1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

August 2023 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup Mexico MEX 30px 4 United States USA 30px 0 25 July 1993 Estadio Azteca Mexico City Robert Sawtell (Canada) 120,000 1991 1996 The 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was an association football match that took place on 25 July 1993 at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico, to determine the winner of the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup. This was the second final in the history of CONCACAF Gold Cup and second consecutive final for the United States after they beat Honduras in a penalty shootout in the 1991 final. They faced Mexico, who were making their first appearance in a Gold Cup Final. El Tri won the match 4–0 in front of 120,000 spectators.https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-07-26-sp-17001-story.html Mexico Defeats U.S., 4-0 : Soccer: Crowd of 120,000 watches the home team breeze to victory in Gold Cup final. Cart Julie 26 July 1993 Los Angeles Times As the Gold Cup champion, Mexico qualified as the CONCACAF representative in the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.https://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/saudiarabia1995/teams/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160806072153/http://www.fifa.com/confederationscup/archive/saudiarabia1995/teams/index.html dead August 6, 2016 International Championship Saudi Arabia 1995 - Teams 6 January 1995 FIFA.com Background Prior to the match, Mexico were favorites to win it all after Zague had scored 10 goals in every match in the competition they had played except their 1–1 draw with Costa Rica.https://int.soccerway.com/matches/1993/07/15/nc-america/concacaf-gold-cup/mexico/costa-rica/768291/?ICID=PL_MS_06 Mexico vs. Costa Rica 15 July 1993 Soccerway On the contrary, the United States had won all of their games by 1 goal, and scored a golden goal against Costa Rica in the semi-finals.https://int.soccerway.com/matches/1993/07/21/nc-america/concacaf-gold-cup/united-states-of-america/costa-rica/768294/ United States vs. Costa Rica 21 July 1993 Soccerway Route to the final 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup United States Round Mexico Opponents ResultGroup stage Opponents ResultJAM 1–0 Match 1Martinique snake 9–0PAN 2–1 Match 2CRC 1–1HON 1949 1–0 Match 3CAN 8–0Group A winners main WDL AAA BBB CCC DDD Q Q 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 0 2 6 5 0 1 2 3 8 USA JAM HON 1949 PAN Q green1 Qualification to Semi-finals complete yes AAA Final standingsGroup B winners main WDL AAA BBB CCC DDD Q Q 2 1 0 18 1 1 2 0 5 3 0 2 1 3 11 0 1 2 3 14 MEX CRC CAN MTQ snake Q green1 Qualification to Semi-finals complete yes AAA Opponents ResultKnockout stage Opponents ResultCRC 1–0 Semi-finalsJAM 6–1 Match Details 1993 7 25 y MEX 4–0 USA Ambríz 12 Armstrong 31 o.g. Zague 71 Cantú 80 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 120,000 Robert Sawtell (Canada) https://web.archive.org/web/20131029210254/http://concacaf.globalsportsmedia.com/page.php?sport=soccer&language_id=us&page=tournament&view=match&match_id=768297 _mexico94h _México_1993 _mex91h 008000 008000 008000 FFFFFF FF0000 Mexico _usa91h _usa91h _ _usa91h _france_away_adidas FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF FFFFFF United States GK 1 Jorge CamposRB 6 Juan HernándezCB 2 Claudio SuárezCB 3 Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales LB 5 Ramón Ramírez RM 20 Jorge Rodríguez CM 4 Ignacio Ambríz (c)LM 19 Joaquín Del Olmo RW 10 Octavio Mora 76CF 9 Luis Miguel Salvador 76LW 11 Zague 68Substitutes:MF 18 Guillermo Cantú 76MF 17 José Antonio Noriega 76Manager:Miguel Mejía Barón GK 1 Tony Meola (c)RB 22 Alexi Lalas CB 15 Desmond ArmstrongCB 4 Cle KooimanLB 3 John DoyleRM 5 Thomas DooleyCM 13 Cobi Jones 52CM 6 John HarkesLM 19 Chris HendersonCF 17 Roy Wegerle 78CF 11 Eric WynaldaSubstitutes:FW 8 Dominic Kinnear 52FW 14 Joe-Max Moore 78Manager:FRY Bora Milutinović Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes extra time if score levels after 90 minutes. Penalty shootout if scores still level after 120 minutes. Maximum of three substitutions. References External links Official website https://web.archive.org/web/20210124205702/https://www.goldcup.org/en 2021-01-24 Category:CONCACAF Gold Cup finals Final CONCACAF Gold Cup Final CONCACAF Gold Cup Final Category:United States men's national soccer team matches Category:Mexico national football team matches CONCACAF Gold Cup 1993 Category:Football competitions in Mexico City Category:Tlalpan CONCACAF Gold Cup Final Category:1990s in Mexico City Category:Football matches in Mexico