1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final
# 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final

The 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final was a soccer 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.

## Route to the final

| Honduras | Honduras | Round | United States | 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+75  Mexico 3+55  Canada 3–32  Jamaica 3–90 | Group A winners Team Pld GD Pts  Honduras 3+75  Mexico 3+55  Canada 3–32  Jamaica 3–90 | Final standings | Group B winners Team Pld GD Pts  United States 3+56  Costa Rica 302  Trinidad and Tobago 3–12  Guatemala 3–42 | Group B winners Team Pld GD Pts  United States 3+56  Costa Rica 302  Trinidad and Tobago 3–12  Guatemala 3–42 |
| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result |
| Costa Rica | 2–0 | Semi-finals | Mexico | 2–0 |

## Match details

| Honduras | United States |
| - | - |
| GK | 1 | Belarmino Rivera | | 119' |
| DF | 5 | Raúl Sambulá |
| DF | 4 | Juan F. Castro |
| DF | | Marco Zelaya |
| DF | 18 | Daniel Zapata |
| MF | 2 | Gilberto Yearwood |
| MF | 8 | Juan C. Espinoza | 106' |
| MF | 10 | Luis Cálix |
| MF | 6 | Mauricio Fúnez |
| FW | 7 | Eugenio Flores |
| FW | 19 | Eduardo Bennett |
| Substitutes: ||
| FW | 9 | Luis Vallejo | | 69' |
| GK | 25 | Wilmer Cruz | | 119' |
| Manager: ||
| Flavio Ortega ||
| GK | 1 | Tony Meola |
| DF | 20 | Paul Caligiuri |
| DF | 17 | Marcelo Balboa |
| DF | 21 | Fernando Clavijo |
| DF | 10 | Peter Vermes |
| MF | 19 | Chris Henderson |
| MF | 16 | John Doyle |
| MF | 7 | Hugo Pérez | 90' |
| MF | 14 | Brian Quinn |
| FW | 11 | Eric Wynalda | | 61' |
| FW | 4 | Bruce Murray | | 98' |
| Substitutes: ||
| MF | 5 | Ted Eck | | 61' |
| DF | 8 | Dominic Kinnear | | 98' |
| Manager: ||
| Bora Milutinović ||
