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2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The Rose Bowl hosted the final.
Event	2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup
United States Costa Rica 2 0
Date	February 2, 2002
Venue	Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California
Referee	Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Attendance	14,432
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The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winners of the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on February 2, 2002, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the United States and Costa Rica. This was the first Gold Cup Final that Costa Rica has reached, and the second ever from a Central American nation; the first one was in 1991 when Honduras reached the final. The United States won 2–0 with goals from Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos, sealing their second-ever Gold Cup victory.

Route to the final

United States		Round	Costa Rica
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
South Korea	2–1	Match 1	Martinique	2–0
Cuba	1–0	Match 2	Trinidad and Tobago	1–1
Group B winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1  United States 2 6 2  South Korea 2 1 3  Cuba 2 1 Source:		Final standings	Group C winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1  Costa Rica 2 4 2  Martinique 2 3 3  Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 Source:
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
El Salvador	4–0	Quarter-finals	Haiti	2–1
Canada	0–0 (4–2 (p))	Semi-finals	South Korea	3–1

Match

United States	2–0	Costa Rica
Wolff 37' Agoos 63'	Report

United States

Costa Rica

GK 18 Kasey Keller DF 2 Frankie Hejduk DF 12 Jeff Agoos DF 17 Carlos Bocanegra MF 7 Eddie Lewis MF 13 Cobi Jones (c)  84' MF 14 Chris Armas  17' MF 25 Pablo Mastroeni FW 15 Josh Wolff  78' FW 20 Brian McBride  89' FW 21 Landon Donovan Substitutions: MF 8 Richie Williams  78' FW 9 Brian West  84' FW 5 Clint Mathis  89'  90' Manager: Bruce Arena

GK 1 Erick Lonnis DF 3 Luis Marín  46' DF 5 Gilberto Martínez DF 21 Reynaldo Parks (c) DF 22 Carlos Castro  71' MF 6 Wilmer López MF 8 Mauricio Solís MF 15 Harold Wallace  59' MF 16 Steven Bryce  74' FW 9 Paulo Wanchope FW 11 Rónald Gómez Substitutions: MF 10 Walter Centeno  46' FW 17 Hernán Medford  59' FW 20 William Sunsing  71' Manager: Alexandre Guimaraes

References

1. "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002". RSSSF.
2. "United States vs. Costa Rica - 2 February 2002". Soccerway. February 2, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2021.

External links

• Official website Archived January 24, 2021, at the Wayback Machine

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