Tournament details | |
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Dates | February 3 – September 18 |
Teams | 16 (from 7 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Pachuca (1st title) |
Runners-up | Morelia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 74 (2.55 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Alex Fernandes Juan Arango (4 goals) |
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 World Club Championship. Mexican club Pachuca beat countryfellow Morelia 1–0 in the final to win their first CONCACAF trophy. [2] [3] [1]
Morelia – 2000 Invierno champion
Pachuca – 2001 Invierno champion
Santos Laguna – 2001 Verano champion
Club América – 2001 Giants Cup champion
Kansas City Wizards – 2000 MLS Cup champion and 2000 MLS Supporters' Shield winner
Chicago Fire – 2000 MLS Cup runner-up
San Jose Earthquakes – 2001 MLS Cup champion
D.C. United – 2001 Giants Cup runner-up
Municipal – UNCAF champion
Saprissa – UNCAF runner-up
Olimpia – UNCAF third place
Comunicaciones – UNCAF fourth place
Tauro – UNCAF semifinal qualifier
Alajuelense – UNCAF semifinal qualifier
Defence Force – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist
W Connection – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist
First knockout round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Morelia | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Saprissa | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Morelia | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chicago Fire | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Municipal | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Chicago Fire | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Morelia | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas City Wizards | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Tauro | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Santos Laguna | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Santos Laguna | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas City Wizards | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | W Connection | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Kansas City Wizards | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Morelia | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pachuca | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Comunicaciones | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | D.C. United | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Comunicaciones | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Alajuelense | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Alajuelense | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Club América | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Alajuelense | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pachuca | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Defence Force | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Pachuca | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Pachuca | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
S.J. Earthquakes | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Olimpia | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | S.J. Earthquakes | 1 | 3 | 4 |
First leg and Second leg matches were played between February 3, 2002, and March 27, 2002.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Alajuelense | 3–0 | América | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Comunicaciones | 5–2 | D.C. United | 4–0 | 1–2 |
Pachuca | 4–1 | Defence Force | 0–1 | 4–0 |
San Jose Earthquakes | 4–1 | Olimpia | 1–0 | 3–1 |
Morelia | 3–1 | Saprissa | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Municipal | 0–3 | Chicago Fire | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Tauro | 3–5 | Santos Laguna | 1–1 | 2–4 |
W Connection | 0–3 | Kansas City Wizards | 0–1 | 0–2 |
Club América | 0–2 (4–2 agg.) | LD Alajuelense | ||
TBD TBD |
D.C. United | 2–1 (2–5 agg.) | Comunicaciones | ||
TBD TBD | TBD |
Defence Force | 0–4 (4–2 agg.) | C.F. Pachuca | ||
TBD TBD TBD TBD |
March 21, 2003 | Deportivo Saprissa | 1–1 (1–3 agg.) | Morelia | San Jose, Costa Rica |
Jeaustin Campos | Antonio González | Stadium: Ricardo Saprissa Stadium |
March 21, 2002 | Chicago Fire | 2–0 (3–0 agg.) | C.S.D. Municipal | 4,844 |
Carlos Bocanegra Ante Razov | Stadium: Naperville's Cardinal Stadium |
Santos Laguna | 4–2 (5–3 agg.) | Tauro F.C. | ||
TBD TBD TBD TBD | TBD TBD |
W Connection | 0–1 | |||
Kansas City Wizards | 2–0 (3–0 agg.) | W Connection | ||
First leg and Second leg matches were played between April 14, 2002, and April 24, 2002.
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Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Comunicaciones | 2–6 | LD Alajuelense | 2–3 | 0–3 |
C.F. Pachuca | 3–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | 3–0 | 0–1 |
Morelia | 3–2 | Chicago Fire | 2–0 | 1–2 |
Santos Laguna | 2–3 | Kansas City Wizards | 2–1 | 0–2 |
LD Alajuelense | 3–0 (6–2 agg.) | Comunicaciones | ||
TBD TBD TBD |
San Jose Earthquakes | 1–0 (1–3 agg.) | C.F. Pachuca | ||
TBD |
Morelia | 2–0 | Chicago Fire | ||
TBD TBD |
Chicago Fire | 2–1 (2–3 agg.) | Atlético Morelia Morelia | ||
TBD TBD | TBD |
Kansas City Wizards | 2–1 (2–3 agg.) | Santos Laguna | ||
TBD TBD | TBD |
First leg and Second leg matches were played between August 7, 2002, and August 28, 2002.
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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LD Alajuelense | 2–3 | Pachuca | 2–1 | 0–2 |
Morelia | 7–2 | Kansas City Wizards | 6–1 | 1–1 |
LD Alajuelense | 2–1 | Pachuca |
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Alfaro 24' López 48' | Chitiva 3' |
Pachuca | 2–0 | LD Alajuelense |
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Santana 32' Silvani 76' |
Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.
Morelia | 6–1 | Kansas City Wizards |
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Fernandes 50', 75', 83' (pen.) Buján 57' Bautista 62' Saavedra 73' | Fabbro 85' |
Morelia won 7–2 on aggregate.
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Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Alex Fernandes | Morelia | 4 |
Juan Arango | C.F. Pachuca | 4 | |
3 | Dema Kovalenko | Chicago Fire | 3 |
Milton Núñez | Comunicaciones | 3 | |
Eduardo Lillingston | Santos Laguna | 3 | |
6 | Pedro Jiménez | Santos Laguna | 2 |
Sandro Alfaro | LD Alajuelense | 2 | |
Erick Jimenez | LD Alajuelense | 2 | |
Chris Brown | Kansas City Wizards | 2 | |
Wilmer Lopez | LD Alajuelense | 2 | |
Franz Torres | Morelia | 2 | |
Antonio Gonzalez | Morelia | 2 | |
Andrés Chitiva | C.F. Pachuca | 2 | |
Sergio Santana | C.F. Pachuca | 2 | |
Walter Silvani | C.F. Pachuca | 2 |
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