1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup squads

These are the squads for the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.^[1]

Group A

Brazil

Head coach: Mário Zagallo

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Taffarel	(1966-05-08)8 May 1966 (aged 31)	Atlético Mineiro
2	2DF	Zé Maria	(1973-07-25)25 July 1973 (aged 24)	Parma
3	2DF	Júnior Baiano	(1970-03-14)14 March 1970 (aged 27)	Flamengo
4	2DF	Gonçalves	(1966-02-22)22 February 1966 (aged 31)	Botafogo
5	3MF	Mauro Silva	(1968-01-12)12 January 1968 (aged 30)	Deportivo de La Coruña
6	2DF	Júnior	(1973-06-20)20 June 1973 (aged 24)	Palmeiras
7	4FW	Edmundo	(1971-04-02)2 April 1971 (aged 26)	Fiorentina
8	3MF	Flávio Conceição	(1974-06-12)12 June 1974 (aged 23)	Deportivo de La Coruña
9	3MF	Zinho	(1967-06-17)17 June 1967 (aged 30)	Palmeiras
10	4FW	Denílson	(1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 20)	São Paulo
11	4FW	Romário	(1966-01-29)29 January 1966 (aged 32)	Flamengo
12	1GK	Carlos Germano	(1970-08-14)14 August 1970 (aged 27)	Vasco da Gama
13	2DF	Russo	(1976-06-16)16 June 1976 (aged 21)	Cruzeiro
14	2DF	César	(1975-11-16)16 November 1975 (aged 22)	Portuguesa
15	2DF	Sylvinho	(1974-04-12)12 April 1974 (aged 23)	Corinthians
16	3MF	Doriva	(1972-05-28)28 May 1972 (aged 25)	Porto
17	3MF	Marcos Assunção	(1976-07-25)25 July 1976 (aged 21)	Flamengo
18	3MF	Sérgio Manoel	(1972-03-02)2 March 1972 (aged 25)	Grêmio
19	4FW	Donizete	(1968-10-24)24 October 1968 (aged 29)	Vasco da Gama
20	4FW	Élber	(1972-07-23)23 July 1972 (aged 25)	Bayern München

El Salvador

Head coach: Kiril Dojcinovski

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Álvaro Misael Alfaro		C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
2	2DF	José Hernandez		C.D. Águila
3	2DF	Leonel Cárcamo		C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
4	2DF	Nelson Rojas		Alianza F.C.
5	3MF	Washington de la Cruz		Alianza F.C.
6	3MF	Vladan Vićević		C.D. Águila
7	3MF	Willian Renderos		C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
8	3MF	Carlos Castro Borja		Deportivo Zacapa
9	4FW	Israel Castro		C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
10	4FW	Jorge González		C.D. FAS
11	4FW	Ronald Cerritos		San Jose Clash
12	3MF	Mauricio Cienfuegos		Los Angeles Galaxy
14	3MF	José Alexander Amaya		C.D. Águila
15	3MF	Nelson Quintanilla		C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
16	2DF	Reynaldo Argueta		C.D. Águila
17	3MF	Jorge Rodríguez		Dallas Burn
18	3MF	Waldir Guerra		C.D. Águila
19	4FW	Raúl Díaz Arce		New England Revolution
20	2DF	Wilfredo Iraheta		C.D. FAS
21	2DF	Guillermo Rivera		C.D. FAS
22	1GK	Santos Rivera		ADET

Guatemala

Head coach: Miguel Ángel Brindisi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Edgar Estrada		Comunicaciones
2	2DF	Erick Miranda		Comunicaciones
3	2DF	Nelson Cáceres		Comunicaciones
4	2DF	German Ruano		Municipal
5	3MF	Jorge Pérez		Coban Imperial
6	2DF	Iván León		Comunicaciones
7	4FW	Juan Carlos Plata		Municipal
8	3MF	Claudio Rojas		Comunicaciones
9	4FW	Edwin Westphal		Comunicaciones
10	3MF	Juan Manuel Funes		Comunicaciones
11	3MF	Martín Machón		Los Angeles Galaxy
12	1GK	Hilton Moreira		Izabal Juventud Catolica
13	2DF	Engelvert Herrera		Comunicaciones
14	3MF	Julio Girón		Aurora
15	3MF	Fabricio Benítez		Coban Imperial
16	3MF	Guillermo Ramírez		Municipal
17	2DF	Jairo Perez		Municipal
18	4FW	Víctor Gómez		Aurora
19	3MF	Édgar Valencia		Comunicaciones
20	1GK	Jorge Ovando		Municipal

