2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
File:Estadio-azul-2015.jpg
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes in Mexico City hosted the Final
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 3 – September 18
Teams16 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Pachuca (1st title)
Runners-upMexico Morelia
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored74 (2.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Alex Fernandes
Venezuela Juan Arango
(4 goals)
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2003 →

The 2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 37th edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean), the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It featured a league format with 16 clubs. As part of the expansion, the quarterfinal stage for the current Champions Cup was moved to the first months of the 2002. Those clubs that had already qualified for the quarterfinal stage of the 2001 CONCACAF Champions' Cup were moved directly into the new league format.

To facilitate the shift to the new cycle of qualifying rounds in the latter half of one year and the league stage in the first half of the following, the decision was taken to use the current competition as the transition period and fold those clubs already qualified into the league format.

In addition, the winner and runner-up of the 2001 CONCACAF Giants Cup (Club América and D.C. United) was also merged into the first edition to provide both of those clubs the opportunity to compete for a spot in the 2003 FIFA Club World Championship, as they would have done under the previous competition system. This was convenient, as one of the qualifying MLS teams, Miami Fusion F.C., was folded after the 2001 season despite winning the MLS Supporters' Shield that year.[1]

Club Comunicaciones, Tauro FC and Alajuelense, were elected as the top Central American non-qualifiers for the 2001 CONCACAF Champions Cup and finally the 2001 MLS Cup champions San Jose Earthquakes and the Mexican 2001 Invierno season champions Pachuca. Originally, four groups of four teams each, to be drawn in December or January, were planned, but at the end of November, CONCACAF changed plans once again and decided to play the tournament in a two-legs knock-out format, without a group stage. Because of this, the tournament's name was changed from CONCACAF Champions League back to CONCACAF Champions Cup.

The two finalists were supposed to qualify for the cancelled 2003 FIFA Club World Championship. Mexican club Pachuca beat countryfellow Morelia 1–0 in the final to win their first CONCACAF trophy.[2][3][1]

Qualified teams

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North American zone

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Mexico Morelia – 2000 Invierno champion
Mexico Pachuca – 2001 Invierno champion
Mexico Santos Laguna – 2001 Verano champion
Mexico Club América – 2001 Giants Cup champion
United States Kansas City Wizards – 2000 MLS Cup champion and 2000 MLS Supporters' Shield winner
United States Chicago Fire – 2000 MLS Cup runner-up
United States San Jose Earthquakes – 2001 MLS Cup champion
United States D.C. United – 2001 Giants Cup runner-up

Central American zone

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Guatemala Municipal – UNCAF champion
Costa Rica Saprissa – UNCAF runner-up
Honduras Olimpia – UNCAF third place
Guatemala Comunicaciones – UNCAF fourth place
Panama Tauro – UNCAF semifinal qualifier
Costa Rica Alajuelense – UNCAF semifinal qualifier

Caribbean zone

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Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist
Trinidad and Tobago W Connection – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist

Bracket

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First knockout round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                  
1 Mexico Morelia 2 1 3
16 Costa Rica Saprissa 0 1 1
Mexico Morelia 2 1 3
United States Chicago Fire 0 2 2
8 Guatemala Municipal 0 0 0
9 United States Chicago Fire 1 2 3
Mexico Morelia 6 1 7
United States Kansas City Wizards 1 1 2
5 Panama Tauro 1 2 3
12 Mexico Santos Laguna 1 4 5
Mexico Santos Laguna 2 0 2
United States Kansas City Wizards 1 2 3
4 Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 0 0 0
13 United States Kansas City Wizards 1 2 3
Mexico Morelia 0
Mexico Pachuca 1
6 Guatemala Comunicaciones 4 1 5
11 United States D.C. United 0 2 2
Guatemala Comunicaciones 2 0 2
Costa Rica Alajuelense 3 3 6
3 Costa Rica Alajuelense 1 2 3
14 Mexico Club América 0 0 0
Costa Rica Alajuelense 2 0 2
Mexico Pachuca 1 2 3
7 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 1 0 1
10 Mexico Pachuca 0 4 4
Mexico Pachuca 3 0 3
United States S.J. Earthquakes 0 1 1
2 Honduras Olimpia 0 1 1
15 United States S.J. Earthquakes 1 3 4

First round

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First leg and Second leg matches were played between February 3, 2002, and March 27, 2002.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Alajuelense Costa Rica 3–0 Mexico América 1–0 2–0
Comunicaciones Guatemala 5–2 United States D.C. United 4–0 1–2
Pachuca Mexico 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force 0–1 4–0
San Jose Earthquakes United States 4–1 Honduras Olimpia 1–0 3–1
Morelia Mexico 3–1 Costa Rica Saprissa 2–0 1–1
Municipal Guatemala 0–3 United States Chicago Fire 0–1 0–2
Tauro Panama 3–5 Mexico Santos Laguna 1–1 2–4
W Connection Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 United States Kansas City Wizards 0–1 0–2
LD Alajuelense Costa Rica1–0Mexico Club América
Club América Mexico0–2Costa Rica LD Alajuelense

Alajuelense win 3-0 on aggregate

Comunicaciones Guatemala4–0United States D.C. United
D.C. United United States2–1Guatemala Comunicaciones

