1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a football 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. It was also the first ever Gold Cup Final and first to be decided by a penalty shoot-out. As Gold Cup champion, the United States represented CONCACAF at the 1992 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.

1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles hosted the final
Event	1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Honduras United States 0 0
After extra time United States won 4–3 on penalties
Date	July 7, 1991 (1991-07-07)
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Referee	Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)[1]
Attendance	39,873[2]
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Route to the final

Further information: 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Honduras		Round	United States
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Canada	4–2	Match 1	Trinidad and Tobago	2–1
Jamaica	5–0	Match 2	Guatemala	3–0
Mexico	1–1	Match 3	Costa Rica	3–2
Group A winners Team Pld GD Pts  Honduras 3 +7 5  Mexico 3 +5 5  Canada 3 –3 2  Jamaica 3 –9 0		Final standings	Group B winners Team Pld GD Pts  United States 3 +5 6  Costa Rica 3 0 2  Trinidad and Tobago 3 –1 2  Guatemala 3 –4 2
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
Costa Rica	2–0	Semi-finals	Mexico	2–0

Match details

July 7, 1991 (1991-07-07)

Honduras	0–0 (a.e.t.)	United States
	Report
Penalties
Castro Anariba Yearwood Flores Zapata Cálix Vallejo Espinoza	3–4	Balboa Vermes Pérez Caligiuri Eck Quinn Kinnear Clavijo

Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 39,873

Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)

Honduras

United States

GK 1 Belarmino Rivera  119' RB 5 Raúl Sambulá CB 4 Juan F. Castro CB Marco Zelaya LB 18 Daniel Zapata RM 2 Gilberto Yearwood CM 8 Juan C. Espinoza  106' CM 10 Luis Cálix LM 6 Mauricio Fúnez CF 7 Eugenio Flores CF 19 Eduardo Bennett Substitutes: FW 9 Luis Vallejo  69' GK 25 Wilmer Cruz  119' Manager: Flavio Ortega

GK 1 Tony Meola RB 20 Paul Caligiuri CB 17 Marcelo Balboa CB 21 Fernando Clavijo LB 10 Peter Vermes RM 19 Chris Henderson CM 16 John Doyle CM 7 Hugo Pérez  90' LM 14 Brian Quinn CF 11 Eric Wynalda  61' CF 4 Bruce Murray  98' Substitutes: MF 5 Ted Eck  61' DF 8 Dominic Kinnear  98' Manager: Bora Milutinović