1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

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.

Event

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Date

25 July 1993

Venue

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee

Robert Sawtell (Canada)

Attendance

120,000

← 1991

1996 →

As the Gold Cup champion, Mexico qualified as the CONCACAF representative in the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.

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. 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.

Route to the final

United States

Round

Mexico

Opponents

Result

Group stage

Opponents

Result

Jamaica

1–0

Match 1

Martinique

9–0

Panama

2–1

Match 2

Costa Rica

1–1

Honduras

1–0

Match 3

Canada

8–0

Group A winners

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	United States	3	9
2	Jamaica	3	4
3	Honduras	3	3
4	Panama	3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final standings

Group B winners

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Mexico	3	7
2	Costa Rica	3	5
3	Canada	3	2
4	Martinique	3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Opponents

Result

Knockout stage

Opponents

Result

Costa Rica

1–0 (a.e.t.)

Semi-finals

Jamaica

6–1

Match

Details

25 July 1993

Mexico	4–0	United States
Ambríz 12' Armstrong 31' (o.g.) Zague 71' Cantú 80'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 120,000

Referee: Robert Sawtell (Canada)

Mexico

United States


GK	1	Jorge Campos
RB	6	Juan Hernández
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	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		76'
CF	9	Luis Miguel Salvador		76'
LW	11	Zague	68'
Substitutes:
MF	18	Guillermo Cantú		76'
MF	17	José Antonio Noriega		76'
Manager:
Miguel Mejía Barón


GK	1	Tony Meola (c)
RB	22	Alexi Lalas
CB	15	Desmond Armstrong
CB	4	Cle Kooiman
LB	3	John Doyle
RM	5	Thomas Dooley
CM	13	Cobi Jones	52'
CM	6	John Harkes
LM	19	Chris Henderson
CF	17	Roy Wegerle	78'
CF	11	Eric Wynalda
Substitutes:
FW	8	Dominic Kinnear	52'
FW	14	Joe-Max Moore	78'
Manager:
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.