1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
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The 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification, CONCACAF zone ran from March 1996 to November 1997 in order to determine the three CONCACAF representatives at the 1998 FIFA World Cup. For an overview of the qualification rounds, see 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification.
A total of 30 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. Mexico, the USA, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Canada, the six highest-ranked teams according to FIFA, received byes and advanced to the third round directly. The remaining 24 teams were divided into two zones, based on geographical locations, as follows:
- Caribbean Zone: The 20 teams played in three rounds of knockout matches on a home-and-away basis to determine four winners advancing to the third round. Bahamas and Bermuda withdrew before playing one game. 18 countries stay in the race.
- Central American Zone: The four teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the third round.
In the third round, the 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each. They played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners and runners-up would advance to the final round.
In the final round, the six teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The top three teams would qualify.
Preliminary round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dominican Republic | 6–3 | Aruba | 3–2 | 3–1 |
Guyana | 1–8 | Grenada | 1–2 | 0–6 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | w/o | Bahamas | — | — |
Dominica | 6–4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3–3 | 3–1 |
Group A[]
Dominican Republic | 3 – 2 | Aruba |
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Rodríguez 28' 50' 73' |
(report) | 60' 84' |
Aruba | 1 – 3 | Dominican Republic |
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38' (pen.) | (report) | Rodríguez 5' (pen.) Aquino 62' 87' |
Dominican Republic won 6-3 on aggregate.
Group B[]
Guyana | 1 – 2 | Grenada |
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13' | (report) | Charles 54' Otis Roberts 63' |
Grenada won 8-1 on aggregate.
Group C[]
The Bahamas withdrew, so Saint Kitts and Nevis advanced to the first round automatically.
Group D[]
Dominica won 6-4 on aggregate.
First round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dominican Republic | 2–1 | Netherlands Antilles | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Haiti | 7–1 | Grenada | 6–1 | 1–0 |
Cayman Islands | 0–6 | Cuba | 0–1 | 0–5 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6–1 | Saint Lucia | 5–1 | 1–0 |
Puerto Rico | 1–9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1–2 | 0–7 |
Dominica | 0–2 | Barbados | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Suriname | 0–2 | Jamaica | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Trinidad and Tobago | w/o | Bermuda | — | — |
Group 1[]
Dominican Republic | 2 – 1 | Netherlands Antilles |
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35' 68' |
(report) | 40' |
Netherlands Antilles | 0 – 0 | Dominican Republic |
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(report) |
Dominican Republic won 2-1 on aggregate.
Group 2[]
Haiti | 6 – 1 | Grenada |
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11' Golman Pierre 35', 58' 62', 64', 73' |
(report) | Patrick Modeste 85' |
Grenada | 0 – 1 | Haiti |
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(report) | Golman Pierre 49' |
Haiti won 7-1 on aggregate.
Group 3[]
Cayman Islands | 0 – 1 | Cuba |
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(report) | Lázaro Darcourt 10' |
Cuba | 5 – 0 | Cayman Islands |
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Alexander Cruzata 19' Eduardo Sebrango 63' Lázaro Darcourt 68', 81' Lester Moré 83' |
(report) |
Note:Both matches were played in Cayman Islands.
Cuba won 6-0 on aggregate.
Group 4[]
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5 – 1 | Saint Lucia |
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5', 86' 22', 44' Keith Gumbs 41' |
(report) | Earl Jean 51' |
Saint Lucia | 0 – 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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(report) | 50' |
Saint Kitts and Nevis won 6-1 on aggregate.
Group 5[]
Puerto Rico | 1 – 2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Lugris 70' (pen.) | (report) | 18' 58' |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7 – 0 | Puerto Rico |
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Jack 3', 13', 25' 35' (o.g.) 37', 59' Charles 64' |
(report) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won 9-1 on aggregate.
Group 6[]
Barbados | 1 – 0 | Dominica |
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Gregory Goodridge 67' | (report) |
Barbados won 2-0 on aggregate.
Group 7[]
Suriname | 0 – 1 | Jamaica |
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(report) | Whitmore 56' |
Jamaica | 1 – 0 | Suriname |
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P. Davis 73' | (report) |
Jamaica won 2-0 on aggregate.
