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Through "This Week in CONCACAF History" you can revisit the region's most memorable people, events and crowning achievements.
June 20-30
June 20, 1990: Goals from Roger Flores and Hernan Medford led Costa Rica to a 2-1 triumph against Sweden at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Geona, Italy, during Group B play of the 1990 FIFA World Cup … The victory gave the Ticos second place (2-1-0, 4 Points) in the group, which was won by Brazil ... As a result, Costa Rica became the first Central American team to reach the 'Round-of-16' … However, itsrun ended three days later with a 4-1 loss to Czechoslovakia.
June 21, 2007: Mexico and USA posted victories against Guadeloupe and Canada, respectively, during the semifinals of the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup at Chicago's Soldier Field (USA) … Goals by Frankie Hejduk and Landon Donovan gave the defending champion Stars & Stripes a 2-1 win over the Maple Leafs … Meanwhile, Pavel Pardo scored the game-winner for the Tricolor (1-0) as it topped the Gwada Boys … Mexico and USA met three days later in the 2007 final that was won by the Stars & Stripes, 2-1, in the same venue for a fourth CONCACAF title.
June 22, 1957: Canada hosted and won its first FIFA World Cup Qualifying game (for Sweden 1958), defeating the USA, 5-1, in Group 2 opening round play at Toronto's Varsity Stadium … Art Hughes scored twice, while Norman McLeod, Pat Philley and Gordon Stewart each added a goal in the victory for the Maple Leafs, who went on to finish second in group play with four points (2-2-0 record) ... Mexico won the group (4-0-0, 8 points).
June 23, 2000: In Hershey, Pennsylvania, three goals by Cindy Parlow and two each from Lorrie Fair and Mia Hamm led host USA to an 11-0 Group A win over Trinidad & Tobago at the inaugural CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup … The USAwould then win three of its next four matches to reach the final, where it defeated Brazil, 1-0, the following month.
June 24, 1973: Surinam's SV Transvaal opened the Caribbean Zone First Round of the 1973 CONCACAF Champions' Cup with an 8-0 victory over visiting Universidad Catolica of Dominican Republic in Paramaribo … After winning the second-leg (6-0) four days later, SV Transvaal then eliminated Netherlands Antilles' (now Curacao)clubs SV SUBT and Jong Colombia to progress to the Final Round Group … Costa Rican clubs LD Alajuelense and Deportivo Saprissa, however,withdrew which resulted in SV Transvaal becoming the first Surinamese club to claim the Champions' Cup.
June 25, 2008: Canada and USA qualified for the 2008 FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup in Chile after posting victories over host Mexico and Costa Rica, respectively, during the semifinals of the CONCACAF Championship at Puebla's Estadio Cuauhtémoc … Goals by Jonelle Filigno and Jodi-Ann Robinson gave the Maple Leafs a 2-1 triumph against the Tricolor, while Meghan Klingenberg, Kelly O'Hara, Jessisa McDonald and Ingrid Wells all scored for the Stars & Stripes in the 4-0 victory over the Ticas … Three days later, Mexico also qualified for Chile by topping Costa Rica on penalties (3:2) after a 2-2 draw in the third-place match … Canada would then defeat the USA, 1-0, in the final.
June 26, 1994: A total of 93,869 spectators at Pasedena's Rose Bowl witnessed host USA fall 1-0 to Romania in the Group A finale of the 1994 FIFA World Cup … The record attendance was the highest-ever for the Stars & Stripes on US soil … Despite the loss, the USA advanced to the 'Round of 16', where it was defeated by eventual champion Brazil, 1-0, on July 4.
June 27, 1969: Jose Antonio Quintanilla (101st) scored the game-winning goal during extra time to give El Salvador a 3-2 victory over Honduras in the semifinal playoff match of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico … A third match took place after each team had won its respective home-leg encounters in Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and San Salvador (El Salvador) on June 8 and 15, respectively … El Salvador went advanced to the finals later in the year and defeated Haiti, also in a playoff match, to qualify for the first time to a FIFA World Cup (Mexico 1970).
June 28, 1991: Honduras' Eduardo Bennett scored the first goal (28th) at the inaugural CONCACAF Gold Cup, via a penalty kick, in a Group A encounter against Canada at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (USA) … Juan Carlos Espinoza, Luis Enrique Calix and Eugenio Dolmo Flores added to the Catrachos scoring, as they defeated the Maple Leafs 4:2.
June 29, 1950: After losing a 3-1 encounter to Spain four days earlier, the USA rebounded with a 1-0 triumph against England at the Estádio Independência in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in Group 2 of the 1950 FIFA World Cup… Joe Gaetjens (38th) scored the game's only goal, as the Stars & Stripes produced a shocking victory over the Three Lions ... It was the first time a North American nation defeated a European side at the FIFA World Cup … The USA concluded group play two days later losing 5-2 to Chile.
June 30, 1970: Octavio Muciño scored with six minutes remaining to gave visiting CD SC Cruz Azul of Mexico a 1-0 win over the USA's New York Greek-American at Gaelic Park in the Bronx, New York, during the first leg of first round North American Zone play in the 1970 CONCACAF Champions' Cup … CD SC Cruz Azul won the second-leg, 5-0, the following month at the Estadio 10 de Diciembre in Ciudad Cooperativa Cruz Azul to progress to the Final Round … However, Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa and SV Transvaal of Surinam withdrew from the triangular finale which resulted in CD SC Cruz Azul crowned CONCACAF champions for the second consecutive year
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