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.^[1]

1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

Event	1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Mexico United States 4 0
Date	25 July 1993
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Robert Sawtell (Canada)
Attendance	120,000
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As the Gold Cup champion, Mexico qualified as the CONCACAF representative in the 1995 King Fahd Cup in Saudi Arabia.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4]

Route to the final

Further information: 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup

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

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

25 July 1993 (1993-07-25)

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.