1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
CityWashington, D.C.
DatesAugust 13–24
Teams8 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsError creating thumbnail: Cruz Azul (5th title)
Runners-upUnited States Los Angeles Galaxy
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored27 (3.38 per match)
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 33rd edition of the annual international club football competition, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean).

The teams were split into three zones (North, Central and Caribbean). The North American zone qualified three teams direct into the quarterfinals and two teams played a play-off for the fourth spot in the quarterfinals. The Central American zone played a regional tournament to get three spots in the quarterfinal. The winner of the Caribbean zone got a place in the quarterfinals.

1997 was the first year that teams from Major League Soccer took part in the Champions' Cup. The competitors in the MLS Cup, both winner and runner-up, were each given berths in the tournament.

All but two of the eight games played in the final tournament were played in Washington, D.C.. The final was won by Cruz Azul, who captured their fifth Champions' Cup title with a 5–3 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy.[1][2] At the time, Mexican goalkeeper Jorge Campos was signed to the Galaxy and Cruz Azul.[3] The Galaxy were the first American club to reach the final of a Champions Cup or League.

Preliminary Regional playoffs

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North American Zone

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Los Angeles Galaxy United States 4–1 Error creating thumbnail: Santos Laguna
July 30, 1997 Los Angeles Galaxy United States 4–1 Error creating thumbnail: Santos Laguna Los Angeles
Mauricio Cienfuegos File:Soccerball shade.svg 64'
Eduardo Hurtado File:Soccerball shade.svg 65'
Martín Machón File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Welton Mello File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		 Nicolás Ramírez File:Soccerball shade.svg 70' Stadium: Rose Bowl
  • Los Angeles Galaxy advance to the quarterfinal.

Central American Zone

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Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
A.F.C. Euro Kickers Panama 5–6 Nicaragua Diriangén FC 4–2 1–4
A.F.C. Euro Kickers Panama 4–2 Nicaragua Diriangén FC Estadio Artes y Oficios
Jorge Bovell File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg
José Ardines File:Soccerball shade.svg
Wilchard File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Sergio Gago File:Soccerball shade.svg
Harry Cruz File:Soccerball shade.svg
June 9, 1997 Diriangén FC Nicaragua 4–1
(6–5 agg.)		 Panama A.F.C. Euro Kickers Cacique Diriangén Stadium
Jose Maria Bermudez File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg
Sergio Gago File:Soccerball shade.svg
Lester González File:Soccerball shade.svg		 José Ardines File:Soccerball shade.svg

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
CS Cartaginés Costa Rica 9–2 Panama Tauro 5–0 4–2
FAS El Salvador 2–2
(3–5 pen) 		Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones 1–1 1–1
Xelajú MC Guatemala 2–0 Belize Real Verdes 0–0 2–0
Juventus Belize 4–2 Honduras Real CD España 0–1 4–1
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador 3–1 Honduras Olimpia 0–0 3–1
Diriangén FC Nicaragua 4–5 Costa Rica Alajuelense 3–2 1–3
CS Cartaginés Costa Rica 5–0 Panama Tauro Cartago, Costa Rica
Jewisson Bennett File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg
Heriberto Quirós File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg
Norman Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Nil Stadium: José Rafael"Fello"Meza Ivancovich Stadium
Tauro Panama 2–4
(2–8 agg.)		 Costa Rica CS Cartaginés Panama City, Panama
Gustavo Lagarcha File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Heriberto Quirós File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg
Cristian Mena File:Soccerball shade.svg
Norman Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: Rommel Fernández Stadium
FAS El Salvador 1–1 Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones
Guillermo Rivera File:Soccerball shade.svg Milton "Tyson" Núñez File:Soccerball shade.svg
CSD Comunicaciones Guatemala 1–1
(2–2 (pen agg.)		 El Salvador FAS
Everaldo Valencia File:Soccerball shade.svg Carlos Villareal File:Soccerball shade.svg
Real Verdes Belize 0–0 Guatemala Xelajú MC
Nil Nil
June 2, 1997 Xelajú MC Guatemala 2–0
(2–0 agg.)		 Belize Real Verdes San Ignacio’s Norman Broaster Stadium
Gustavo Benzomo File:Soccerball shade.svg
Cesar Trujillo File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Nil
Real CD España Honduras 1–0 Belize Juventus
Guillermo Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Nil
May 29, 1997 Juventus Belize 4–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Honduras Real CD España Francisco Morazán Stadium
David McCaulay File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
Norman Nuñez File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'
Norman Nuñez File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'
John McAllet File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'		 Orbin Cabrera File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'
Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador 0–0 Honduras Olimpia Usulután, El Salvador
May 28, 1997 Nil Nil Stadium: Estadio Sergio Torres, Usulután
Attendance: 6,000
June 4, 1997 Olimpia Honduras 1–3
(1–3 agg.)		 El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo
Wilmer Velasquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Fabio de Freitas File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Juan Gámez File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'
Percival Piggott File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'
June 22, 1997 Diriangén FC Nicaragua 3–2 Costa Rica Alajuelense Dirimbia, Nicaragua
Tyrone Acevedo File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'
José María Bermúdez File:Soccerball shade.svg 27'
Léster González File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'		 Josef Miso File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'
Ronald Chaves File:Soccerball shade.svg 58'		 Stadium: Estadio Cacique Diriangén
Alajuelense Costa Rica 3–1
(5–4 agg.)		 Nicaragua Diriangén FC Alajuela, Costa Rica
Luis Diego Arnaez File:Soccerball shade.svg
Ronald Chavez File:Soccerball shade.svg
Harold Wallace File:Soccerball shade.svg		 File:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Juventus Belize 2–8 Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones 0–3 2–5
Xelajú MC Guatemala 2–3 El Salvador C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo 2–1 0–2
CS Cartaginés Costa Rica 2–1 Costa Rica L.D. Alajuelense 2–1 –
  • Comunicaciones, Luis Ángel Firpo and Cartaginés advance to the quarterfinal. Cartaginés vs Alajuelense played in one leg in San José.[4]
June 22, 1997 Juventus Belize 0–3 Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones Belize
Nil Julio Rodas File:Soccerball shade.svg
Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg (o.g.)
Rigoberto Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Stadium: People’s Stadium in Orange Walk
June 28, 1997 CSD Comunicaciones Guatemala 5–2
(8–2 agg.)		 Belize Juventus Guatemala City, Guatemala
Rigoberto Gómez File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg
Nicolas Suazo File:Soccerball shade.svg
Byron Perez File:Soccerball shade.svg
TBD File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Norman Núñez File:Soccerball shade.svgFile:Soccerball shade.svg Stadium: Cementos Progreso Stadium
Xelajú MC Guatemala 2–1 El Salvador C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Posse File:Soccerball shade.svg
Mora File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Raul Toro File:Soccerball shade.svg
C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo El Salvador 2–0
(3–2 agg.)		 Guatemala Xelajú MC
Raul Toro File:Soccerball shade.svg
Israel Castro File:Soccerball shade.svg		 Nil
CS Cartaginés Costa Rica 2–1
(2–1 agg.)		 Costa Rica L.D. Alajuelense
Sergio Morales File:Soccerball shade.svg File:Soccerball shade.svg Luis Diego Arnáez File:Soccerball shade.svg

