August 31 in Port of Spain
USA 1 Costa Rica 1. Goals: Monsibais (Craven) 78; Rodriguez 48.
USA — Hancock, Thomas (Castellanos, 65), Bradford, Downing, Craven, Wilson, Yamauchi (Totten, 46), Purcell, Marquez, Rupsis, Monsibais.
Costa Rica — Villegas, Melendez, Bryan, Arias, Vargas, Siles, Diaz, Lopez, Rodriguez (Olivares, 70), Santana, Ugarte.
Yellow cards: USA — Marquez 50, Monsibais 80; Costa Rica — Santana 77.
Referee: Alcala (Mexico).
Att.: 350.
Final Standings
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| *USA | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| *Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Canada | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
* denotes qualifiers for 1997 World U-17 Championships in Egypt.