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Qualifying Rounds
Northern Zone
Guadalajara (Mexican summer champions 1996/97) bye to final round.
DC United (USA champions 1996) bye to final round.
Qualifying Playoff (Jul 30)
Los Angeles Galaxy USA Santos Mex 4-1 x
[Mauricio Cienfuegos 64, Eduardo Hurtado 65, Martín Machón 80, Welton Mello 84;
Nicolás Ramírez 70]
x played in one leg in Los Angeles
Central Zone
Preliminary Round (Jun 1 & 8)
Eurokickers Pan Diriangén Nic 4-2 1-4 5-6 aet
[José Ardines (2), Bowell (pen), Wilchard; Sergio Gago, Harry Cruz (pen)]
[Sergio Gago, Bermudez, González (2); José Ardines]
Round 1
(May 3 & 11)
Cartaginés CRi Tauro FC Pan 5-0 4-2 9-2
[Jewisson Bennett (2), Heriberto Quirós (2), Norman Gómez]
[Gustavo Lagarcha (2, both pen); Heriberto Quirós (2), Cristian Mena,
Norman Gómez]
(May 7 & 14)
Deportivo FAS ElS Comunicaciones Gua 1-1 1-1 2-2 3-5p
[Guillermo Rivera; Milton "Tyson" Núñez]
[Carlos Villareal; Everaldo Valencia]
(May 16 & Jun 1)
Xelajú MC Gua Real Verdes Blz 0-0 2-0 2-0
[Cesar Trujillo, G.Benzano]
(May 18 & 28)
Juventus Blz Real España Hon 0-1 4-1 4-2
[Guillermo Gómez 62pen]
[Orbin Cabrera 88; Freddy Tunn 5, Norman Núñez 29, Ramón García 45, John Mc Allet 52]
(May 28 & Jun 4)
Luis Ángel Firpo ElS Olimpia Hon 0-0 3-1 3-1
[Wilmer Velasquez 24; Fabio de Freitas 38, Juan Gámez 43, Percival Piggott 60]
(Jun 22 & Jul 9)
Diriangén Nic Alajuelense CRi 3-2 1-3 4-5
Round 2
(Jun 22 & 28)
Juventus Blz Comunicaciones Gua 0-3 2-5 2-8
[Rodas, Castro (og), Rigoberto Gómez]
[Rigoberto Gómez (2), Nicolas Suazo, B.Pérez, ?; Norman Núñez (2)]
(Jul 13 & 16)
Xelajú MC Gua Luis Ángel Firpo ElS 2-1 0-2 2-3
[Posse, Mora; Raúl Toro]
[Raúl Toto, I.Castro]
(Jul 30)
Cartaginés CRi Alajuelense CRi 2-1 x
[Sergio Morales (2); Luis Diego Arnáez]
x played in one leg in San José
Caribbean Zone
Group 1 (in Pointe-à-Pierre, Trinidad)
Jul 16: L'Etoile Filante-Notre Dame 0-0
United Petrotrin-Omai Gold Seekers 2-0
[Dexter Cyrus 8, P.Jones 89]
Jul 18: Omai Gold Seekers-Notre Dame 0-2
[Riley 14, Hall 51]
United Petrotrin-L'Etoile Filante 7-1
[Dexter Francis 13pen, Dexter Cyrus 14, 60, 66, P.Jones 75, 77,
Peter Prosper 88; Oliver 29]
Jul 20: Omai Gold Seekers-L'Etoile Filante 1-1
[Babb 59; Bruno 43]
United Petrotrin-Notre Dame 5-0
[Peter Prosper 5, Sherwyn Julien 44, Dexter Cyrus 48,
P.Jones 64, 89]
1.United Petrotrin (Trinidad) 3 3 0 0 14- 1 9
2.Notre Dame SC (Barbados) 3 1 1 1 2- 5 4
3.L'Etoile Filante (Morne-à-l'Eau)3 0 2 1 2- 8 2y
4.Omai Gold Seekers (Guyana) 3 0 1 2 1- 5 1
y from Guadeloupe
Group 2 (in Montego Bay, Jamaica)
Jul 23: Transvaal-Stubborn Youth 1-0
[Baina]
Seba United-Club Franciscain 2-0x
[Stephen Malcolm (2); Jean-Claude Fernelt, Erick Jean Louis (2)]
Jul 25: Club Franciscain-Transvaal 2-1
[Fernelt (pen), Civault; Tjuaton]
Seba United-Stubborn Youth 5-1
[P.Wong, Stephen Malcolm, C.Harris (pen), Whitmore, Paul Davis;
Chewitt]
Jul 27: Stubborn Youth-Club Franciscain 2-3
[Gonsalves, Charles; own goal, Fernelt (2)]
Seba United-Transvaal 2-0
[McFarlane, Paul Davis]
x match had finished 2-3 but was awarded 2-0 as Club Franciscain used two
ineligible players
1.Seba United (Montego Bay) 3 3 0 0 9- 1 9
2.Club Franciscain (Le François) 3 2 0 1 5- 5 6y
3.Transvaal (Paramaribo) 3 1 0 2 2- 4 3
4.Stubborn Youth SC (St. Vincent) 3 0 0 3 3- 9 0
y from Martinique
Qualifying Playoff (Aug 2)
United Petrotrin Tri Seba United Jam 2-1 asdet
[Peter Prosper 44, Philbert Jones 95; Brian Hill 56]
Final Round
Quarterfinals
(in Washington DC, Aug 12)
Los Angeles Galaxy USA Luis Angel Firpo ElS 2-0
[Welton 45, Eduardo Hurtado 78]
DC United USA United Petrotrin Tri 1-0
[Marco Etcheverry 84]
(in Ciudad de México, Aug 16)
Cruz Azul Mex Comunicaciones Gua 5-0
[Benjamín Galindo 5, 57, Julio César Yegros 42, Carlos Hermosillo 56,
Juan Francisco Palencia 78]
(in Guadalajara, Aug 17)
Guadalajara Mex Cartaginés CRi 1-0
[Felipe de Jesús Robles 34]
Semifinals (in Washington DC, Aug 22)
Guadalajara Mex Cruz Azul Mex 2-3