Group 8[]
Bermuda withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago advanced to the second round automatically.
Second round[]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg | |
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Caribbean Zone | |||||
Cuba | 7–2 | Haiti | 6–1 | 1–1 | |
Dominican Republic | 1–12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1–4 | 0–8 | |
Barbados | 0–3 | Jamaica | 0–1 | 0–2 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2–2 (a) | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2–2 | 0–0 | |
Central American Zone | |||||
Nicaragua | 1–3 | Guatemala | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
Belize | 2–6 | Panama | 1–2 | 1–4 |
Caribbean Zone[]
Group A[]
Cuba | 6 – 1 | Haiti |
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Eduardo Sebrango 18' Mario Pedraza 44' Lázaro Darcourt 61', 70', 71' Lester More 81' |
(report) | 84' |
This match was played on neutral ground instead of in Cuba.
Haiti | 1 – 1 | Cuba |
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21' | (report) | Armando Cruz 79' (pen.) |
Cuba won 7-2 on aggregate.
Group B[]
Dominican Republic | 1 – 4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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59' | (report) | Russell Latapy 37' 67' Pedro Aquino 39' (o.g.) Angus Eve 84' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 8 – 0 | Dominican Republic |
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Stern John 1' 23' 80' Dwight Yorke 8' Angus Eve 16' 42' Anthony Rougier 19' Russell Latapy 89' |
(report) |
Trinidad and Tobago won 12-1 on aggregate.
Group C[]
Barbados | 0 – 1 | Jamaica |
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(report) | Walter Boyd 90' |
Jamaica | 2 – 0 | Barbados |
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Theodore Whitmore 23' Walter Boyd 72' |
(report) |
Jamaica won 3-0 on aggregate.
Group D[]
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 – 2 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Keith Gumbs 38' 88' |
(report) | 12' Kendall Velox 35' |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 – 0 | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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(report) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2-2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on aggregate. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won on the away goals rule.
Central American Zone[]
Group E[]
Guatemala | 2 – 1 | Nicaragua |
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Juan Carlos Plata 62' 67' | (report) | 87' |
Guatemala won 3-1 on aggregate.
Group F[]
Belize | 1 – 2 | Panama |
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David McCaulay 28' | (report) | Rubén Guevara 57' Julio Dely Valdés 61' |
Panama | 4 – 1 | Belize |
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Julio Dely Valdés 14' 46' 61' René Mendieta 88' |
(report) | 60' |
Panama won 6-2 on aggregate.
Third round[]
Group 1[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | United States | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 13 |
2 | Costa Rica | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 12 |
3 | Guatemala | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 8 |
4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 1 |
The United States and Costa Rica advanced to the final round. Guatemala played their home games in Los Angeles and San Salvador instead of at home due to FIFA stadium standards not followed by the Estadio Mateo Flores, in Guatemala City, where over 80 people died due to structural flaws and overcrowding in October 16, 1996, when the home match against Costa Rica was due to be played.
Trinidad and Tobago | 0 – 1 | Costa Rica |
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(report) | Ronald Gomez 54' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1 – 1 | Guatemala |
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Jerren Nixon 37' | (report) | 22' |
United States | 2 – 0 | Guatemala |
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Eric Wynalda 54' Brian McBride 90' |
(report) |
United States | 2 – 0 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Thomas Dooley 53' Eric Wynalda 84' |
(report) |
Costa Rica | 3 – 0 | Guatemala |
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Javier Delgado 53' Hernan Medford 74' Ronald Gomez 78' |
(report) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 0 – 1 | United States |
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(report) | Joe-Max Moore 36' |
Guatemala | 1 – 0 | Costa Rica |
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Juan Carlos Plata 34' | (report) |
Costa Rica | 2 – 1 | United States |
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Paulo Wanchope 39' Wilmer Lopez 84' |
(report) | Cobi Jones 90' |
Guatemala | 2 – 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Julio Rodas 26' 67' | (report) | Angus Eve 30' |
United States | 2 – 1 | Costa Rica |
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Brian McBride 16' Roy Lassiter 60' |
(report) | Ronald Gomez 74' |
Costa Rica | 2 – 1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Paulo Wanchope 44' 60' | (report) | Jerren Nixon 7' |
Guatemala | 2 – 2 | United States |
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Juan Funes 9' Juan Carlos Plata 44' |
(report) | Predrag Radosavljević 7' Frankie Hejduk 48' |
Group 2[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Canada | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 16 |
2 | El Salvador | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
3 | Panama | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | -3 | 5 |
4 | Cuba | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | -12 | 3 |
Canada and El Salvador advanced to the final round.
