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1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

34th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF

34th edition of premier club football tournament organized by CONCACAF

FieldValue
year1998
datesAugust 11 – 16
cityWashington, D.C.
countryUnited States
num_teams8
associations5
champion_otherUSA D.C. United
count1
second_otherMEX Toluca
third_otherCRC Saprissa
fourth_otherMEX León
matches8
goals19
prevseason1997
nextseason1999

The 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 34th 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 football in the CONCACAF region.

The final tournament, held in Washington, D.C., was won by D.C. United, who defeated Deportivo Toluca 1–0 in the final, becoming the first team from the United States to win the tournament.

Qualified teams

  • MEX Cruz Azul (holders) bye to final round.
  • MEX Deportivo Toluca (Mexican summer champions 1997/98) bye to final round.
  • USA DC United (USA champions 1997) bye to final round.

Qualifying

Qualifying Playoff

Romero Trittschuh Cadena Bravo

  • León advances to the quarterfinals.

Qualifying Central American zone

Organized by the Central American Football Union.

Group South A

Gerard Drummond
Alejandro Sequeira Kervin Lacey
Vinicio Montero

Group South B

Richard Smith

Group North A

Erick Dowson Prado Steve Hall
Allan Flowers Rodas Costa Velásquez Edgar Valencia
Julio Rodas
Edwin Westphal Dave McCuley

Group North B

Da Silva Cárcamo Selvin Ponciano Celio Rodríguez Da Silva Fuentes Morales de León Raul Toro Selvin Ponciano Luis Oseguera Raul Toro Pedro Vasquez

Group I

Myers Ilama de León Cárcamo Fonseca

Group II

Monterrosa Madrigal Martins Cubero Miso

Playoff

  • Alajuelense advanced to the Final Tournament.

Caribbean zone

  • Caribbean Zone: TRI Joe Public F.C. (invitee)
  • The Caribbean club championships during that time were only played in November, CONCACAF invited Joe Public of Trinidad and Tobago as Caribbean representative.

Bracket

|August 11 – Washington, D.C|USA D.C. United|8|TRI Joe Public|0 |August 11 – Washington, D.C|MEX León |1 (3)|SLV Luis Ángel Firpo|1 (2) |August 12 – Washington, D.C|MEX Cruz Azul|0 (3)|CRC Deportivo Saprissa |0 (5) |August 12 – Washington, D.C|MEX Toluca|2|CRC Alajuelense|0 |August 14 – Washington, D.C|USA D.C. United|2|MEX León|0 |August 14 – Washington, D.C|CRC Deportivo Saprissa|1 (2)|MEX Toluca |1 (3) |August 16 – Washington, D.C|USA D.C. United|1|MEX Toluca|0 |August 16 – Washington, D.C|MEX León|0|CRC Deportivo Saprissa|2

Quarterfinals

Lassiter
Wood

Abundis

Semifinals

Washington, D.C., United States

3 – 2 (pen) Washington, D.C., United States

Third place match

Centeno Washington, D.C., United States

Final

Washington, D.C., United States

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Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
1998 Winners
USA
D.C. United
First Title

Player awards

Top goalscorer

  • Roy Lassiter (D.C. United) – 6 goals

Most Valuable Player

  • Roy Lassiter (D.C. United)

Team of the tournament

;Goalkeeper:

  • Scott Garlick, D.C. United ;Defenders:
  • Jeff Agoos, D.C. United
  • Eddie Pope, D.C. United
  • Salvador Carmona, Toluca
  • Roberto Medina, Leon ;Midfielders:
  • Fabian Estay, Toluca
  • Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United
  • Roy Myers, Saprissa ;Forwards:
  • Roy Lassiter, D.C. United
  • Jose Manuel Abundis, Toluca
  • Nidelson De Mello, Firpo

References

References

  1. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesc/cacups98.html Copa de Campeones 1998] on the RSSSF
  2. [https://www.goal.com/es-mx/news/4855/concacaf-liga-de-campeones/2016/02/23/20650732/dc-united-primer-campeón-de-concacaf-de-la-mls DC United, primer campeón de Concacaf de la MLS] on Goal.com
  3. (November 1998). "DC United Wins the 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup".
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