Jamaica

Head coach: René Simoes

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Warren Barrett		Violet Kickers
2	2DF	Stephen Malcolm		Seba United FC
3	2DF	Christopher Dawes		Galaxy FC
4	2DF	Linval Dixon		Hazard FC
5	2DF	Ian Goodison		Olympic Gardens FC
6	3MF	Fitzroy Simpson		Portsmouth
7	3MF	Peter Cargill		Harbour View FC
8	4FW	Marcus Gayle		Wimbledon F.C.
9	3MF	Andy Williams		Real Mona FC
11	3MF	Theodore Whitmore		Seba United FC
13	1GK	Aaron Lawrence		Reno FC
14	2DF	Gregory Messam		Harbour View FC
17	4FW	Onandi Lowe		Harbour View FC
18	4FW	Deon Burton		Derby County
19	2DF	Frank Sinclair		Chelsea
20	2DF	Clifton Waugh		Black Star FC
21	2DF	Durrant Brown		Wadadah FC
22	4FW	Paul Hall		Portsmouth
24	3MF	Ricardo Gardner		Harbour View FC
25	3MF	Winston Griffiths		Hazard FC

Group B

Honduras

Head coach: Miguel Company

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Milton Flores		Real España
2	2DF	Merlyn Membreño		Olimpia
3	2DF	Arnold Cruz		San Jose Clash
4	2DF	Hernaín Arzú		Motagua
5	2DF	César Cloter Herrera		Real España
6	2DF	Nigel Zúniga		Motagua
7	3MF	Robel Bernárdez		Platense
8	4FW	Alex Pineda Chacon		Olimpia
9	4FW	Carlos Alberto Pavón		Necaxa
10	3MF	Christian Santamaría		Olimpia
11	4FW	Wilmer Velásquez		Olimpia
13	2DF	Basilio Zapata		Marathón
15	2DF	Jorge Samuel Caballero		Olimpia
17	3MF	Camilo Bonilla		Real España
18	4FW	Jairo Martínez		Motagua
19	4FW	Presley Carson		Motagua
20	3MF	Amado Guevara		Motagua
28	1GK	Noel Valladares		Motagua

Mexico

Head coach: Manuel Lapuente

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Óscar Pérez	1 February 1973 (aged 25)	Cruz Azul
2	2DF	Claudio Suárez	17 December 1968 (aged 29)	Guadalajara
3	2DF	Gabriel de Anda	5 June 1971 (aged 26)	Santos Laguna
4	3MF	Germán Villa	2 April 1973 (aged 24)	Club América
5	2DF	Duilio Davino	21 March 1976 (aged 21)	Club América
6	3MF	Raúl Lara	28 February 1973 (aged 24)	Club América
7	3MF	Ramón Ramírez	5 December 1969 (aged 28)	Guadalajara
8	3MF	Braulio Luna	8 September 1974 (aged 23)	Pumas UNAM
9	4FW	Enrique Alfaro	11 December 1974 (aged 23)	Toluca
10	3MF	Javier Lozano	9 February 1972 (aged 26)	Tigres UANL
11	4FW	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	17 January 1973 (aged 29)	Necaxa
12	1GK	Ricardo Martínez	7 April 1966 (aged 31)	Monarcas Morelia
13	3MF	Pável Pardo	26 July 1976 (aged 21)	Atlas
14	3MF	Roberto Medina	16 March 1968 (aged 29)	León
15	4FW	Luis Hernández	22 December 1968 (aged 29)	Necaxa
16	2DF	Héctor López	7 June 1971 (aged 26)	Atlas
17	4FW	Francisco Palencia	28 April 1973 (aged 24)	Cruz Azul
18	2DF	Salvador Carmona	22 August 1975 (aged 22)	Toluca
19	3MF	Sigifredo Mercado	21 December 1968 (aged 29)	León
20	4FW	Emilio Mora	7 March 1978 (aged 19)	Monarcas Morelia

Trinidad and Tobago

Head coach: Bertille St. Clair

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ross Russell		Defence Force FC
2	2DF	Avery John		American University
3	3MF	Sherwyn Julien		Joe Public FC
4	2DF	Marvin Andrews		Carib Sports Club
5	3MF	Anthony Rougier		Raith Rovers
6	2DF	Shurland David		Joe Public FC
7	4FW	Clint Marcelle		Barnsley
8	3MF	Stokely Mason		Joe Public FC
9	4FW	Peter Prosper		United Petrorin
10	3MF	Lyndon Andrews		Superstar Rangers
11	4FW	Jerren Nixon		FC Zurich
12	3MF	David Nakhid		Joe Public FC
13	2DF	Ansil Elcock		Columbus Crew
14	4FW	Stern John		Columbus Crew
15	4FW	Gary Glasgow		Defence Force FC
16	3MF	Colvin Hutchinson		San Juan Jabloteh
17	3MF	Dale Saunders		San Juan Jabloteh
20	1GK	Clayton Ince		Defence Force FC