Caribbean Zone

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Main article: 1997 CFU Club Championship

CFU Club Championship final

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August 2, 1997 United Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago 2–1 Jamaica Seba United
  • United Petrotrin advance to the quarterfinal

Quarterfinal Qualified teams

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North American zone

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  • Major League Soccer:
United States D.C. United – 1996 MLS Cup winner
United States Los Angeles Galaxy – preliminary round winner (1996 MLS Cup runner-up)
  • Primera División de México:
Error creating thumbnail: Guadalajara – 1997 Verano winner
Error creating thumbnail: Cruz Azul – 1996 CONCACAF Champions Cup title holder

Central American zone

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Caribbean zone

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Bracket

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QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
United States D.C. United1
 
 
 
Trinidad and Tobago United Petrotrin0
 
United States D.C. United0
 
 
 
United States Los Angeles Galaxy1
 
United States Los Angeles Galaxy2
 
 
 
El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo0
 
United States Los Angeles Galaxy3
 
 
 
Error creating thumbnail: Cruz Azul5
 
Error creating thumbnail: Guadalajara1
 
 
 
Costa Rica Cartaginés0
 
Error creating thumbnail: Guadalajara2
 
 
 
Error creating thumbnail: Cruz Azul3 Third place
 
Error creating thumbnail: Cruz Azul5
 
 
 
Guatemala Comunicaciones 0
 
United States D.C. United2
 
 
Error creating thumbnail: Guadalajara2
 

Quarter-finals

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Los Angeles Galaxy United States2–0El Salvador C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Welton File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'
Hurtado File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. – United States
D.C. United United States1–0Trinidad and Tobago United Petrotrin
Etcheverry File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. – United States
Cruz Azul Error creating thumbnail: 5–0Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones
Galindo File:Soccerball shade.svg 5', 57'
Yegros File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'
Hermosillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'
Palencia File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Guadalajara Error creating thumbnail: 1–0Costa Rica C.S. Cartaginés
Robles File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'

Semi-finals

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D.C. United United States0–1United States Los Angeles Galaxy
Jones File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. – United States
Guadalajara Error creating thumbnail: 2–3Error creating thumbnail: Cruz Azul
Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen.)
Martínez File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' (o.g.)
Yegros File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'
Adomaitis File:Soccerball shade.svg 77'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. – United States

Third place match

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D.C. United United States2–2Error creating thumbnail: Guadalajara
Díaz Arce File:Soccerball shade.svg 40'
Iroha File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		 Acosta File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'
Sánchez File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' (pen.)
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. – United States
  • Third place was shared.

Final

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Los Angeles Galaxy United States3–5Error creating thumbnail: Cruz Azul
Hurtado File:Soccerball shade.svg 8', 14'
Campos File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		 Galindo File:Soccerball shade.svg 30' (pen.)
Rodríguez File:Soccerball shade.svg 31'
Adomaitis File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'
Hermosillo File:Soccerball shade.svg 62', 66'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. – United States

Champion

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1997 Winners
Error creating thumbnail:
Cruz Azul
Fifth title

References

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  1. ^ Copa de Campeones 1997 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ "Copa de la Campeones de la Concacaf 1997" on Reino Azul (blogsite), October 20, 2014
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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