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Qualifying Rounds
Northern Zone
Cruz Azul (holders) bye to final round.
Toluca (Mexican summer champions 1997/98) bye to final round.
DC United (USA champions 1997) bye to final round.
Qualifying Playoff (Jun 28 & Jul 15)
Colorado Rapids USA León Mex 1-0 2-4 3-4
[Marcelo Balboa 83]
[Everaldo Bejines 30, Camilo Romero 38, Steve Trittschuh 43og,
Ricardo Cadena 53; Steve Trittschuh 45, Paul Bravo 69]
Central Zone
First Stage
Group South-A
Feb 8: Diriangén-Saprissa 0-3
Feb 15: Árabe Unido-Diriangén 1-0
Feb 17: Diriangén-Árabe Unido 1-1x
Feb 25: Saprissa-Diriangén 4-1
Mar 8: Árabe Unido-Saprissa 1-2
Mar 11: Saprissa-Árabe Unido n/p
x in Colón, Panama
1.Saprissa (San José) 3 3 0 0 9- 2 9
2.Árabe Unido (Colón) 3 1 1 1 3- 3 4
3.Diriangén (Diriamba) 4 0 1 3 2- 9 1
Group South-B
Feb 8: Tauro-Alajuelense 1-2
Feb 11: Alajuelense-Tauro 4-0
Feb 14: Alajuelense-Real Estelí 8-0
Feb 17: Real Estelí-Alajuelense 1-3x
Mar 8: Real Estelí-Tauro n/p
TBA : Tauro-Real Estelí n/p
x in Palmares, Costa Rica
1.Alajuelense (Alajuela) 4 4 0 0 17- 2 12
2.Tauro FC (Cd. de Panamá) 2 0 0 2 1- 6 0
3.Real Estelí 2 0 0 2 1-11 0
Group North-A (in Ciudad de Guatemala)
Mar 18: Olimpia-Juventus 2-0
[Federico Quiroga 59, 79]
Comunicaciones-Alianza 2-2
Mar 20: Alianza-Juventus 3-3
Comunicaciones-Olimpia 3-2
[Rolando Fonseca 40, 67, Julio Rodas 76; Wilmer Velásquez 50, Denilson Costa 85]
Mar 22: Alianza-Olimpia 1-4
[Denilson Costa 6, 34, 58, Wilmer Velásquez 90; Adrián de La Cruz 68pen]
Comunicaciones-Juventus 8-2
1.Comunicaciones (Cd. Guatemala) 3 2 1 0 13- 6 7
2.Olimpia (Tegucigalpa) 3 2 0 1 8- 4 6
3.Alianza (San Salvador) 3 0 2 1 6- 9 2
4.Juventus (Orange Walk) 3 0 1 2 5-13 1
Group North-B
Feb 1: Aurora-Platense 1-2
[Washington Castagnaro 60; Juan Manuel Cárcamo 49, Carlos Roberto Da Silva 85]
Feb 8: Platense-Aurora 2-1
[Carlos Roberto Da Silva 84, Juan Manuel Cárcamo 85; Washington Castagnaro 67pen]
Feb 22: Verdes-Platense 0-0
Feb 25: Aurora-Luis Ángel Firpo 2-2
Mar 1: Platense-Verdes 6-0
[Marco Antonio Mejía 3, 65, Carlos Roberto Da Silva 10, Gustavo Fuentes 44,
Rony Morales 76, Julio César de León 84pen]
Mar 4: Luis Ángel Firpo-Aurora 2-0
Mar 15: Verdes-Aurora 1-2
Mar 22: Luis Ángel Firpo-Verdes 4-1
Mar 25: Luis Ángel Firpo-Platense 1-0
[Raúl Toro 20]
Mar 25: Aurora-Verdes 2-3
Apr 1: Verdes-Luis Ángel Firpo n/p
Apr 12: Platense-Luis Ángel Firpo n/p
1.Platense (Puerto Cortés) 5 3 1 1 10- 3 10
2.Luis Ángel Firpo (Usulután) 4 3 1 0 9- 3 10
