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1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

CONCACAF Championship
1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	January 10–21
Teams	9 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Mexico (2nd title)
Runners-up	Brazil
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	42 (3.23 per match)
Attendance	487,439 (37,495 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eric Wynalda (4 goals)
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The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the third edition of the Gold Cup, the soccer championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).

The tournament returned to the United States and California; the games were hosted by Los Angeles, San Diego, and Anaheim. The format of the tournament changed from 1993: it was expanded to nine teams, separated into three groups of three and played in January as opposed to the 1993 edition which was played in July.

The top team in each group, plus the best second-place finisher would advance to the semifinals. For the first time, a non-CONCACAF team was invited: Brazil, who sent their under-23 side. Mexico won their second straight Gold Cup, beating the Brazilians 2–0 in the final.

Venues

Anaheim	Los Angeles	San Diego
Anaheim Stadium	Memorial Coliseum	Jack Murphy Stadium
Capacity: 64,593	Capacity: 93,607	Capacity: 60,836
AnaheimLos AngelesSan Diego

Teams

Qualification

Team	Qualification	Appearances	Last Appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Ranking
North American zone
Mexico (TH)	Automatic	3rd	1993	Champions (1993)	12
United States	Automatic	3rd	1993	Champions (1991)	19
Canada	Automatic	3rd	1993	Group Stage (1991, 1993)	65
Caribbean zone qualified through the 1995 Caribbean Cup
Trinidad and Tobago	Winners	2nd	1991	Group Stage (1991)	57
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Runners-up	1st	None	Debut	95
Central American zone qualified through the 1995 UNCAF Nations Cup
Honduras	Winners	3rd	1993	Runners-up (1991)	49
Guatemala	Runners-up	2nd	1991	Group stage (1991)	145
El Salvador	Third Place	1st	None	Debut	85
Other
Brazil	Invitation	1st	None	Debut	1

Squads

The 9 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 20 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Guatemala	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	3
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	0	0	2	0	8	−8	0

Mexico	5–0	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
L. García 29', 37' Peláez 70', 90' A. Garcia 80'	Report

Mexico	1–0	Guatemala
Rizo 88'	Report

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0–3	Guatemala
	Report	Funes 28' Westphal 42' Machón 45'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Canada	2	1	0	1	4	5	−1	3
3	Honduras	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

Canada	3–1	Honduras
Corazzin 9' Holness 27', 63'	Report	Carson 40'

Brazil	4–1	Canada
André Luis 3' Caio 7' Sávio 14' Leandro Machado 86'	Report	Radzinski 66'

Brazil	5–0	Honduras
Caio 9', 81' Jamelli 31', 61' Sávio 80'	Report

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Advance to Knockout stage
2	El Salvador	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Trinidad and Tobago	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	0

Trinidad and Tobago	2–3	El Salvador
Latapy 59', 64'	Report	Díaz Arce 34', 72' (pen.) Cerritos 50'

United States	3–2	Trinidad and Tobago
Wynalda 15', 34' Moore 53'	Report	Dwarika 6', 43'

United States	2–0	El Salvador
Wynalda 63' Balboa 75'	Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 January – Los Angeles
	United States	0
					21 January – Los Angeles
	Brazil	1
					Brazil	0
	19 January – San Diego
					Mexico	2
	Mexico	1
	Guatemala	0
					Third place play-off
					21 January – Los Angeles
					United States	3
					Guatemala	0

Semi-finals

United States	0–1	Brazil
	Report	Balboa 79' (o.g.)

Mexico	1–0	Guatemala
Blanco 64'	Report

Third place play-off

United States	3–0	Guatemala
Wynalda 34' Agoos 37' Kirovski 87'	Report

Final

Brazil	0–2	Mexico
	Report	L. García 54' Blanco 75'

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 42 goals scored in 13 matches, for an average of 3.23 goals per match.

4 goals

• Eric Wynalda

3 goals

• Caio Ribeiro
• Luis García

2 goals

• Paulo Jamelli
• Sávio
• Kevin Holness
• Raúl Díaz Arce
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco
• Ricardo Peláez
• Arnold Dwarika
• Russell Latapy

1 goal

• Leandro Machado
• André Luiz Moreira
• Carlo Corazzin
• Tomasz Radzinski
• Ronald Cerritos
• Juan Manuel Funes
• Martín Machón
• Edwin Westphal
• Presley Carson
• Agustín Garcia
• Eustacio Rizo
• Jeff Agoos
• Marcelo Balboa
• Jovan Kirovski
• Joe-Max Moore

1 own goal

• Marcelo Balboa (against Brazil)

Awards

The following Gold Cup awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: the Golden Boot (top scorer) and Golden Ball (best overall player).

Golden Ball
Raúl Lara
Golden Boot
Eric Wynalda
4 goals

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. December 19, 1995. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
2. U-23 represented
3. "1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup". CONCACAF. May 8, 2009. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009.

External links

• Lineups/Squads

• 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
• 1996 in CONCACAF football
• International association football competitions hosted by the United States
• 1996 in American soccer
• CONCACAF Gold Cup tournaments
• 1996 in sports in California
• Events at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum