CONCACAF Champions And Vice-champions Cup

 

Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1990. With African and Asian international tournaments becoming more orderly, CONCACAF sunk down as the foggiest: not just withdrawals, but discrepancies about participants (Juventus was listed as a team representing Belize, but since two other clubs from Belize played, this was impossible – so it was a phantom team of unknown origin) and unknown to this very day results. The tournament's formula, dividing teams geographically into 2 sections – Northern and Central amalgamated at the end and Caribbean – clearly discriminated against the stronger teams from North and Central America, especially the Mexican participants, but perhaps there was no other way to avoid constant Mexican finals and to keep the small nations in the many islands interested in the Cup. At the end, the final was against America (Mexico City) and Pinar del Rio (Cuba) – the winners were known in advance...

Final (Feb 19 & Mar 12, 1991)
Pinar del Río            Cub  América                  Mex   2-2  0-6  2-8
 
First leg
February 19, 1991, La Habana, ref: Ramesh Ramdhan (TRI)
Pinar del Río  2-2 América
  [Oswaldo Alonso 20, Osmín Hernández 43; Guillermo Huerta 25,
   Antonio Teodoro Dos Santos "Toninho" 31]
Pinar del Río: Martínez, Torres, Osmin Hernández, Cata, Sainz, Reyes, Dacourt (43 Del Pino), Rivera, Oswaldo Alonso, Pedel, Mezquia;
América: García, J.Hernández, Rodón, Tena, De Los Santos, Farfán, Domínguez, Guillermo Huerta, Antonio Teodoro Dos Santos "Toninho", Luis R.Alves Zague, Cristóbal Ortega.

Second leg
March 12, 1991, Ciudad de México, ref: Majid Jay (USA)
América        6-0 Pinar del Río
  [Antonio Teodoro Dos Santos "Toninho" 3, 9, 84,
   Luis R.Alves Zangue 68, 80, Osmín Hernández 85og]
América: García (46 Chávez), J.Hernández (70 Guillermo Huerta), Rodón, Tena, De Los Santos, Domínguez, Cristóbal Ortega, Farfán, Muinguia,  Antonio Teodoro Dos Santos "Toninho", Luis R.Alves Zague; Coach:Carlos Miloc
Pinar del Río: Martínez, Cata, Osmin Hernández, R.Torres (74 C.Torres),  Sainz, Dacourt, Reyes, Pérez (62 Rivera), Mezquia, Oswaldo Alonso, R.García.


America won the final. 
Pinar del Rio played a second CONCACAF final in a row and no doubt the team did their best, but the difference in class was enormous. In any case, this was perhaps the highest moment in Cuban football – two consecutive CONCACAF finals – so, nothing to be ashamed of, but the contrary. 

Sure winners and perhaps America even allowed their Cuban opponent to get a draw in the first leg, but that was all grace or pity could permit. America won the continental trophy for 3rd time.