1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winners of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, United States, on February 15, 1998, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the United States and Mexico. Mexico, who had won both 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup and 1996 tournaments, successfully defended their title with a 1–0 win over North American rivals United States.^[1][2] A total of 91,255 fans, described as a "heavily pro-Mexico crowd", watched the match at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.^[3]

1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the final.
Event	1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States Mexico 0 1
Date	February 15, 1998
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Referee	Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Attendance	91,255
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Because Mexico were the hosts of the 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup, the United States qualified to the tournament as runners-up. Mexico would go on to win that tournament beating Brazil 4–3,^[4] the United States exited in the semi-finals after a 1–0 loss from an extra time golden goal from Mexico.^[5]

Route to the final

Further information: 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup

United States		Round	Mexico
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Cuba	3–0	Match 1	Trinidad and Tobago	4–2
Costa Rica	2–1	Match 2	Honduras	2–0
Group C winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1  United States 2 6 2  Costa Rica 2 3 3  Cuba 2 0 Source: [citation needed]		Final standings	Group B winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Mexico 2 6 2  Trinidad and Tobago 2 3 3  Honduras 2 0 Source: [citation needed]
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
Brazil	1–0	Semi-finals	Jamaica	1–0

Match

Details

United States	0–1	Mexico
	Report	Hernández 43'

15 February 1998 (1998-02-15)

18:00

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 91,255

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

United States

Mexico

GK 18 Kasey Keller DF 2 Frankie Hejduk  76' DF 3 Eddie Pope DF 4 Mike Burns DF 12 Jeff Agoos DF 22 Alexi Lalas  82' MF 6 John Harkes (c) MF 7 Roy Wegerle  46' MF 13 Cobi Jones FW 9 Joe-Max Moore FW 11 Eric Wynalda Substitutes: MF 14 Preki  46' MF 21 Claudio Reyna  76' FW 20 Brian McBride  82' Manager: Steve Sampson

GK 1 Oscar Pérez RB 18 Salvador Carmona CB 2 Claudio Suárez (c) CB 5 Duilio Davino LB 7 Ramón Ramírez  86' RM 13 Pável Pardo CM 4 Germán Villa CM 14 Roberto Medina  67' LM 10 Javier Lozano  56' RF 11 Cuauhtémoc Blanco LF 15 Luis Hernández Substitutes: LB 8 Braulio Luna  56' CM 6 Raúl Lara  67' LF 9 Enrique Alfaro  86' Manager: Manuel Lapuente

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.