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Football match
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
Further information: 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Match
Details
25 July 1993 (1993-07-25) Estadio Azteca , Mexico City Attendance: 130,800Referee: Robert Sawtell (Canada )
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.
References
Cart, Julie (July 26, 1993). "Mexico Defeats U.S., 4-0 : Soccer: Crowd of 120,000 watches the home team breeze to victory in Gold Cup final" . Los Angeles Times .
"International Championship Saudi Arabia 1995 - Teams" . FIFA.com . January 6, 1995. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016.
"Mexico vs. Costa Rica" . Soccerway . July 15, 1993.
"United States vs. Costa Rica" . Soccerway . July 21, 1993.
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