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 65]


 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, 20:00h
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles; attendance: 6,261.
USA 2-2 MEXICO (1:0)
  [Dante Washington 43', Bruce Murray 89'; Luis Antonio Valdez 53', Missael Espinoza 75']

USA: 1.Tony Meola; 21.Fernando Clavijo, 3.Alexi Lalas, 12.Paul Krumpe; 14.Troy Dayak (2.Steve Trittschuh 75'), 
     19.Chris Henderson, 17.Marcelo Balboa, 10.Peter Vermes (c); 16.Bruce Murray, 11.Eric Wynalda, 15.Dante Washington 
     8.(Dominic Kinnear 46').
Coach: John Kowalski.

MEX: 1.Hugo Pineda; 2.Antonio Gonzalez, 3.Abraham Nava (c), 4.Pedro Pablo Osorio, 5.Rafael Gutiérrez Aldaco; 
     6.Guillermo Vázquez (11.Alfonso Sosa 64'), 22.Carlos Barra, 10.Alberto Garcia Aspe; 15.Missael Espinosa, 
     8.Luis Antonio Valdez (14.Juan de Dios Ramirez Perales 87'), 9.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, 20:00h
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles; attendance: 3,566.
MEXICO 3-0 CANADA (1:0)
 [Luis Roberto Alves 5', 49', Pedro Duana 53']

MEX: 1.Hugo Pineda; 4.Pedro Pablo Osorio, José Guadalupe Castaneda, Juan Hernández, 3.Abraham Nava (c); 11.Alfonso Sosa, 
     Gonzalo Farfán, 22.Carlos Barra, José Luis González China (Pedro Duana 46'); 17.Luis Roberto Alves "Zague" 
     (9.Luis García 72'), Sergio Almaguer.
Coach: Ignacio Trélles.

CAN: Pat Onstad; Peter Sarantopoulos (Geoff Aunger 79'), 5.Ian Bridge, 17.Patrick Diotte, 6.Drew Ferguson, 8.Gerry Gray (c) 
     (7.Norm Odinga 46'), 4.Lyndon Hooper, 12.Jamie Lowery; 11.Doug Muirhead, 10.Nick Gilbert, 9.John Catliff.
Coach: Bruce Twamley.

YC: Catliff, Pineda.

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


MATCH 3

Saturday, March 16, 1991, 13:00h
El Camino College, Torrance, California; attendance: 2,705.
USA 2-0 CANADA (1:0)
  [Dante Washington 13', Bruce Murray 65']
 
USA: 1.Tony Meola; 12.Paul Krumpe, 3.Alexi Lalas, 2.Steve Trittschuh, 14.Troy Dayak, 17.Marcelo Balboa, 19.Chris Henderson 
     (5.Jeff Agoos 81'), 16.Bruce Murray, 10.Peter Vermes (c), 11.Eric Wynalda, 15.Dante Washington.
Coach: John Kowalski.

CAN: 1.Paul Dolan; 5.Ian Bridge, 17.Patrick Diotte, 6.Drew Ferguson, 15.Mark Watson, 8.Gerry Gray (c), 4.Lyndon Hooper, 
     12.Jamie Lowery, 7.Norm Odinga (10.Nick Gilbert 76'), 9.John Catliff, 16.Grant Needham (11.Doug Muirhead 69').
Coach: Bruce Twamley.
  
YC: Watson 35'.

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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