The 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup final was a soccer match to determine the winners of the 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup. The match was held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on February 2, 2002, and was contested by the winners of the semi-finals, the United States and Costa Rica. This was the first Gold Cup Final that Costa Rica has reached, and the second ever from a Central American nation; the first one was in 1991 when Honduras reached the final. The United States won 2–0 with goals from Josh Wolff and Jeff Agoos, sealing their second-ever Gold Cup victory.[1][2]
.jpg) The Rose Bowl hosted the final. | |||||||
| Event | 2002 CONCACAF Gold Cup | ||||||
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| Date | February 2, 2002 | ||||||
| Venue | Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California | ||||||
| Referee | Carlos Batres (Guatemala) | ||||||
| Attendance | 14,432 | ||||||
Route to the final edit
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 South Korea
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2–1 | Match 1 |  Martinique
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2–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Cuba
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1–0 | Match 2 |  Trinidad and Tobago
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1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Group B winners
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Final standings | Group C winners
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| Opponents | Result | Knockout stage | Opponents | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 El Salvador
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4–0 | Quarter-finals |  Haiti
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2–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Canada
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0–0 (4–2 (p)) | Semi-finals |  South Korea
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3–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Match edit
United States  | 2–0 |  Costa Rica |
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Wolff  37'Agoos 63' |
Report |
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References edit
- ^ "CONCACAF Championship, Gold Cup 2002". RSSSF.
- ^ "United States vs. Costa Rica - 2 February 2002". Soccerway. February 2, 2002. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
External links edit
- Official website Archived January 24, 2021, at the Wayback Machine
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