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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. 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.

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
Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)
Costa Rica 2–1 Guatemala
Flores 42'
Coronado 78'		 Rodas 51'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)
Costa Rica 1–0 United States
Rhoden 14'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Attendance: 26,271
Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)
United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Ramos 72'
Saint Louis Soccer Park, Fenton
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rodolfo Méndez (Honduras)
United States 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Trittschuh 48' Charles 88'
Murdock Stadium, Torrance
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Trinidad and Tobago 1–1 Costa Rica
Jones 13' Coronado 69'
National Stadium, Port of Spain
Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
Costa Rica 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Cayasso 2'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: José Joaquín Torres Cadena (Colombia)
United States 2–1 Guatemala
Murray 3'
Eichmann 67'		 Chacón 22'
Veterans Stadium, New Britain
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Gordon Arrowsmith (Canada)
El Salvador 2–4 Costa Rica
Rodriguez 24'
Rivas 63'		 Cayasso 16'
Hidalgo 46'
Flóres 51', 75'
Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Costa Rica 1–0 El Salvador
Fernández 55'
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José
Referee: Jorge Orellana Vimos (Ecuador)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–0 El Salvador
Lewis 50', 61'
National Stadium, Port of Spain
Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)
El Salvador 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa[1]
Attendance: 16,882
Referee: Gonzalo Tejada (Honduras)
Guatemala 0–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Jamerson 57'
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (Mexico)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Guatemala
Jones 10'
Jamerson 88'		 Rodas 6'
National Stadium, Port of Spain
Referee: Horacio Cachay Díaz (Peru)
El Salvador 0–1 United States
Pérez 61'
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa[2]
Attendance: 3,700
Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)
Guatemala 0–0 United States
Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Elías Jácome (Ecuador)
United States 0–0 El Salvador
Saint Louis Soccer Park, Fenton
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–1 United States
Caligiuri 30'
National Stadium, Port of Spain
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Juan Carlos Loustau (Argentina)
El Salvador Not Played[3][4] Guatemala
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Guatemala Not Played[3] El Salvador
Guatemala City, Guatemala


 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.

External links

CONCACAF Championship
1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
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