1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup final

The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum hosted the final.
Event	1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup
Brazil Mexico 0 2
Date	January 21, 1996
Venue	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
Referee	Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Attendance	88,155

The 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winners of the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, United States, on January 21, 1996, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, Brazil and Mexico. Mexico, who had won 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup, successfully defended their title with a 2–0 win over Brazil. As Gold Cup champions, Mexico earned a berth into the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup in Saudi Arabia as the representative from CONCACAF.

The final was Mexico's second in Gold Cup history, while it was the Brazil's first final, and the first for a non-CONCACAF team to be invited for the tournament and make it to the final.

Route to the final

Further information: 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Brazil		Round	Mexico
Opponents	Result	Group stage	Opponents	Result
Canada	4–1	Match 1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5–0
Honduras	5–0	Match 2	Guatemala	1–0
Group B winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Brazil 2 6 2 Canada 2 3 3 Honduras 2 0 Source:		Final standings	Group A winners Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Mexico 2 6 2 Guatemala 2 3 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 0 Source:
Opponents	Result	Knockout stage	Opponents	Result
United States	1–0	Semi-finals	Guatemala	1–0

Match

Details

21 January 1996 (1996-01-21)

Brazil	0–2	Mexico
	Report	L. García 54' Blanco 75'

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles

Attendance: 88,155

Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Brazil

Mexico

GK	1	Dida
DF	2	Zé Maria
DF	13	Carlinhos Paulista	80'
DF	4	Narciso
DF	6	André Luiz	80'
MF	10	Arílson	20'	68'
MF	8	Amaral	37'
MF	5	Flavio Conceição
MF	11	Sávio
FW	7	Caio
FW	18	Paulo Jamelli		64'
Substitutes:
FW	20	Leandro Machado		64'
MF	16	Zé Elias		68'
Manager:
Mario Zagallo

GK	19	Jorge Campos
RB	21	Raúl Gutiérrez	35'
CB	2	Claudio Suárez
CB	5	Duilio Davino
LB	14	Joaquín del Olmo		90'
RM	8	Alberto Garcia Aspe	20'
CM	17	Germán Villa
CM	6	Raúl Lara	73'
LM	7	Ramón Ramírez
RF	15	Cuauhtémoc Blanco	22'	82'
LF	10	Luis García
Substitutes:
LF	11	Luis Hernández		82'
RF	9	Ricardo Peláez		90'
Manager:
Bora Milutinović