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The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the first edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean , and the eleventh overall CONCACAF 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 ...
The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match played on July 7, 1991, at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, to determine the winner of the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. United States beat Honduras 4–3 on penalties after the game finished 0–0 after extra time. This was the United States' first major title.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club 1 GK: Clive Smith 27 October 1968 (aged 22) Tivoli Gardens F.C. 2 DF: Barrington Gaynor 27 September 1965 (aged 25) Alderson Broaddus University
In 1990, CONCACAF renamed and restructured the CONCACAF Championship as the CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the United States hosting the first competition in 1991, and hosting or co-hosting every subsequent iteration of the tournament (as of 2023). The host country was the inaugural champion of the eight-team tournament.
The knockout phase of 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup began on July 5, 1991, with the quarter-finals and ended on July 7, 1991, with the final at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, United States. [1]
The tournament is held every two years and is used to determine the continental champion; previously, the winner of the competition would also qualify for the now-defunct FIFA Confederations Cup. The Gold Cup was established in 1991 as the successor to the CONCACAF Championship and has been hosted primarily in the United States. Various ...
This is a list of records and statistics of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.The Gold Cup replaced the CONCACAF Championship, which was held ten times from 1963 to 1989.Before the merger and foundation of CONCACAF, the confederation was split into two entities with their own international tournament, NAFU's North American Nations Cup and the CCCF Championship.
Eight months and two coaches after Mexico crashed out of an embarrassing World Cup, most of the same players triumphantly raised the CONCACAF Gold Cup amid confetti and raucous cheers Sunday night.