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North American Zone
Selected clubs: KC Wizards (USA)
Chicago Fire (USA)
Santos Laguna (Mexico)
Morelia (Mexico)
Central American Zone
NB: Belize teams apparently not included because the Belize Football League
submitted the letter with entered teams one day late to the Belize FA.
It is not clear why El Salvador and Nicaragua have no teams entered.
First Round
Group A (Guatemala, Aug 15-19)
Aug 15: Tauro-Saprissa 1-1
[Hector Nazarit 6; Alvaro Saborio 56]
Aug 15: Comunicaciones-Motagua 0-0
Aug 17: Tauro-Motagua 1-0
[Anel Wiltshire 6]
Aug 17: Comunicaciones-Saprissa 1-2
[Everaldo Valencia 17; Victor Cordero 10, Alvaro Saborio 82]
Aug 19: Comunicaciones-Tauro 2-1
[Everaldo Valencia 36, Andres Rivera 59; Luis Rodriguez 12]
Aug 19: Saprissa-Motagua 2-1
[Victor Nunez 2, Walter Centeno 69; Ariel Leyes 16pen]
1.Saprissa (San José) 3 2 1 0 5- 3 7
2.Comunicaciones (Cd. Guatemala) 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4 [1 1 0 0 2-1 3]
3.Tauro FC (Panama City) 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4 [1 0 0 1 1-2 0]
4.Motagua (Tegucigalpa) 3 0 1 2 1- 3 1
Group B (Honduras, Aug 8-12)
Aug 8: Alajuelense-Plaza Amador 6-1
[Josef Miso 25, Allan Oviedo 39, Javier Delgado 43pen, Carlos Castro 59,
Vicente Rosella 60, Mauricio Solis 66; Angel Roman 79]
Aug 8: Municipal-Olimpia 0-0
Aug 10: Municipal-Plaza Amador 7-0
[Juan Carlos Plata 21, 28, 83, Eduardo Barros 34, 88, Walter Estrada 71,
Gonzalo Romero 90]
Aug 10: Alajuelense-Olimpia 0-0
Aug 12: Municipal-Alajuelense 2-2
[Erick Jimenez 36, 90; Gonzalo Romero 16, Mario Acevedo 32]
Aug 12: Olimpia-Plaza Amador 6-0
[Fabio Ulloa 13, Gustavo Fuentes 15, Denilson Costa 29, 80, 88,
Reynaldo Tilgauth 41]
1.Municipal (Ciudad de Guatemala) 3 1 2 0 9- 2 5
2.Olimpia (Tegucigalpa) 3 1 2 0 6- 0 5
3.LD Alajuelense (Alajuela) 3 1 2 0 8- 3 5
4.Plaza Amador (Panama City) 3 0 0 3 1-19 0
Final Tournament (Costa Rica, Sep 12-16)
NB: UNCAF Club Championship 2001
Sep 12: Saprissa-Municipal 1-1
[Walter Centeno 62; Juan Carlos Plata 3]
Sep 12: Olimpia-Comunicaciones 2-0
[Gustavo Fuentes 70, Hugo Domínguez 72]
Sep 14: Saprissa-Olimpia 3-1
[Walter Centeno 52, 56, Jeaustin Campos 81; Danilo Tosello 61]
Sep 14: Municipal-Comunicaciones 4-0
[Julio Giron 3, Eduardo Barros 55, Juan Carlos Plata 63pen,
Carlos Ruiz 83]
Sep 16: Saprissa-Comunicaciones 3-2
[Walter Centeno 10, Jorge Ramirez 18, Victor Nunez 75;
Jorge Estrada 37, 50]
Sep 16: Olimpia-Municipal 1-2
[Denilson Costa 40; Juan Carlos Plata 25, Carlos Ruiz 75]
1.Municipal (Ciudad de Guatemala) 3 2 1 0 7- 2 7
2.Saprissa (San José) 3 2 1 0 7- 4 7
3.Olimpia (Tegucigalpa) 3 1 0 2 4- 5 3
4.Comunicaciones (Cd. Guatemala) 3 0 0 3 2- 9 0
Municipal, Saprissa and Olimpia qualify for CONCACAF finals.
Caribbean Zone
NB: it is not clear why Jamaican clubs were not invited, the Jamaican FA
was surprised
First Round (Jul 29 and Aug 5)
Fruta Conquerors Guy Williams Connection FC Tri 2-1 0-8 2-9
[Neil Hernandez 45, Kevin Grimes 48; Gefferson Goulart 65]
[Reynold Carrington 2, Gefferson Goulart 19, Jose Maria Manoel 20,
Elijah Joseph 30, Titus Elva 65, 78, 80, Luciano Sato 88]
Rovers United FC SLu Defence Force FC Tri 0-3 1-6 1-9
[Jason Scotland 40, 52, Kurt Fermin 74]
[Brent Hudson 12, 22, 73, Sherwin Gomez 69, 78, Akude Goodrich 75;
Hyacinth Mathurin 31]
Racing Club Haïtien Hai UWS Upsetters USV w/o b
Roulado FC Hai Club Franciscain Mtq w/o b
CRKSV Jong Colombia DAn Roots Alley Ballers SLu w/o b
SV Juventus DAn SNL Sur 1-3 1-7 2-10 a
[Rulaine Martijns 87; Clifton Sandvliet 28, Roberto Zebeda 29, 80]
[Orlando Grootfaam 6, 26, 46+, Winston Feller 21, 42pen, Roberto Zebeda 63,
Kenrich Watson 74; Rulaine Martijns 38pen]
SV Transvaal Sur HBA Panthers BrV w/o b
Empire FC Ant Garden Hotspurs FC SKi w/o b
a 1st leg Aug 5, 2nd leg Aug 12
b Roots Alley Ballers, UWS Upsetters, Club Franciscain and Empire withdrew;
HBA Panthers were excluded after failing to honour the 1st leg deadline
Second Round
Group A (Sep 7-11, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti)
Sep 7: W Connection-Jong Colombia 3-1
[Luciano Sato 24, José María Manoel 59, 71; ?]
