North American Championship 1991 (Los Angeles, USA)

Overview

Venues: 
Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles  [1]
El Camino College, Torrance     [2]

Match overview

Match 1
12- 3 USA    2-2 Mexico     [1]
  [Dante Washington 43, Bruce Murray 89; Luis Antonio Valdez 53, Missael Espinoza 75]

Match 2
14- 3 Mexico 3-0 Canada     [1] 
  [Luis Roberto Alves 5, 49, Pedro Duana 53]

Match 3
16- 3 USA    2-0 Canada     [2]
  [Dante Washington 13, Bruce Murray 60]


 1.MEXICO          2  1  1  0   5- 2  3
 2.USA             2  1  1  0   4- 2  3
 3.Canada          2  0  0  2   0- 5  0

NB: on March 13, 1991, Mexico also played an official international in
    Buenos Aires (0-0) vs. Argentina.

Match Details


MATCH 1

Tuesday, March 12, 1991
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles; attendance: 6,261.
USA 2-2 MEXICO (HT: 1:0)
  [Dante Washington 43', Bruce Murray 89'; Luis Antonio Valdez 53', Missael Espinoza 75']

USA: Tony Meola; Fernando Clavijo, Alexi Lalas, Paul Krumpe; Troy Dayak (Steve Trittschuh 75'), Chris Henderson, 
     Marcelo Balboa, Peter Vermes; Bruce Murray, Eric Wynalda, Dante Washington (Dominic Kinnear 46').
Coach: John Kowalski

MEX: Hugo Pineda; Antonio Gonzalez, Abraham Nava, Pedro Pablo Osorio, Rafael Gutiérrez Aldaco; Guillermo Vázquez 
     (Alfonso Sosa 64'), Carlos Barra, Alberto Garcia Aspe; Missael Espinosa, Luis Antonio Valdez (Juan de Dios Ramirez Perales 87'), 
     Luis Garcia.
Coach: Ignacio Trélles.

Sent off: Alberto García Aspe (MEX) (84')

Referee: Mario López (GUA)
A1: Rodolfo Martínez (HON)
A2: José Ortiz (SLV)


MATCH 2

Thursday, March 14, 1991
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles; attendance: 3,566.
MEXICO 3-0 CANADA (HT: 1:0)
 [Luis Roberto Alves 5', 49', Pedro Duana 53']

MEX: Hugo Pineda; Pedro Pablo Osorio, José Guadalupe Castaneda, Juan Hernandez, Abraham Nava; Alfonso Sosa, Gonzalo Farfan, 
     Carlos Barra, José Luis Gonzalez China (Pedro Duana 46'); Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" (Luis Garcia 72'), Sergio Almaguer.
Coach: Ignacio Trélles.

CAN: Pat Onstad; Peter Sarantopoulos (Geoff Augner 79'), Ian Bridge, Patrick Diotte, Drew Ferguson, Gerry Gray (Norm Odinga 46'), 
     Lyndon Hooper, James Lowery; Doug Muirhead, Nick Gilbert, John Catliff.
Coach: Tony Waiters (ENG).

Referee: Rodolfo Martínez (HON)
A1: José Ortiz (SLV)
A2: Mario López (GUA)


MATCH 3

Saturday, March 16, 1991
El Camino College, Torrance, California; attendance: 2,705.
USA 2-0 CANADA (HT: 1:0)
  [Dante Washington 13', Bruce Murray 65']
 
USA: Tony Meola; Paul Krumpe, Alexi Lalas, Steve Trittschuh, Troy Dayak, Marcelo Balboa, Chris Henderson (Jeff Agoos 81'), 
     Bruce Murray, Peter Vermes, Eric Wynalda, Dante Washington.
Coach: John Kowalski.

CAN: Paul Dolan; Ian Bridge, Patrick Diotte, Drew Ferguson, Mark Watson, Gerry Gray, Lyndon Hooper, James Lowery, 
     Norm Odinga (Nick Gilbert 82'), John Catliff, Grant Needham (Doug Muirhead 48').
Coach: Tony Waiters (ENG).
  
Referee: José Ortiz (SLV)
A1 Mario López (GUA)
A2: Rodolfo Martínez (HON)


Topscorers:

Luis Roberto Alves (Mexico), Bruce Murray (USA) and Dante Washington (USA) all 2 goals.

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