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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = CONCACAF Championship
| year = 1989
| image =
| size =
| caption = 1991 CONCACAF Championship official logo
| country =
| dates = 19 March – 19 November
| num_teams = 5
| confederations = 1
| venues =
| cities =
| champion = CRC
| count = 3
| second = USA
| third = TRI
| fourth = GUA
| matches = 18
| goals = 29
| attendance =
| top_scorer =''[[1989 CONCACAF Championship#Goalscorers|Eight players]]''<br />(2 goals each)
| player =
| prevseason = [[1985 CONCACAF Championship|1985]]
| nextseason = [[1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup|1991]] 
}}
{{Qualification for men's championships (CONCACAF)|expanded=FIFA}}
The '''1989 CONCACAF Championship''' was the tenth and final edition of the [[CONCACAF Championship]] held under the format of serving as [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification|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 men's national soccer team|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 national football team|Trinidad and Tobago]] in their last game by 1–0, with a goal dubbed "The Shot Heard around the World".

A total of sixteen [[CONCACAF]] teams entered the competition. However, [[FIFA]] rejected the entry of [[Belize national football team|Belize]] due to debts to FIFA.

==Qualification==
{{main|1989 CONCACAF Championship qualification}}
Five teams qualified from the two stage qualification process that ran from April to November 1988. [[Mexico national football team|Mexico]] were disqualified during this stage after having been found to have [[1988 Mexico national football team scandal|fielded over-aged players]] during the [[1988 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament]]. Their scheduled opponents [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] therefore advanced to the Final Round unopposed.

== Teams ==
*{{fb|Costa Rica}}
*{{fb|El Salvador}}
*{{fb|Guatemala}}
*{{fb|Trinidad and Tobago}}
*{{fb|United States}}

==Final round==
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|team1=CRC|name_CRC={{fb|CRC}}
|team2=USA|name_USA={{fb|USA}}
|team3=TRI|name_TRI={{fb|TRI}}
|team4=GUA|name_GUA={{fb|GUA}}
|team5=SLV|name_SLV={{fb|SLV}}
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|win_USA=4|draw_USA=3|loss_USA=1|gf_USA=6|ga_USA=3
|win_TRI=3|draw_TRI=3|loss_TRI=2|gf_TRI=7|ga_TRI=5
|win_GUA=1|draw_GUA=1|loss_GUA=4|gf_GUA=4|ga_GUA=7
|win_SLV=0|draw_SLV=2|loss_SLV=4|gf_SLV=2|ga_SLV=8

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|short_style=noflag
|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|match_CRC_SLV=[[#Costa Rica v El Salvador|1–0]]
|match_CRC_GUA=[[#Costa Rica v Guatemala|2–1]]
|match_CRC_TRI=[[#Costa Rica v Trinidad|1–0]]
|match_CRC_USA=[[#Costa Rica v USA|1–0]]

|match_SLV_CRC=[[#El Salvador v Costa Rica|2–4]]
|match_SLV_GUA=[[#El Salvador v Guatemala|{{small|Canc.}}]]
|match_SLV_TRI=[[#El Salvador v Trinidad|0–0]]
|match_SLV_USA=[[#El Salvador v USA|0–1]]

|match_GUA_CRC=[[#Guatemala v Costa Rica|1–0]]
|match_GUA_SLV=[[#Guatemala v El Salvador|{{small|Canc.}}]]
|match_GUA_TRI=[[#Guatemala v Trinidad|0–1]]
|match_GUA_USA=[[#Guatemala v USA|0–0]]

|match_TRI_CRC=[[#Trinidad v Costa Rica|1–1]]
|match_TRI_SLV=[[#Trinidad v El Salvador|2–0]]
|match_TRI_GUA=[[#Trinidad v Guatemala|2–1]]
|match_TRI_USA=[[#Trinidad v USA|0–1]]

|match_USA_CRC=[[#USA v Costa Rica|1–0]]
|match_USA_SLV=[[#USA v El Salvador|0–0]]
|match_USA_GUA=[[#USA v Guatemala|2–1]]
|match_USA_TRI=[[#USA v Trinidad|1–1]]

|update=complete|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/conca89.html RSSSF]
}}</onlyinclude>
'''Costa Rica''' won the 1989 [[CONCACAF Championship]] and, along with the '''United States''', qualified for the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]].