Sep 9: Racing Club-Jong Colombia 7-0
[Jimmy St. Lot 4pen, 36, 39, Samuel Elie 18, 74,
Chrismonor Telusma 16, 90]
Sep 11: W Connection-Racing Club abd
[abandoned at 2-0 in 2nd half due to rain; as W Connection had
to return to Trinidad, no replay could be fixed yet; CONCACAF
are to decide on the procedure]
Oct 11: W Connection-Racing Club 4.0
[Earl Jean 30, David Atibe Charles 42, 75, Titus Elva 85]
[replay of complete match in Fort-de-France, Martinique]
1.Williams Connection FC 2 2 0 0 7- 1 6
2.RC Haïtien 2 1 0 1 7- 4 3
3.CRKSV Jong Colombia 2 0 0 2 1-10 0
-.SV Transvaal [withdrew]
Group B (Aug 24-28, in Trinidad)
Aug 24: SNL-Roulado 0-0
Aug 26: Defence Force-Roulado 5-1
[Brent Hudson 31, Jason Scotland 39, 66, Sherman Phillip 78, 84;
Frantz Badio 74]
Aug 28: Defence Force-SNL 3-1
[Jason Scotland 26, Brent Hudson 56, Sherman Phillip 78;
Marlon Pierre 7og]
1.Defence Force FC 2 2 0 0 8- 2 6
2.Surinaams Nationaal Leger 2 0 1 1 1- 3 1
3.Roulado 2 0 1 1 1- 5 1
-.Garden Hotspurs FC [withdrew]
Final
Oct 14: Defence Force-W Connection n/p
NB: on Oct 10, the Football Confederation decided to scrap the 2001 tournament,
and include all teams qualified so far plus a few other ones in the
Champions' Cup 2002 tournament.
NB: teams are invited on the basis of having the best attendances in the domestic league;
in principle two teams from any member league may be invited.
Alajuelense (Costa Rica) and LA Galaxy (USA) turned down their invitations.
Preliminary Round (Mar 7 and 14)
Transvaal Sur Arnett Gardens Jam 1-1 1-5 2-6x
[Benny Kijansi 31; Gerald Neil 63]
[Denton Shedden 15, 77, Gerald Neil 60, Donovan Smith 88, Cornel Chin-Sue 90;
Regilio Reingoud 32]
Comunicaciones Gua Motagua Hon 4-0 1-1 5-1
[Luis Torres 15, 31, 39, Martín Machón 44]
[Héctor Caraballo 42; Martín Machón 15]
Municipal Gua Águila ElS 3-1 1-1 4-2
[Mario Acevedo 11, 69, Uwaldo Pérez 64; Marcio Sampaio 72]
[Selvin Ponciano 74; Rodinei Martins 19]
Alianza ElS Saprissa CRi 1-5 0-0 1-5y
[Alejandro Larrea 45; Jeaustin Campos 33, Rolando Fonseca 58, 83,
Andre Luiz Vieira 67, Walter Centeno 87]
x 1st leg Mar 4, 2nd leg Mar 11; Transvaal apparently used guest players
y 2nd leg Mar 9 in San José
Quarterfinals (Apr 4 and 11)
Arnett Gardens Jam DC United USA 0-3 1-2 1-5
[Raúl Díaz Arce 39, 66pen, Carey Talley 59]
[Carey Talley 30pen, Mark Lisi 86; Byron Earle 23]
Comunicaciones Gua CD Guadalajara Mex 3-1 1-1 4-2x
[Everaldo Valencia 37, 57, Fredy García 83; Héctor del Ángel 54]
[Benjamin Galindo 63; Fredy García 36]
Municipal Gua América Mex 0-1 1-2 1-3y
[Braulio Luna 38]
[Jorge Toledano 9, Christián Patino 39pen; Juan Carlos Plata 16]
Saprissa CRi Columbus Crew USA 2-0 1-1 3-1
[Walter Centeno 68, Mike Lapper 90og]
[Brian Maisonneuve 45; Rayner Robinson 16]
x Jul 25 and Aug 1
y Jul 8 and 31
Semifinals (Aug 3) (in Los Angeles)
DC United USA Comunicaciones Gua 2-1
[Jaime Moreno 26, Mark Lisi 89; Andrés Rivera 22]
América Mex Saprissa CRi 2-1
[Jorge Toledano 22, 68; Daniel Torres 38]
NB: semifinalists are qualified for the inaugural 2003 CONCACAF Clubs Cup,
which is supposed to qualify teams for the 2003 FIFA World Club Championship.
Third Place Match (Aug 5) (in Los Angeles)
Saprissa CRi Comunicaciones Gua 3-1
[Víctor Cordero 32, Jeaustin Campos 40, Kervin Lacey 65; Martín Machón 79]
Final (Aug 5) (in Los Angeles; att: 3,000)
DC United USA América Mex 0-2
[Jesús Mendoza 52, Octavio Váldez 70]
NB: finalists are qualified for 2002 Champions Cup.
NB: originally semifinals and final were scheduled for Apr 27 and 29, resp.,
but the quarterfinals involving Mexican clubs had to be postponed due to
the end-of-season playoffs in May.
NB: the tournament will be discontinued after this one edition.
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