1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
Host country United States
City Washington, D.C.
Dates August 13 – August 24
Teams 8 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions Mexico Cruz Azul (5th title)
Runners-up United States Los Angeles Galaxy
Tournament statistics
Matches played 8
Goals scored 27 (3.38 per match)

The 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 33rd 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 determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region.

The teams were split into 3 zones (North, Central and Caribbean). The North American zone qualified 3 teams direct into the quarterfinals and 2 teams played a play-off to get a 4th spot in the quarterfinals. The Central American zone played a regional tournament to get 3 spots in the quarterfinal. The winner of the Caribbean zone got a place in the quarterfinals.

1997 was the first year that teams from the United States' premier league, 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]

Preliminary Regional playoffs

North American Zone

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Los Angeles Galaxy United States 4 - 1 Mexico Santos Laguna
  • Los Angeles Galaxy advance to the quarterfinal.

Central American Zone

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
A.F.C. Euro Kickers Panama 5 - 6 Nicaragua Diriangén FC 4 - 2 1 - 4

First round

Team 1 Agg. 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 4 - 1 Honduras Olimpia 0 - 0 4 - 1
Diriangén FC Nicaragua 4 - 5 Costa Rica Alajuelense 3 - 2 1 - 3

Second round

Team 1 Agg. 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.[2]

Caribbean Zone

1997 CFU Club Championship

Group 1

Team 1  Score  Team 2
L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau Guadeloupe 0 - 0 Barbados Notre Dame SC
United Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago 2 - 0 Guyana Omai Gold Seekers
Omai Gold Seekers Guyana 0 - 2 Barbados Notre Dame SC
United Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago 7 - 1 Guadeloupe L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau
Omai Gold Seekers Guyana 1 - 1 Guadeloupe L'Etoile de Morne-à-l'Eau
United Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago 5 - 0 Barbados Notre Dame SC

Group 2

Team 1  Score  Team 2
SV Transvaal Suriname 1 - 0 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Stubborn Youth SC
Seba United Jamaica 2 - 0 Martinique Club Franciscain
Club Franciscain Martinique 1 - 0 Suriname SV Transvaal
Seba United Jamaica 5 - 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Stubborn Youth SC
Club Franciscain Martinique 3 - 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Stubborn Youth SC
Seba United Jamaica 2 - 0 Suriname SV Transvaal

Qualifying playoff

Team 1  Score  Team 2
United Petrotrin Trinidad and Tobago 2 - 1 Jamaica Seba United
  • United Petrotrin advance to the quarterfinal.

Quarterfinal Qualified teams

North American zone

Central American zone

Caribbean zone

  • Caribbean Football Union (CFU):
    Trinidad and Tobago United Petrotrin - 1997 CFU Club Championship winner

Bracket

 
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
 
 
 
Mexico Cruz Azul5
 
Mexico Guadalajara1
 
 
 
Costa Rica Cartaginés0
 
Mexico Guadalajara2
 
 
 
Mexico Cruz Azul3 Third place
 
Mexico Cruz Azul5
 
 
 
Guatemala Comunicaciones 0
 
United States D.C. United2
 
 
Mexico Guadalajara2
 

Quarterfinals

Los Angeles Galaxy United States 2 – 0 El Salvador C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo
Welton  45'
Hurtado  78'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. - United States
D.C. United United States 1 – 0 Trinidad and Tobago United Petrotrin
Etcheverry  84'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. - United States
Cruz Azul Mexico 5 – 0 Guatemala CSD Comunicaciones
Galindo  5', 57'
Yegros  42'
Hermosillo  56'
Palencia  78'

Semifinals

D.C. United United States 0 – 1 United States Los Angeles Galaxy
Jones  10'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. - United States
Guadalajara Mexico 2 – 3 Mexico Cruz Azul
Sánchez  86' (pen.)
Martínez  90'		 Sánchez  26' (OG)
Yegros  36'
Adomaitis  77'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. - United States

Third place match

D.C. United United States 2 – 2 Mexico Guadalajara
Díaz Arce  40'
Iroha  89'		 Acosta  55'
Sánchez  86' (pen.)
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. - United States
  • Third place was shared.

Final

Los Angeles Galaxy United States 3 – 5 Mexico Cruz Azul
Hurtado  8', 14'
Campos  78'		 Galindo  30' (pen.)
Rodríguez  31'
Adomaitis  36'
Hermosillo  62', 66'
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C. - United States

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1997 Winners
Mexico
Deportivo Cruz Azul
Fifth Title

References

  1. ↑ http://www.concacaf.com/viewCompetition.aspx?id=90
  2. ↑ "Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1997".
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