1989 CONCACAF Championship

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1989 CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Dates19 March – 19 November
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Costa Rica (3rd title)
Runners-up United States
Third place Trinidad and Tobago
Fourth place Guatemala
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored29 (1.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)Eight players
(2 goals each)
← 1985
CONCACAF Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
CCCF–NAFC era

CONCACAF era

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

Main article: 1989 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Five teams qualified from the two stage qualification process that ran from April to November 1988.

fielded over-aged players during the 1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament. Their scheduled opponents Costa Rica
therefore advanced to the Final Round unopposed.

Final round

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  CRC  USA  TRI  GUA  SLV
 Costa Rica 8 5 1 2 10 6 +4 11 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
 United States 8 4 3 1 6 3 +3 11 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–0
 Trinidad and Tobago 8 3 3 2 7 5 +2 9 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0
 Guatemala 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 3 1–0 0–0 0–1 Canc.
 El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 2–4 0–1 0–0 Canc.
Source: RSSSF

Costa Rica won the 1989 CONCACAF Championship and, along with the United States, qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Guatemala 1–0 Costa Rica
Chacón 39' (pen.)
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 32,093
)
Costa Rica 1–0 United States
Rhoden 14'
Attendance: 26,271
United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Ramos 72'
Attendance: 8,500
United States 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Trittschuh 48' Charles 88'
Murdock Stadium, Torrance
Attendance: 10,000
)
United States 2–1 Guatemala
Murray 3'
Eichmann 67'		 Chacón 22'
Gordon Arrowsmith (Canada
)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 El Salvador
Lewis 50', 61'
Attendance: 23,000
El Salvador 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa[1]
Attendance: 16,882
(Honduras)
El Salvador 0–1 United States
Pérez 61'
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa[2]
Attendance: 3,700
)
Guatemala Not Played[3] El Salvador


 1989 CONCACAF Championship winners 

Costa Rica
Third title

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ The El Salvador–Trinidad and Tobago match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
  2. ^ The El Salvador–United States match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ "THE SIDELINES : Strife Cancels Salvador Soccer". Los Angeles Times. 17 November 1989. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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