2002 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
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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
North American zone
Template:Flagicon Morelia – 2000 Invierno champion
Template:Flagicon Pachuca – 2001 Invierno champion
Template:Flagicon Santos Laguna – 2001 Verano champion
Template:Flagicon Club América – 2001 Giants Cup champion
Template:Flagicon Kansas City Wizards – 2000 MLS Cup champion and 2000 MLS Supporters' Shield winner
Template:Flagicon Chicago Fire – 2000 MLS Cup runner-up
Template:Flagicon San Jose Earthquakes – 2001 MLS Cup champion
Template:Flagicon D.C. United – 2001 Giants Cup runner-up
Central American zone
Template:Flagicon Municipal – UNCAF champion
Template:Flagicon Saprissa – UNCAF runner-up
Template:Flagicon Olimpia – UNCAF third place
Template:Flagicon Comunicaciones – UNCAF fourth place
Template:Flagicon Tauro – UNCAF semifinal qualifier
Template:Flagicon Alajuelense – UNCAF semifinal qualifier
Caribbean zone
Template:Flagicon Defence Force – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist
Template:Flagicon W Connection – 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist
Bracket
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First round
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alajuelense Costa RicaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–0 | MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". América | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Comunicaciones GuatemalaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 5–2 | United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". D.C. United | 4–0 | 1–2 |
| Pachuca MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–1 | Trinidad and TobagoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Defence Force | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| San Jose Earthquakes United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 4–1 | HondurasScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Olimpia | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Morelia MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–1 | Costa RicaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Saprissa | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Municipal GuatemalaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 0–3 | United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chicago Fire | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| Tauro PanamaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–5 | MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Santos Laguna | 1–1 | 2–4 |
| W Connection Trinidad and TobagoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 0–3 | United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kansas City Wizards | 0–1 | 0–2 |
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Quarterfinals
First leg and Second leg matches were played between April 14, 2002, and April 24, 2002.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Comunicaciones GuatemalaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–6 | Costa RicaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". LD Alajuelense | 2–3 | 0–3 |
| C.F. Pachuca MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–1 | United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". San Jose Earthquakes | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Morelia MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 3–2 | United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Chicago Fire | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Santos Laguna MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–3 | United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kansas City Wizards | 2–1 | 0–2 |
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Semifinals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LD Alajuelense Costa RicaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–3 | MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pachuca | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Morelia MexicoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 7–2 | United StatesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Kansas City Wizards | 6–1 | 1–1 |
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Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.
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Morelia won 7–2 on aggregate.
Final
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Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Alex Fernandes | Template:Flagicon Morelia | 4 |
| Template:Flagicon Juan Arango | Template:Flagicon C.F. Pachuca | 4 | |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Dema Kovalenko | Template:Flagicon Chicago Fire | 3 |
| Template:Flagicon Milton Núñez | Template:Flagicon Comunicaciones | 3 | |
| Template:Flagicon Eduardo Lillingston | Template:Flagicon Santos Laguna | 3 | |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Pedro Jiménez | Template:Flagicon Santos Laguna | 2 |
| Template:Flagicon Sandro Alfaro | Template:Flagicon LD Alajuelense | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon Erick Jimenez | Template:Flagicon LD Alajuelense | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon Chris Brown | Template:Flagicon Kansas City Wizards | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon Wilmer Lopez | Template:Flagicon LD Alajuelense | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon Franz Torres | Template:Flagicon Morelia | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon Antonio Gonzalez | Template:Flagicon Morelia | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon Andrés Chitiva | Template:Flagicon C.F. Pachuca | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon Sergio Santana | Template:Flagicon C.F. Pachuca | 2 | |
| Template:Flagicon Walter Silvani | Template:Flagicon C.F. Pachuca | 2 |
References
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- ↑ a b CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002 on the RSSSF
- ↑ 2002 Concacaf Cup Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- ↑ Legado Glorioso, Copa Concacaf 2002 by Héctor Gómez on Vavel, 2 Feb 2018
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