{{football box
|id = Guatemala v Costa Rica
|date = 19 March 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Raúl Chacón|Chacón]] {{goal|39|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|referee = [[Tony Evangelista]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
| report = 
| attendance = 32,093
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Costa Rica v Guatemala
|date = 2 April 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Róger Flores|Flores]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Evaristo Coronado|Coronado]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = [[Julio Rodas|Rodas]] {{goal|51}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924)|Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|referee = [[John Meachin]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
| report = 
| attendance = 25,003
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Costa Rica v USA
|date = 16 April 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals1 = [[Gilberto Rhoden|Rhoden]] {{goal|14}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924)|Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|attendance = 26,271
|referee = [[José Antonio Garza]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = USA v Costa Rica
|date = 30 April 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Tab Ramos|Ramos]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[World Wide Technology Soccer Park|Saint Louis Soccer Park]], [[Fenton, Missouri|Fenton]]
|attendance = 8,500
|referee = [[Rodolfo Méndez]] ([[National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras|Honduras]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = USA v Trinidad
|date = 13 May 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Steve Trittschuh|Trittschuh]] {{goal|48}}
|goals2 = [[Hutson Charles|Charles]] {{goal|88}}
|stadium = [[Murdock Stadium]], [[Torrance, California|Torrance]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Luigi Agnolin]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
}}
----
{{football box
| id = Trinidad v Costa Rica
| date = 28 May 1989
| team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
| score = 1–1
| team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
| goals1 = [[Philibert Jones|Jones]] {{goal|13}}
| goals2 = [[Evaristo Coronado|Coronado]] {{goal|69}}
| stadium = [[Hasely Crawford Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Port of Spain]]
| attendance = 26,000
| referee = [[Edgardo Codesal]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
| event = 
| time = 
| round = 
| score1 = 
| score2 = 
| report = 
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Costa Rica v Trinidad
|date = 11 June 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Cayasso|Cayasso]] {{goal|2}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924)|Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|referee = [[José Torres Cadena|José Joaquín Torres Cadena]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]])
| report = 
| attendance = 18,282
}}
----
{{football box
|id = USA v Guatemala
|date = 17 June 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Bruce Murray (soccer)|Murray]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Eric Eichmann|Eichmann]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2 = [[Raúl Chacón|Chacón]] {{goal|22}}
|stadium = [[Veterans Stadium (New Britain, Connecticut)|Veterans Stadium]], [[New Britain, Connecticut|New Britain]]
|attendance = 10,500
|referee = [[Gordon Arrowsmith]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = El Salvador v Costa Rica
|date = 25 June 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 2–4
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 = [[Jaime Rodriguez|Rodriguez]] {{goal|24}}<br />[[José Maria Rivas|Rivas]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2 = [[Juan Cayasso|Cayasso]] {{goal|16}}<br />[[Carlos Hidalgo (Costa Rican footballer)|Hidalgo]] {{goal|46}}<br />[[Leonidas Flores|Flóres]] {{goal|51||75}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Cuscatlán]], [[San Salvador]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Arturo Brizio Carter]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Costa Rica v El Salvador
|date = 16 July 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Pastor Fernández|Fernández]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica (1924)|Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica]], [[San José, Costa Rica|San José]]
|referee = [[Jorge Orellana Vimos]] ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])
| report = 
| attendance = 26,473
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Trinidad v El Salvador
|date = 30 July 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|goals1 = [[Leonson Lewis|Lewis]] {{goal|50||61}}
|stadium =  [[Hasely Crawford Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Port of Spain]]
|referee = [[Tony Evangelista]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
| report = 
| attendance = 23,000
}}
----
{{football box
|id = El Salvador v Trinidad
|date = 13 August 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino|Estadio Nacional]], [[Tegucigalpa]]<ref>The El Salvador–Trinidad and Tobago match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.</ref>
|attendance = 16,882
|referee = [[Gonzalo Tejada]] (Honduras)
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Guatemala v Trinidad
|date = 20 August 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|TRI}}
|goals2 = [[Kerry Jamerson|Jamerson]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|referee = [[Arturo Brizio Carter]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
| report = 
| attendance = 
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Trinidad v Guatemala
|date = 3 September 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = 2–1
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|goals1 = [[Philibert Jones|Jones]] {{goal|10}}<br />[[Kerry Jamerson|Jamerson]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = [[Julio Rodas|Rodas]] {{goal|6}}
|stadium =  [[Hasely Crawford Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Port of Spain]]
|referee = [[Horacio Cachay Díaz]] ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]])
| report = 
| attendance = 
}}
----
{{football box
|id = El Salvador v USA
|date = 17 September 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = 0–1
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals2 = [[Hugo Pérez (soccer)|Pérez]] {{goal|61}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino|Estadio Nacional]], [[Tegucigalpa]]<ref>The El Salvador–United States match was played on neutral ground in Honduras instead of in El Salvador.</ref>
|attendance = 3,700
|referee = [[Edgardo Codesal]] ([[Mexican Football Federation|Mexico]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Guatemala v USA
|date = 8 October 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Mateo Flores]], [[Guatemala City]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Elías Jácome]] ([[Ecuadorian Football Federation|Ecuador]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = USA v El Salvador
|date = 5 November 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|USA}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|stadium = [[Anheuser-Busch Center|Saint Louis Soccer Park]], [[Fenton, Missouri|Fenton]]
|attendance = 8,500
|referee = [[John Meachin]] ([[Canadian Soccer Association|Canada]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Trinidad v USA
|date = 19 November 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TRI}}
|score = [[Shot heard round the world (soccer)|0–1]]
|team2 = {{fb|USA}}
|goals2 = [[Paul Caligiuri|Caligiuri]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium = [[Hasely Crawford Stadium|National Stadium]], [[Port of Spain]]
|attendance = 35,000
|referee = [[Juan Carlos Loustau]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])
}}
----
{{football box
|id = El Salvador v Guatemala
|date = 19 November 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|SLV}}
|score = Not Played<ref name="originally1990">The matches between El Salvador and Guatemala, which were originally scheduled to be played in Guatemala, were scratched by mutual agreement as both teams could no longer qualify for the World Cup in any event.</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=November 17, 1989 |title=THE SIDELINES : Strife Cancels Salvador Soccer |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-11-17-sp-1919-story.html |accessdate=February 9, 2016 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
|team2 = {{fb|GUA}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], Guatemala
}}
----
{{football box
|id = Guatemala v El Salvador
|date = 26 November 1989
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}
|score = Not Played<ref name="originally1990"/><ref name=":0"/>
|team2 = {{fb|SLV}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores]], [[Guatemala City]], Guatemala
}}

{{winners|fb|1989 CONCACAF Championship winners|Costa Rica|Third}}

==Goalscorers==

;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Evaristo Coronado]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Juan Arnoldo Cayasso]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Leonidas Flores|Leónidas Flores]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Raúl Chacón]]
*{{flagicon|GUA}} [[Julio Rodas]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Leonson Lewis]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Kerry Jamerson]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Philibert Jones]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=20em|small=yes}}
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Carlos Hidalgo (Costa Rican footballer)|Carlos Hidalgo]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Gilberto Rhoden]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Pastor Fernández]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Roger Flores]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[Jaime Rodríguez]]
*{{flagicon|SLV}} [[José María Rivas]]
*{{flagicon|TRI}} [[Hutson Charles]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bruce Murray (soccer)|Bruce Murray]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eric Eichmann]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hugo Pérez (soccer)|Hugo Perez]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Paul Caligiuri]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Steve Trittschuh]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tab Ramos]]
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091700/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=76/preliminaries/preliminary=71/index.html North, Central American and Caribbean zone] at FIFA.com

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