Dec. 1 in San Jose, Costa Rica
Costa Rica 2 USA 1. Goals: Wanchope 39, Lopez 84; Jones 90.
Costa Rica — Lonnis, Gonzales, Maron, Delgado, Soles, Lopez, Ramirez, Gomez, Medford (Oviedo, 77), Fonseca, Wanchope (Wright, 88).
USA — Friedel, Lalas, Pope, Caligiuri, Stewart, Harkes, Jones, Reyna, Radosavljevic (Burns, 30), Wynalda, Moore (McBride, 74).
Yellow cards: Costa Rica — Lopez 65; USA — Wynalda 41, Caligiuri 45.
Note: Wynalda will be suspended for the Dec. 14 match against Costa Rica at Stanford Stadium.
Referee: Prendergast (Jamaica).
Att.: 25,000.
Group 1 Standings
| Team | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| USA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Trin. & Tobago | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |