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1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

33rd edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF

33rd edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF

FieldValue
year1997
datesAugust 13–24
cityWashington, D.C.
countryUnited States
num_teams8
associations6
champion_otherMEX Cruz Azul
count5
second_otherUSA Los Angeles Galaxy
matches8
goals27
prevseason1996
nextseason1998

The 1997 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 33rd edition of the annual international club football competition, the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. It determined that year's club champion of the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean).

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

1997 was the first year that teams from 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. At the time, Mexican goalkeeper Jorge Campos was signed to the Galaxy and Cruz Azul. The Galaxy were the first American club to reach the final of a Champions Cup or League.

Preliminary Regional playoffs

North American Zone

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Eduardo Hurtado Martín Machón Welton Mello

  • Los Angeles Galaxy advance to the quarterfinal.

Central American Zone

Preliminary round

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José Ardines
Wilchard Harry Cruz Sergio Gago
Lester González

First round

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Heriberto Quirós
Norman Gómez Cristian Mena
Norman Gómez Cesar Trujillo Norman Nuñez
Norman Nuñez
John McAllet Juan Gámez
Percival Piggott José María Bermúdez
Léster González Ronald Chaves Ronald Chavez
Harold Wallace

Second round

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  • Comunicaciones, Luis Ángel Firpo and Cartaginés advance to the quarterfinal. Cartaginés vs Alajuelense played in one leg in San José.

Castro
Rigoberto Gómez Nicolas Suazo
Byron Perez
TBD Mora Israel Castro

Caribbean Zone

Main article: 1997 CFU Club Championship

CFU Club Championship final

  • United Petrotrin advance to the quarterfinal

Quarterfinal Qualified teams

North American zone

  • Major League Soccer: :USA D.C. United – 1996 MLS Cup winner

:USA Los Angeles Galaxy – preliminary round winner (1996 MLS Cup runner-up)

  • Primera División de México: :MEX Guadalajara – 1997 Verano winner

:MEX Cruz Azul – 1996 CONCACAF Champions Cup title holder

Central American zone

  • Central American Qualifiers: CRC C.S. Cartaginés – Second Round Series winner SLV C.D. Luis Ángel Firpo – Second Round Series winner GUA CSD Comunicaciones – Second Round Series winner

Caribbean zone

  • Caribbean Football Union (CFU): TRI United Petrotrin – 1997 CFU Club Championship winner

Bracket

||USA D.C. United|1|TRI United Petrotrin|0 ||USA Los Angeles Galaxy|2|SLV Luis Ángel Firpo|0 ||MEX Guadalajara|1|CRC Cartaginés|0 ||MEX Cruz Azul|5|GUA Comunicaciones |0 ||USA D.C. United|0|USA Los Angeles Galaxy|1 ||MEX Guadalajara|2|MEX Cruz Azul|3 ||USA Los Angeles Galaxy|3|MEX Cruz Azul|5 ||USA D.C. United|2|MEX Guadalajara|2

Quarter-finals

Hurtado Washington, D.C. – United States

Washington, D.C. – United States

Yegros Hermosillo Palencia Mexico, D.F. – Mexico

Guadalajara, Jalisco – Mexico

Semi-finals

Washington, D.C. – United States

Martínez Yegros Adomaitis Washington, D.C. – United States

Third place match

Iroha Sánchez Washington, D.C. – United States

  • Third place was shared.

Final

Campos Rodríguez Adomaitis Hermosillo Washington, D.C. – United States

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ECU Octavio Zambrano
MEX Luis Fernando Tena

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Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1997 Winners
MEX
Cruz Azul
Fifth title

References

References

  1. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups97.html Copa de Campeones 1997] on the RSSSF
  2. "Copa de la Campeones de la Concacaf 1997" on Reino Azul (blogsite), October 20, 2014
  3. Dure, Beau. (2010). "Long-Range Goals: The Success Story of Major League Soccer". [[Potomac Books]].
  4. "Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1997".
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