[Joel Sánchez 86pen, Manuel Mártinez 90; Joel Sánchez 26og,
Julio César Yegros 36, Héctor Adomaitis 77]
DC United USA Los Angeles Galaxy USA 0-1
[Cobi Jones 10]
Third Place Match (in Washington DC, Aug 24)
DC United USA Guadalajara Mex 2-2
[Raúl Díaz Arce 40, Ben Iroha 89; Miguel Acosta 55, Joel Sánchez 86pen]
(third place shared)
Final (Robert Kennedy Stadium, Washington DC, Aug 24)
Los Angeles Galaxy USA Cruz Azul Mex 3-5
[Eduardo Hurtado 8, 14, Jorge Campos 78; Benjamín Galindo 30pen,
Johan Rodríguez 31, Héctor Adomaitis 36, Carlos Hermosillo 62, 66]
[Los Angeles Galaxy: Jorge Campos, Paul Caligiuri, Danny Pena, Robin Fraser, Chris Armas,
Martín Machón (Ezra Hendrickson 72), Cobi Jones, Mauricio Cienfuegos (José Botello 21),
Greg Vanney, Dan Calichman (Kevin Hartman - goalkeeper- 46), Eduardo Hurtado;
Cruz Azul: Óscar Pérez, Johan Rodríguez, Juan Reynoso, Moisés González, Guadalupe Castañeda,
Héctor Adomaitis, Carlos Barra (Agustín Morales 67), Benjamín Galindo, Ómar Rodríguez
(Julio Yegros 76), Carlos Hermosillo, Francisco Palencia (Héctor Altamirano 73)]
Cruz Azul 1997 winners of the Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones of CONCACAF.
Qualifying Rounds Northern Zone Dallas Burn (USA) bye to final round. Cruz Azul (Mexico) bye to final round. Necaxa (Mexico) bye to final round. Central Zone First Round (unknown & May 28) Deportivo FAS ElS Amatitlán Gua 2-2 0-0 2-2 3-4p (Apr 26 & Jun 15) Belén CRi Diriangén Nic 2-1 3-2 5-3 (Jun 28 & Jul 6) Juventus Bel Platense Hon 1-0 1-4 2-4 [Norman Núñez 42] [Geovanny Ávila 31, Reynaldo Clavasquín 33, Juan Manuel Cárcamo 35, Luis Perdomo 79; David Mc Callister 85] Plaza Amador qualified for second round as well, opposition unknown Olimpia and Municipal, who had reached the Cuadrangular Final of the abandoned 1996 edition, got byes into the second round Second Round (all matches in 1998!) (Jan 25) Olimpia Hon Belén CRi 3-0 x [Wilmer Velásquez 52, 76, Samuel Caballero 90+6] (Feb 12 & 15) Platense Hon Jong Colombia DAn 3-1 7-0 10-1y [Gustavo Fuentes 70, Róbel Bernárdez 78, Carlos Roberto Da Silva 85; Francis Bonifacio 15] [Juan Manuel Cárcamo 26, 30, 45, Gustavo Fuentes 53, 70, 87, Carlos Roberto Da Silva 88] (Jan 25 & 28) Plaza Amador Pan Municipal Gua 0-1 0-2 0-3 x only one leg played in San Pedro Sula y first leg in San Pedro Sula, second leg in Puerto Cortés; Jong Colombia replace Amatitlán Caribbean Zone Won by Jong Colombia; instead of qualifying for the final round as originally planned, they were added to the second round of the central zone. Final Round Originally scheduled for March 1998 in Dallas with as quarterfinals Necaxa vs. Olimpia and Platense vs. Municipal; winners of the first were to play Cruz Azul in the semifinal; winners of the second were to play Dallas Burn in the second semifinal. Format was changed for "scheduling and technical reasons". Group North Mar 4: Dallas Burn-Necaxa 1-4 [Dante Washington 57; Luis Hernández 7, Pedro Pineda 45pen, 56, Edson Alvarado 58] Mar 8: Dallas Burn-Cruz Azul 1-2 [Dante Washington 56; Héctor Altamirano 42, Juan Francisco Palencia 65] Mar 11: Cruz Azul-Necaxa 1-1 [also Mexican league match] [Julio César Yegros 24; Luis Hernández 34] 1.Necaxa (Ciudad de México) 2 1 1 0 5- 2 4 2.Cruz Azul (Ciudad de México) 2 1 1 0 3- 2 4 3.Dallas Burn 2 0 0 2 2- 6 0 Group South Mar 5: Platense-Olimpia 3-3 [Julio César de León 72pen, 80pen, Juan Manuel Cárcamo 60; Wilmer Velásquez 55, 78pen, Samuel Caballero 64] Mar 8: Olimpia-Municipal 2-1 [Wilmer Velasquez 31, Denilson Costa 70; Bayron Paredes 34] Apr 1: Municipal-Platense 0-0 1.Olimpia (Tegucigalpa) 2 1 1 0 5- 4 4 2.Platense (Puerto Cortés) 2 0 2 0 3- 3 2 3.Municipal (Ciudad de Guatemala) 2 0 1 1 1- 2 1 Final (was supposed to be played in April 1998) Olimpia Hon Necaxa Mex Final never played, tournament tacitly abandoned.overview champions cup | overview cup winners cup | 1996 | 1998
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