CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002

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In 2002, CONCACAF 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.

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, 4 groups of 4 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.

Contents 1 Qualified teams 1.1 North American zone 1.2 Central American zone 1.3 Caribbean zone 2 Bracket 3 First round 4 Quarterfinals 5 Semifinals 6 Final 7 Top Scorers

[edit] Qualified teams

[edit] North American zone

Morelia - 2000 Invierno champion
Pachuca - 2001 Invierno champion
Santos Laguna - 2001 Verano champion
Club America - 2001 Giants Cup champion
Kansas City Wizards - 2000 MLS Cup champion
Chicago Fire - 2000 MLS Cup runner-up
San Jose Earthquakes - 2001 MLS Cup champion
D.C. United - 2001 Giants Cup runner-up

[edit] Central American zone

Municipal - 2001 Torneo UNCAF champion
Saprissa - 2001 Torneo UNCAF runner-up
Olimpia - 2001 Torneo UNCAF third place
Comunicaciones - 2001 Torneo UNCAF fourth place
Tauro - 2001 Torneo UNCAF semifinal qualifier
Alajuelense - 2001 Torneo UNCAF semifinal qualifier

[edit] Caribbean zone

Defence Force - 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist
W Connection - 2001 CFU Club Championship finalist

[edit] Bracket

	First knockout round						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Monarcas Morelia	2	0	2
	Deportivo Saprissa	0	1	1
							Morelia	2	1
							Chicago Fire	0	2
	CSD Municipal	0	0	0
	Chicago Fire	1	2	3
													Morelia	6	1
												Kansas City Wizards	1	1
	Tauro FC	1	2	3
	Santos Laguna	1	4	5
							Santos Laguna	2	0
							Kansas City Wizards	1	2
	W Connection	0	0	0
	Kansas City Wizards	1	2	3
																		Morelia
																			Pachuca
	Comunicaciones	4	1
	D.C. United	0	2
							Comunicaciones	2	0
							Alajuelense	3	3
	Alajuelense	1	2
	Club America	0	0
													Alajuelense	2	0
												Pachuca	1	2
	Defence Force	1	0
	Pachuca	0	4
							Pachuca	3	0
							San Jose Earthquakes	0	1
	Olimpia	0	1
	San Jose Earthquakes	1	3

[edit] First round

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

Team #1	Agg.	Team #2	1st leg	2nd leg
LD Alajuelense	3-0	Club América	1-0	2-0
Comunicaciones	4-2	DC United	4-0	1-2
CF Pachuca	4-1	Defence Force	0-1	4-0
San Jose Earthquakes	4-1	Olimpia	1-0	3-1
Morelia	2-1	Deportivo Saprissa	2-0	0-1
Municipal	0-3	Chicago Fire	0-1	0-2
Tauro F.C.	3-5	Santos Laguna	1-1	2-4
W Connection	0-3	Kansas City Wizards	0-1	0-2

[edit] 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	2-6	LD Alajuelense	2-3	0-3
CF 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

[edit] 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	2-3	Pachuca	2-1	0-2
Morelia	7-2	Kansas City Wizards	6-1	1-1

[edit] Final

Played in one leg at request of the clubs.

2002-09-18	Monarcas Morelia	0 – 1	CF Pachuca	Estadio Azul, Mexico City
			Walter Silvani  48'

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002 Winners
CF Pachuca First Title

[edit] Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alex Fernandes	Monarcas Morelia	4
	Juan Arango	CF 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	Monarcas Morelia	2
	Antonio Gonzalez	Monarcas Morelia	2
	Andres Chitiva	CF Pachuca	2
	Sergio Santana	CF Pachuca	2
	Walter Silvani	CF Pachuca	2
22	Various		1

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