Comunicaciones win 5-2 on aggregate

C.F. Pachuca Mexico1–0Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force
Defence Force Trinidad and Tobago0–4Mexico C.F. Pachuca

Pachuca win 5-0 on aggregate

San Jose Earthquakes United States1–0Honduras Olimpia
Report
Attendance: 4,318
Olimpia Honduras1–3United States San Jose Earthquakes
Report
Sheldon-Pleasant Grove Stadium, Sacramento, United States
Attendance: 3,300

San Jose win 4-1 on aggregate

Morelia Mexico2–0Costa Rica Deportivo Saprissa
Deportivo Saprissa Costa Rica1–1Mexico Morelia
Jeaustin Campos File:Soccerball shade.svg Antonio González File:Soccerball shade.svg

Morelia win 3-1 on aggregate

C.S.D. Municipal Guatemala0–1United States Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire United States2–0Guatemala C.S.D. Municipal
Carlos Bocanegra File:Soccerball shade.svg
Ante Razov File:Soccerball shade.svg
Attendance: 4,844

Chicago Fire win 3-0 on aggregate

Tauro F.C. Panama1–1Mexico Santos Laguna
Santos Laguna Mexico4–2Panama Tauro F.C.

Santos win 5-3 on aggregate

W Connection Trinidad and Tobago0–1United States Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards United States2–0Trinidad and Tobago W Connection
Report
Attendance: 4,380

Kansas City win 3-0 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

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First leg and Second leg matches were played between April 14, 2002, and April 24, 2002.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala 2–6 Costa Rica LD Alajuelense 2–3 0–3
C.F. Pachuca Mexico 3–1 United States San Jose Earthquakes 3–0 0–1
Morelia Mexico 3–2 United States Chicago Fire 2–0 1–2
Santos Laguna Mexico 2–3 United States Kansas City Wizards 2–1 0–2
Santos Laguna Mexico2–1United States Kansas City Wizards
Kansas City Wizards United States2–0Mexico Santos Laguna
Report
Attendance: 8,086

Kansas City win 3-2 on aggregate

Comunicaciones Guatemala2–3Costa Rica LD Alajuelense
LD Alajuelense Costa Rica3–0Guatemala Comunicaciones

Alajuelense win 6-2 on aggregate

C.F. Pachuca Mexico3–0United States San Jose Earthquakes
Attendance: 8,000
San Jose Earthquakes United States1–0Mexico C.F. Pachuca
Attendance: 6,213

Pachuca win 3-1 on aggregate

Monarcas Morelia Mexico2–0United States Chicago Fire
Chicago Fire United States2–1Mexico Monarcas Morelia
Report
Attendance: 11,170

Morelia win 3-2 on aggregate

Semifinals

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First leg and Second leg matches were played between August 7, 2002, and August 28, 2002.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
LD Alajuelense Costa Rica 2–3 Mexico Pachuca 2–1 0–2
Morelia Mexico 7–2 United States Kansas City Wizards 6–1 1–1
LD Alajuelense Costa Rica2–1Mexico Pachuca
Alfaro File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
López File:Soccerball shade.svg 48'		 Chitiva File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Referee: Nery Alfaro (El Salvador)
Pachuca Mexico2–0Costa Rica LD Alajuelense
Santana File:Soccerball shade.svg 32'
Silvani File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Morelia Mexico6–1United States Kansas City Wizards
Fernandes File:Soccerball shade.svg 50', 75', 83' (pen.)
Buján File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Bautista File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'
Saavedra File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		 Fabbro File:Soccerball shade.svg 85'
Kansas City Wizards United States1–1Mexico Morelia
Brown File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Report Noriega File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,833
Referee: Michael Seifert (Canada)

Morelia won 7–2 on aggregate.

Final

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Morelia Mexico0–1Mexico Pachuca
Report File:Soccerball shade.svg 48' Silvani
Attendance: 15,000

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mexico Alex Fernandes Mexico Morelia 4
Venezuela Juan Arango Mexico C.F. Pachuca 4
3 Ukraine Dema Kovalenko United States Chicago Fire 3
Honduras Milton Núñez Guatemala Comunicaciones 3
Mexico Eduardo Lillingston Mexico Santos Laguna 3
6 File:Flag placeholder.svg Pedro Jiménez Mexico Santos Laguna 2
Costa Rica Sandro Alfaro Costa Rica LD Alajuelense 2
File:Flag placeholder.svg Erick Jimenez Costa Rica LD Alajuelense 2
United States Chris Brown United States Kansas City Wizards 2
Costa Rica Wilmer Lopez Costa Rica LD Alajuelense 2
File:Flag placeholder.svg Franz Torres Mexico Morelia 2
File:Flag placeholder.svg Antonio Gonzalez Mexico Morelia 2
Colombia Andrés Chitiva Mexico C.F. Pachuca 2
Mexico Sergio Santana Mexico C.F. Pachuca 2
Argentina Walter Silvani Mexico C.F. Pachuca 2

References

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  1. ^ a b CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002 on the RSSSF
  2. ^ 2002 Concacaf Cup [permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Legado Glorioso, Copa Concacaf 2002 by Héctor Gómez on Vavel, 2 Feb 2018
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