Tuesday, July 7, 2020

On this day in 1991, US wins inaugural Gold Cup

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‪🇺🇸 #USMNT‬ 0(4)-0(3) 🇭🇳 Honduras
‪📍 ‬Los Angeles
‪👔 ‬Milutinović
‪📋 ‬Gold Cup F

The final of the first Gold Cup went the full 120 minutes without a goal, so penalties had to settle it. Fernando Clavijo scored the final US penalty before Juan Espinoza skied his penalty to decide the match.
MLSSoccer.com

USA: Tony Meola, Paul Caligiuri, Marcelo Balboa, John Doyle, Fernando Clavijo, Brian Quinn, Chris Henderson, Bruce Murray (Dominic Kinnear 98′), Hugo Pérez, Peter Vermes, Eric Wynalda (Ted Eck 71′)

HON: José Rivera (Wílmer Cruz 119′), Juan Francisco Castro, Raúl Martinez Sambula, Eugenio Dolmo Flores, Basilio Zapata, Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya, Gilberto Yearwood, Mauricio Funez Barrientos, Juan Espinoza, Luis Enrique Calix, Eduardo Bennett (Luis Orlando Vallejo Arquijo 69′)

Penalties (USA First): Marcelo Balboa, Juan Francisco Castro, Peter Vermes [Bar], Marco Antonio Anariba Zelaya [Saved], Hugo Pérez [Saved], Gilberto Yearwood [Saved], Paul Caligiuri, Eugenio Dolmo Flores, Ted Eck [Saved], Basilio Zapata [Over], Brian Quinn [Saved], Luis Enrique Calix [Saved], Dominic Kinnear, Luis Orlando Villejo Arquijo, Fernando Clavijo, Juan Espinoza [Over]

US Soccer History Lineup

All match reports and stories posted to Twitter. Follow at @usmnt_historian

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