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Wikipedia / 1989 CONCACAF Championship

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 Round the World".

A total of sixteen CONCACAF teams entered the competition. However, FIFA rejected the entry of Belize because of its debts to FIFA.

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.

Teams

Squads

Final round

<onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Costa Rica won the 1989 CONCACAF Championship and, along with the United States, qualified for the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Goalscorers

  1. 2 goals

  2. Evaristo Coronado

  3. Juan Arnoldo Cayasso

  4. Leónidas Flores

  5. Raúl Chacón

  6. Julio Rodas

  7. Leonson Lewis

  8. Kerry Jamerson

  9. Philibert Jones

  10. 1 goal

  11. Carlos Hidalgo

  12. Gilberto Rhoden

  13. Pastor Fernández

  14. Roger Flores

  15. Jaime Rodríguez

  16. José María Rivas

  17. Hutson Charles

  18. Bruce Murray

  19. Eric Eichmann

  20. Hugo Perez

  21. Paul Caligiuri

  22. Steve Trittschuh

  23. Tab Ramos

Notes

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