Cuba played all their matches away from home.
Canada | 3 – 1 | Panama |
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Geoff Aunger 40' Paul Peschisolido 42' Carlo Corazzin 87' |
(report) | Jorge Dely Valdés 49' |
Cuba | 0 – 5 | El Salvador |
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(report) | José Carlos Rivera 22' 80' Raúl Díaz Arce 49' 72' Mauricio Cienfuegos 83' |
Cuba | 3 – 1 | Panama |
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Eduardo Sebrango 42' 70' Manuel Bobadilla 88' |
(report) | Jorge Dely Valdés 55' |
Panama | 1 – 1 | El Salvador |
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Juan Carlos Cubillas 43' | (report) | Raúl Díaz Arce 51' |
Canada | 2 – 0 | Cuba |
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Alex Bunbury 29' Paul Peschisolido 53' |
(report) |
Cuba | 0 – 2 | Canada |
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(report) | Paul Peschisolido 15' Nick Dasovic 79' |
Canada | 1 – 0 | El Salvador |
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Alex Bunbury 65' | (report) |
El Salvador | 3 – 2 | Panama |
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Raúl Díaz Arce 43' Wilfredo Iraheta 68' Giovanni Trigueros 88' |
(report) | Jorge Dely Valdés 11' 86' |
El Salvador | 3 – 0 | Cuba |
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William Renderos Iraheta 3' Raúl Díaz Arce 30' Jorge Rodríguez 49' |
(report) |
Panama | 3 – 1 | Cuba |
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René Mendieta 15' Rubén Guevara 55' Jorge Dely Valdés 58' |
(report) | Lester Moré 67' |
El Salvador | 0 – 2 | Canada |
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(report) | Mark Watson 62' Alex Bunbury 66' |
Group 3[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Jamaica | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 13 |
2 | Mexico | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
3 | Honduras | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 10 |
4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 30 | -24 | 0 |
Jamaica and Mexico advanced to the final round.
Jamaica | 3 – 0 | Honduras |
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Walter Boyd 14' 53' Theodore Whitmore 42' |
(report) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 – 3 | Mexico |
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(report) | Ricardo Peláez 15' 51' Damián Álvarez 89' |
Honduras | 2 – 1 | Mexico |
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Carlos Pavón 50' Eduardo Bennett 82' (pen.) |
(report) | Ramón Ramírez 63' |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 – 2 | Jamaica |
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82' (pen.) | (report) | Paul Young 20' 41' |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 – 4 | Honduras |
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62' | (report) | Suazo Velázquez 7' 62' Christian Santamaria 23' 42' |
Mexico | 2 – 1 | Jamaica |
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Zague 44' Carlos Hermosillo 55' |
(report) | Walter Boyd 70' |
Honduras | 0 – 0 | Jamaica |
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(report) |
Mexico | 5 – 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Benjamín Galindo 20' 29' Zague 48' Carlos Hermosillo 70' Dexter Walker 88' (o.g.) |
(report) | Kendall Velox 88' |
Mexico | 3 – 1 | Honduras |
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Benjamín Galindo 32' Carlos Hermosillo 35' Zague 45' |
(report) | Enrique Reneau 69' |
Jamaica | 5 – 0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Theodore Whitmore 10' 13' Paul Young 64' Peter Cargill 66' Stephen Malcolm 84' |
(report) |
Jamaica | 1 – 0 | Mexico |
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Ian Goodison 82' | (report) |
Honduras | 11 – 3 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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3' Suazo Velázquez 11' 38' 50' Arnold Cruz 19' Carlos Pavón 30' Enrique Reneau 48' Merlyn Membreño 65' Milton Núñez 67' 84' Eduardo Bennett 77' (pen.) |
