1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
# 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.

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 | United States | Round | Mexico | 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: | 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: | 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: | 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: |
| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result |
| Costa Rica | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Semi-finals | Jamaica | 6–1 |

## Match

### Details

| Mexico | United States |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Jorge Campos |
| RB | 2 | Claudio Suárez |
| CB | 3 | Juan de Dios Ramírez Perales |
| CB | 6 | Juan Hernández |
| LB | 4 | Ignacio Ambríz |
| CM | 5 | Ramón Ramírez |
| CM | 20 | Jorge Rodríguez |
| CM | 19 | Joaquín Del Olmo (c) |
| RW | 11 | Zague |
| CF | 9 | Luis Miguel Salvador | 76' |
| LW | 10 | Octavio Mora | 76' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 18 | Guillermo Cantú | 76' |
| MF | 17 | José Antonio Noriega | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Miguel Mejía Barón ||
| GK | 1 | Tony Meola |
| RB | 22 | Alexi Lalas (c) |
| CB | 15 | Desmond Armstrong |
| CB | 4 | Cle Kooiman |
| LB | 3 | John Doyle |
| RM | 5 | Thomas Dooley |
| CM | 10 | 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.