3.Aurora (Ciudad de Guatemala) 6 1 1 4 8-12 4
4.Real Verdes (Benque Viejo d.C.) 5 1 1 3 5-14 4
Second Stage
Group I
Apr 19: Platense-Saprissa 1-3
[Juan Manuel Cárcamo 6; Oscar Ramírez 16, Roy Myers 76, Farmen Ilama 90]
Apr 22: Comunicaciones-Saprissa 1-0
Apr 29: Platense-Comunicaciones 3-1x
[Róbel Bernárdez 10, Julio César de León 46, Juan Manuel Cárcamo 88;
Everardo Valencia 4]
May 6: Saprissa-Comunicaciones 2-1
May 20: Saprissa-Platense 0-0
May 27: Comunicaciones-Platense 2-1
[Edwin Westphal 55pen, Rolando Fonseca 90; Gustavo Fuentes 85pen]
x in San Pedro Sula
1.Saprissa (San José) 4 2 1 1 5- 3 7
2.Comunicaciones (Cd. Guatemala) 4 2 0 2 5- 6 6
3.Platense (Puerto Cortés) 4 1 1 2 5- 6 4
Group II
Apr 15: Alajuelense-Luis Ángel Firpo 1-1
Apr 22: Olimpia-LD Alajuelense 0-1
[Josef Miso 6]
Apr 30: Luis Ángel Firpo-Olimpia 2-0
[Raúl Toro 48, Abraham Monterrosa 55]
May 7: Alajuelense-Olimpia 5-1
[Víctor Badilla 11, Alexander Madrigal 20, Rodiney Martins 41, Johnny Cubero 50;
Josef Miso 73; Wilmer Velásquez 75]
May 14: Luis Ángel Firpo-Alajuelense 3-2
May 20: Olimpia-Luis Ángel Firpo 1-1
[José Fernández 27; Celio Rodríguez 72]
1.Luis Ángel Firpo (Usulután) 4 2 2 0 7- 4 8
2.Alajuelense (Alajuela) 4 2 1 1 9- 5 7
3.Olimpia (Tegucigalpa) 4 0 1 3 2- 9 1
Playoff (Jul 26 & 29)
Alajuelense CRi Comunicaciones Gua 4-2 1-1 5-3
Caribbean Zone
Since the Caribbean club championships were only played in November, the
CONCACAF, chaired by Jack Warner, invited Joe Public of Trinidad and Tobago as
Caribbean representative. Joe Public finished second behind Defence Force in
their domestic league in 1997, but Jack Warner coincidentally happens to be the
chairman of Joe Public.
Final Tournament (in Washington DC)
Quarterfinals
Aug 11
DC United USA Joe Public Tri 8-0
[Ben Olsen 13, 44, Roy Lassiter 22, 29, 67, 72, A.J.Wood 75, 90+2]
Cruz Azul Mex Saprissa CRi 0-0 3-5p
Aug 12
León Mex Luis Ángel Firpo ElS 1-1 3-2p
[Sigifredo Mercado 27pen; Nildeson Silva 79]
Toluca Mex LD Alajuelense CRi 2-0
[Fabián Estay 72, José Manuel Abundis 90]
Semifinals (Aug 14)
DC United USA León Mex 2-0
[Roy Lassiter 12, 61]
Saprissa CRi Toluca Mex 1-1 2-3p
[Alejandro Sequeira 58; Víctor Cordero 31og]
Third Place Match (Aug 16)
Saprissa CRi León Mex 2-0
[Adrián Mahia 45, Walter Centeno 85]
Final (Aug 16)
Washington DC (JFK Stadium)
DC United USA Toluca Mex 1-0
[Eddie Pope 41]
DC United: S. Garlick; G. Talley, E. Pope, J. Agoos, B. Kamler; Olsen,
Harkes, M. Etcheverry, R. Williams; R. Lassiter, J. