In 2011, CONCACAF celebrates its 50th anniversary.
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As part of a year-long commemoration, a weekly feature titled "This Week in CONCACAF History" will take a brief look back at some of the confederation's most historic games and happenings.
Through "This Week in CONCACAF History" you can revisit the region's most memorable people, events and crowning achievements.
Week of January 16-22
January 16, 1965: Jamaica won its first CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying encounter (FIFA World Cup England 1966) with a 2-0 victory over Cuba at Kingston's National Stadium.Oscar Black and Patrick Blair scored the goals.The Reggae Boyz would win their next match seven days later (January 23) in the same venue by blanking the Netherlands Antilles (2-0).
January 18, 1996: In a re-match from the FIFA World Cup USA 1994 'Round of 16', world champion Brazil was the recipient of an own-goal by the USA's Marcelo Balboa to once again edge out the host by a score of 1-0 in the semifinals of the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USA).
January 19, 2001: Olimpia of Honduras and USA's Los Angeles Galaxy secured their places in the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Finals after defeating Pachuca of Mexico (4-0) and USA's D.C. United (1-1, 4:2 pen), respectively, in the semifinals held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USA) … It was the 10th time in the history of the event that a Mexican club did not compete in the confederation's tournament finals as the L.A. Galaxy posted a 3:2 win over Olimpia two days later to claim the delayed CONCACAF Champions' Cup title.
January 20, 1965: Angel Piedra Garcia scored for Cuba in its first CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying match since 1949, as the Leones del Caribe tied the Netherlands Antilles 1-1 at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.
January 21, 1996: A crowd of 88,155 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USA) witnessed second-half goals from Luis Garcia (54th) and Cuauhtemoc Blanco (75th), lifting Mexico to its second-consecutive CONCACAF Gold Cup title after defeating Brazil, 2-0, in the 1996 final … Bora Milutinovic, the Tricolor's TD became the first head coach to win two CONCACAF Gold Cups with two different teams (USA 1991, Mexico 1996).
January 22, 1984: Mexico's Atlante played host Robinhood of Surinam to a 1-1 draw in the first-leg of the 1983 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final in Paramaribo … Atlante captured the delayed CONCACAF championship the following month after taking the second-leg 5:0 in Mexico City.
For more information or general inquiries concerning historical content, please contact Steven Torres, CONCACAF Manger of Information Services at steve.torres@concacaf.org.