(report) | Rodney Jack 37' 62' 75' |
Fourth round[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Mexico | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 18 |
2 | United States | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 17 |
3 | Jamaica | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 12 | –5 | 14 |
4 | Costa Rica | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 12 |
5 | El Salvador | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | –5 | 10 |
6 | Canada | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 20 | –15 | 6 |
- Mexico, the United States, and Jamaica qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Qualified teams[]
The following three teams from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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Mexico | Fourth round winners | 12 October 1997 | 10 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1978, 1986, 1994) |
United States | Fourth round runners-up | 9 November 1997 | 5 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994) |
Jamaica | Fourth round third place | 16 November 1997 | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers[]
11 goals[]
9 goals[]
8 goals[]
6 goals[]
- Paulo Wanchope
- Lázaro Darcourt
5 goals[]
- Alex Bunbury
- Juan Carlos Plata
- Walter Boyd
- Theodore Whitmore
- Zague
- Julio Dely Valdés
- Eric Wynalda
4 goals[]
- Rónald Gómez
- Eduardo Sebrango
- Deon Burton
- Rodney Jack
- Julio Dely Valdés
- Angus Eve
- Brian McBride
3 goals[]
- Derrick Edwards
- Paul Peschisolido
- Hernán Medford
- Lester Moré
- Nildeson
- Keith Fletcher
- Golman Pierre
- Paul Young
- Stern John
- Russell Latapy
- Roy Lassiter
2 goals[]
- Carlo Corazzin
- Dinardo Rodríguez
- Mauricio Cienfuegos
- William Renderos Iraheta
- José Carlos Rivera
- Ricky Charles
- Julio Rodas
- Eduardo Bennett
- Milton Núñez
- Carlos Pavón
- Enrique Reneau
- Christian Santamaria
- Andy Williams
- Luis Hernández
- Luis García Postigo
- Ricardo Peláez
- Rubén Guevara
- Víctor René Mendieta Ocampo
- Keith Gumbs
- Kendall Velox
- Jerren Nixon
- Eddie Pope
- Preki
- Roy Wegerle
1 goal[]
- Quentin Clarke
- Gregory Goodridge
- David McCaulay
- Geoff Aunger
- Eddy Berdusco
- Nick Dasovic
- Carl Fletcher
- Mark Watson
- Luis Diego Arnáez
- Javier Delgado
- Farlen Ilama
- Wilmer Lopez
- Luis Marín
- Mauricio Solís
- Richard Smith
- Jafet Soto
- Manuel Bobadilla
- Armando Cruz
- Alexander Cruzata
- Mario Pedraza
- Anthony Dominique
- Peter Greenaway
- Shane Marshall
- Pedro Aquino
- Waldir Guerra
- Wilfredo Iraheta
- Elías Montes
- Jorge Rodríguez
- Giovanni Trigueros
- Patrick Modeste
- Otis Roberts
- Juan Manuel Funes
- Arnold Cruz
- Merlyn Membreño
- Peter Cargill
- Paul Davis
- Ian Goodison
- Paul Hall
- Stephen Malcolm
- Enrique Alfaro Rojas
- Damián Ariel Álvarez
- Paulo César Chávez
- Alberto García Aspe
- Joaquín del Olmo
- Ramón Ramírez
- Juan Carlos Cubillas
- Marcos Lugris
- Earl Jean
- Wesley Charles
- Anthony Rougier
- Dwight Yorke
- Thomas Dooley
- Frankie Hejduk
- Chris Henderson
- Cobi Jones
- Joe-Max Moore
- Tab Ramos
- Claudio Reyna
- Earnie Stewart
1 own goal[]
- Pedro Aquino (playing against Trinidad and Tobago)
- Nicolás Ramírez (playing against the United States)
- (playing against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)
- Dexter Walker (playing against Mexico)
Broadcasting rights[]
Americas[]
- Canada: TSN
- Mexico: Televisa
- United States: ABC, Univision (Spanish)
- Puerto Rico:
Europe[]
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
- 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
- FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
- 1996 in CONCACAF football
- 1997 in CONCACAF football
- Mexico at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
- United States at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
- Jamaica at the 1998 FIFA World Cup