Group C

Costa Rica

Head coach: Rolando Villalobos

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Erick Lonnis		Alajuela
2	2DF	Harold Wallace		Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
3	2DF	Luis Marín		Alajuela
4	2DF	Alexander Madrigal		Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
5	3MF	Luis Diego Arnáez		Alajuela
6	3MF	Wílmer López		Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
7	4FW	Allan Oviedo		Curtidores
8	3MF	Joaquín Guillén		Alajuela
9	4FW	Paulo Wanchope		Derby County
10	3MF	Roy Myers		Deportivo Saprissa
11	4FW	Jewison Bennett		Comunicaciones
12	2DF	Richard Mahoney		Belen
13	2DF	Alfredo Morales-Cháves		Goicochea
14	3MF	Floyd Guthrie		Comunicaciones
15	2DF	Jervis Drummond		Deportivo Saprissa
16	4FW	Bernard Mullins Campbell		Cartago
17	3MF	Carlos Rodríguez Marin		Herediano
18	3MF	Austín Berry		Liga Deportiva Alajuelense
19	2DF	Mauricio Wright		Comunicaciones
20	1GK	Ricardo González		Alajuela

Cuba

Head coach: William Bennett

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Alexis Revé Aviles		FC Villa Clara
2	2DF	Juan Carlos Llorente		Club Cienfuegos
3	2DF	Mario Pedraza		Club Cienfuegos
4	3MF	Khadafi Gou Gomez		FC Matanzas
5	2DF	Alexander Cruzata		FC Holguin
7	3MF	Omar Montero Reynaldo		FC Holguin
8	3MF	Tobio Mora		FC Ciego de Avila
9	3MF	Lázaro Darcourt Martinez	(1971-04-25)25 April 1971 (aged 26)	Pinar del Río
10	3MF	Manuel Bobadilla Gonzalez		Ciudad Habana
11	4FW	Lester Moré Henningham		Ciego de Avila
12	1GK	Lázaro Sánchez		FC Pinar del Rio
13	2DF	Yomber Aguado		FC Pinar del Rio
14	3MF	Ariel Álvarez		FC Villa Clara
15	4FW	Osmín Hernández	(1970-06-27)27 June 1970 (aged 27)	Pinar del Río
16	4FW	Eduardo Sebrango Rodriguez		Sancti Spiritus
18	2DF	Israel Blake Cantero		Club Cienfuegos
19	2DF	Alexander Driggs		FC Holguin
20	4FW	Luis Martén		FC Santiago de Cuba

United States

Head coach: Steve Sampson

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Brad Friedel	(1971-05-18)18 May 1971 (aged 26)	Liverpool
2	2DF	Frankie Hejduk	(1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 23)	Tampa Bay Mutiny
3	2DF	Eddie Pope	(1974-12-24)24 December 1974 (aged 23)	D.C. United
4	2DF	Mike Burns	(1970-09-14)14 September 1970 (aged 27)	New England Revolution
5	2DF	Thomas Dooley	(1961-05-12)12 May 1961 (aged 36)	Columbus Crew
6	3MF	John Harkes	(1974-03-08)8 March 1974 (aged 23)	D.C. United
7	4FW	Roy Wegerle	(1964-03-19)19 March 1964 (aged 33)	D.C. United
9	4FW	Joe-Max Moore	(1971-02-23)23 February 1971 (aged 26)	New England Revolution
11	4FW	Eric Wynalda	(1969-06-09)9 June 1969 (aged 28)	San Jose Clash
12	2DF	Jeff Agoos	(1968-05-02)2 May 1968 (aged 29)	D.C. United
13	3MF	Cobi Jones	(1970-06-16)16 June 1970 (aged 27)	LA Galaxy
14	4FW	Preki Radosavljevic	(1963-06-24)24 June 1963 (aged 34)	Kansas City Wizards
15	4FW	Roy Lassiter	(1969-03-06)6 March 1969 (aged 28)	Tampa Bay Mutiny
16	2DF	Brian Dunseth	(1977-03-02)2 March 1977 (aged 20)	New England Revolution
17	2DF	Marcelo Balboa	(1967-08-08)8 August 1967 (aged 30)	Colorado Rapids
18	1GK	Kasey Keller	(1969-11-29)29 November 1969 (aged 28)	Leicester City
19	3MF	Chris Henderson	(1970-12-11)11 December 1970 (aged 27)	Colorado Rapids
20	4FW	Brian McBride	(1972-06-19)19 June 1972 (aged 25)	Columbus Crew
21	3MF	Claudio Reyna	(1973-07-20)20 July 1973 (aged 24)	VfL Wolfsburg
22	2DF	Alexi Lalas	(1970-06-01)1 June 1970 (aged 27)	New England Revolution
23	2DF	Gregg Berhalter	(1973-08-01)1 August 1973 (aged 24)	Sparta Rotterdam
24	1GK	Juergen Sommer	(1969-02-27)27 February 1969 (aged 28)	Columbus Crew