1989 CONCACAF Championship
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Dates | 19 March – 19 November |
Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
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Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 29 (1.61 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Eight players (2 goals each) |
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The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was the tenth and final edition of the CONCACAF Championship held under the format of serving as qualification to the 1990 FIFA World Cup and having no host nation for the final round. The tournament would be succeeded by the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991.
Costa Rica narrowly emerged as champions on goal difference to win their third title and participate in their first World Cup. The United States finished runners-up by virtue of one goal and qualified for their first World Cup in forty years. The U.S. gained their first World Cup qualification in 40 years by beating Trinidad and Tobago in their last game by 1–0, with a goal dubbed "The Shot Heard around the World".
A total of sixteen CONCACAF teams entered the competition. However, FIFA rejected the entry of Belize due to debts to FIFA.
Qualification
Five teams qualified from the two stage qualification process that ran from April to November 1988. Mexico were disqualified during this stage after having been found to have fielded over-aged players during the 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament. Their scheduled opponents Costa Rica therefore advanced to the Final Round unopposed.
Teams
Final round
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | CRC | USA | TRI | GUA | SLV | |
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![]() | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||
![]() | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 11 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | ||
![]() | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 9 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
![]() | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | Canc. | ||
![]() | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | Canc. |
Costa Rica won the 1989 CONCACAF Championship and, along with the United States, qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.
Guatemala ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Chacón ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Flores ![]() Coronado ![]() | Rodas ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Rhoden ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ramos ![]() |
United States ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Trittschuh ![]() | Charles ![]() |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Jones ![]() | Coronado ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Cayasso ![]() |
United States ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Murray ![]() Eichmann ![]() | Chacón ![]() |
El Salvador ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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Rodriguez ![]() Rivas ![]() | Cayasso ![]() Hidalgo ![]() Flóres ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Fernández ![]() |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Lewis ![]() |
Guatemala ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Jamerson ![]() |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Jones ![]() Jamerson ![]() | Rodas ![]() |
El Salvador ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Pérez ![]() |
El Salvador ![]() | Not Played[3][4] | ![]() |
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Guatemala ![]() | Not Played[3] | ![]() |
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1989 CONCACAF Championship winners |
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![]() Costa Rica Third title |
Goalscorers
- 2 goals
Evaristo Coronado
Juan Arnoldo Cayasso
Leónidas Flores
Raúl Chacón
Julio Rodas
Leonson Lewis
Kerry Jamerson
Philibert Jones
- 1 goal
Carlos Hidalgo
Gilberto Rhoden
Pastor Fernández
Roger Flores
Jaime Rodríguez
José María Rivas
Hutson Charles
Bruce Murray
Eric Eichmann
Hugo Perez
Paul Caligiuri
Steve Trittschuh
Tab Ramos
References
- ^ The El Salvador–Trinidad and Tobago match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
- ^ The El Salvador–United States match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
- ^ a b Both matches between El Salvador and Guatemala were originally scheduled to be played in Guatemala; later it was agreed that they would not be played, due to their lack of importance (neither team could have qualified for the World Cup by winning both matches).
- ^ "THE SIDELINES : Strife Cancels Salvador Soccer". Los Angeles Times. 17 November 1989. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
External links
- North, Central American and Caribbean zone at FIFA.com