North American Championship 1991 (Los Angeles, USA)


Overview | Match Details | Squads

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, 20:00h
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 (C); 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, 20:00h
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 Aunger 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).

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 (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 (C), 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).
  
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.

Squads

CANADA

DOLAN, Kenneth Paul		16/04/1966 	GK 	Vancouver 86
ONSTAD, Patrick Stewart		13/01/1968 	GK 	Toronto Blizzard 
SARANTOPOULOS, Peter		02/05/1968 	DF 	North York Rockets
WATSON, Mark Stewart		08/09/1970 	DF 	Hamilton Steelers
DIOTTE, Patrick			13/11/1967 	DF 	Montreal Supra
GILFILLAN, Peter		29/12/1965 	DF 	Kitchener Spirit
CELEBRINI, Rick			16/10/1967 	DF 	Kitchener Spirit
BRIDGE, Ian Christopher		18/09/1959 	DF 	Victoria Vistas
AUNGER, Geoffrey Edward Ramer	04/02/1968 	MF 	Winnipeg Fury
FERGUSON, Andrew William 	09/11/1957 	MF 	Kitchener Spirit
GRAY, Gerard			20/01/1961 	MF 	Toronto Blizzard  
HOOPER, Lyndon Fitzgerald	30/05/1960 	MF 	Toronto Blizzard  
ODINGA, Norm 			11/02/1963 	MF	Vancouver 86
LOWERY, James Matthew		15/01/1961 	MF 	Vancouver 86 
SAUNDH, Sammy			05/05/1959 	MF 	Vancouver 86
CATLIFF, John T.		08/01/1965 	FW 	Vancouver 86
GILBERT, Nicolas Manuel		20/07/1965 	FW 	Hamilton Steelers
MUIRHEAD, Doug			20/03/1962 	FW 	Vancouver 86
NEEDHAM, Grant			14/07/1970 	FW 	Montreal Supra

WAITERS, Anthony Keith (ENG)			COACH
BAY, Greg					PHYSIOTHERAPIST
BUCKMAN, Dave					LEADER
MULDOON. Kevin					PROP MAN
TWAMLEY, Bruce					ASSISTANT
WILSON, Les					MANAGER


MEXICO

PINEDA, Hugo Alejandro		10/05/1962 	GK 	U.de Guadajajara
MARTÍNEZ, Ricardo		07/04/1966 	GK 	U.A.T.
NAVA, Abraham			23/01/1964 	DF 	U.N.A.M.
HERNÁNDEZ, Juan			08/03/1965 	DF 	América
CASTAÑEDA, José Guadalupe	24/02/1965 	DF 	León
RAMÍREZ PERALES, Juan de Dios 	08/03/1969 	DF 	U.N.A.M.
ALMAGUER, Sergio		16/05/1969 	DF 	Querétaro
GUTIÉRREZ ALDACO, Rafael	08/05/1967 	DF 	U de Guadalajara
OSORIO NICOLÄS, Pedro Pablo			DF 	Veracruz
GONZÁLEZ, Antonio				DF 	Monterrey
VÁZQUEZ, Guillermo Alejandro	25/05/1967 	MF 	Tecos U.A.G.
BARRA, Carlos Leonardo		06/11/1968 	MF 	Veracruz  
DUANA, Pedro			23/10/1966 	MF 	Cruz Azul
GARCÍA, Alberto "Guamerú"	07/01/1965 	MF 	Monterrey 
ESPINOZA, Eduardo Missael	12/04/1965 	MF 	Monterrey
GARCÍA ASPE, Alberto		11/05/1967 	MF 	U.N.A.M.
SOSA, Luis Alfonso		05/10/1967 	MF 	U de Guadalajara
GONZALEZ CHINA, José Luis	03/06/1966 	MF 	León
FARFÁN INFANTE, Gonzalo		25/02/1963 	MF 	América
GARCÍA POSTIGO, Luis 		01/06/1969 	FW 	U.N.A.M.
VALDEZ, Luis Antonio "Cadáver"	01/07/1965 	FW 	Guadalajara
URIBE RONQUILLO, Juan Francisco	11/01/1964 	FW 	León
ALVES, Luis Roberto "Zague"	23/05/1967 	FW 	América  

TRÉLLES, Ignacio				COACH


NB: For this tournament Mexico used an alternative team called "México North", the other team called "México South" 
    played on March 13 a full international match against Argentina; Games of North American Championship are 
    considered full international matches.
NB: After the first match Alberto García, Antonio González, Missael Espinoza and Luis Antonio Valdez left the team
    being replaced by Juan Hernández, Luis Roberto Alves and Gonzalo Farfán.


USA 

MEOLA, Antonio Michael		21/02/1969 	GK 	Ft. Lauderdale Strikes
DODD, Mark			14/09/1965 	GK 	Colorado Foxes
CLAVIJO, Fernando Caetano	23/01/1956 	DF 	St. Louis Storm
LALAS, Alexander Panayotis	01/06/1970 	DF 	Rutgers University
DAYAK, Troy Michael		29/01/1970 	DF 	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks  
KRUMPE, Paul Edward		04/03/1963 	DF 	(No Club)
AGOOS, Jeffrey Alan		02/05/1968 	DF 	(No Club)
BALBOA, Marcelo Luis		08/08/1967 	DF 	San Francisco Blackhawks
BANKS, James			02/09/1964 	DF 	Milwaukee Waves
TRITTSCHUH, Stephen B.		24/05/1964 	DF 	Sparta Praha (TCH)
KINNEAR, Dominic		26/07/1967 	MF 	San Francisco Bay Blackhawks
HENDERSON, Christopher Joel	11/12/1970 	MF 	U.C.L.A.
SANTEL, Mark			05/07/1968 	MF 	(No Club)
VERMES, Peter Joseph		21/11/1966 	FW 	Tampa Bay Rowdies
WYNALDA, Eric Bosweel		09/06/1969 	FW 	San Francisco Blackhawks
WASHINGTON, Dante Deenen 	21/11/1970 	FW 	Radford University
RAMMEL, Steve			20/04/1988 	FW 	(No Club)
MURRAY, Bruce Edward		25/01/1966 	FW 	Maryland Bays

KOWALSKI, John					COACH  

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