1991 SEMIFINALS
July 5 in Los Angeles
USA 2 Mexico 0. Goals: Doyle 48, Vermes 64.
USA -- Meola, Caligiuri, Balboa, Doyle, Clavijo (Armstrong, 83), Quinn, Henderson, Murray, Perez, Vermes, Wynalda (Eck, 71).
Mexico -- Larios, Hernandez, Herrera, Ruiz, Esparza, Munoz, De la Torre (Espinoza, 57), Farfan, Galindo (Garcia, 83), Zaguinho, Hermosillo.
Referee: J.C. Ortiz (Costa Roca).
Att.: 41,103.
NOTABLE: Such was the embarrassment of the loss to the USA that Mexico coach Manuel Lapuente quit right after the game.
1993 FINAL
July 25 in Mexico City
Mexico 4 USA 0. Goals: Ambriz 11, own goal 31, Zaguinho 69, Cantu 79.
Mexico -- Campos, Hernandez, Ramirez Perales, Suarez, Ramirez, Mora (Cantu 76), Ambriz, Del Olmo, Rodriguez, Salvador (Noriega 76), Zaguinho.
USA -- Meola, Kooiman, Doyle, Armstrong, Lalas, Dooley, Wegerle (Moore 78), Harkes, Jones (Kinnear 52), Henderson, Wynalda.
Att.: 120,000
NOTABLE: No one was going to stop the Tri in 1993. They finished with a goalscoring margin of 28-2 after recording wins by 9-0, 8-0 and 6-1 earlier in the tournament.
1998 FINAL
Feb. 15 in Los Angeles
USA 0 Mexico 1. Goal: Hernandez 43.
USA -- Keller, Burns, Lalas (McBride, 82), Pope, Agoos, Hejduk (Reyna, 76), Harkes, Moore, Jones, Wynalda, Wegerle (Preki, 46).
Mexico -- Perez, Pardo, Davino, Suarez, Carmona, Villa, Medina (Lara, 66), Ramirez (Alfaro, 85), Lozano (Luna, 55), Hernandez, Blanco.
Att.: 91,225.
NOTABLE: Four players from the 1998 final started in the semifinals of the 2007 Gold Cup: Kasey Keller and Frankie Hejduk for the USA and Pavel Pardo, the goalscorer against Guadeloupe, and Cuauhtemoc Blanco for Mexico.



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