 1980) Central America SLV First round winners 2nd 1968 Final round winner without outright champions (1968) GUA First round winners 4th 1976 Runners-up (1976) Caribbean GUY Second round winners 1st 0 (debut) Debutant TRI Second round winners 2nd 1968 Final round (1968) 1 Only final tournament. Final round Group A main WDL complete CONCACAF USA, TRI, SLV 4 0 0 13 4 1 0 2 2 5 0 0 3 3 9 USA TRI SLV 2 Q SF green1 Qualification to 1988 Summer Olympics 1987 9 5 y USA Trinidad and Tobago 4–1 West Community Stadium, Fenton J. Chinchilla (Guatemala) 1987 9 20 y Trinidad and Tobago USA 0–1 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain R. Paz Escoto (Honduras) 1987 10 18 y El Salvador USA 2–4 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador D. Douglas (Canada) 1988 5 15 y El Salvador Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador D. Brumitt (Canada) 1988 5 25 y USA El Salvador 4–1 E. Codesal (Mexico) Note: The match between Trinidad and Tobago and El Salvador scheduled for 29 May 1988 was scratched by mutual agreement between the two countries. Group B main WDL complete CONCACAF MEX, GUA, GUY 4 0 0 16 1 2 0 2 10 5 0 0 4 0 20 MEX GUA GUY 2 Q MEX SF green1 Qualification to 1988 Summer Olympics lightgray Disqualified 1987 10 18 y GUA Guyana 6–0 Estadio del Ejército, Guatemala City R . Osborne (Bermuda) 1987 10 25 y Guyana GUA 0–3 Estadio del Ejército, Guatemala City G. Arrowsmith (Canada) 1987 12 2 y Guyana MEX 0–9 Santa Ana Stadium, Santa Ana F. Fuksman (United States) 1987 12 9 y MEX GUY 2–0 Awarded w/o 1988 2 3 y MEX GUA 2–1 Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca L. Sirjuesingh (Trinidad and Tobago) 1988 2 14 y GUA MEX 0–3 Estadio del Ejército, Guatemala City O. Brea Ramos (Cuba) Notes The match between Mexico and Guyana, scheduled for 9 December 1987, was abandoned after fifteen members of the Guyanese squad defected and asked for political asylum while on a training camp in California, leaving them unable to field a team for the match. Mexico were awarded a 2–0 victory by CONCACAF. As Mexico were disqualified after their federation received a two-year suspension by FIFA, Guatemala took their place in the final tournament. Mexico's disqualification Cachirules References Con Category:CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Qual Oly Olympics Olympics 1996 Category:Football qualification for the 1988 Summer Olympics