1989 CONCACAF Championship

The 1989 CONCACAF Championship was the tenth and last 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.

1989 CONCACAF Championship
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)

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 X–X
 El Salvador 6 0 2 4 2 8 −6 2 2–4 0–1 0–0 X–X
Source:

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.)
Costa Rica 2–1 Guatemala
Flores  42'
Coronado  78'		 Rodas  51'
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)
Costa Rica 1–0 United States
Rhoden  14'
Attendance: 26,271
Referee: José Antonio Garza (Mexico)
United States 1–0 Costa Rica
Ramos  72'
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Rodolfo Méndez (Honduras)
United States 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Trittschuh  48' Charles  88'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
United States 2–1 Guatemala
Murray  3'
Eichmann  67'		 Chacón  22'
Attendance: 10,500
El Salvador 2–4 Costa Rica
Rodriguez  24'
Rivas  63'		 Cayasso  16'
Hidalgo  46'
Flóres  51', 75'
Attendance: 40,000
Costa Rica 1–0 El Salvador
Fernández  55'
Referee: Jorge Orellana Vimos (Ecuador)
El Salvador 0–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Attendance: 16,882
Referee: Gonzalo Tejada (Honduras)
Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Guatemala
Jones  10'
Jamerson  88'		 Rodas  6'
Referee: Horacio Cachay Díaz (Peru)
El Salvador 0–1 United States
Pérez  61'
Attendance: 3,700
Guatemala 0–0 United States
Attendance: 8,000
United States 0–0 El Salvador
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)
El Salvador Not Played[3] 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. 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).

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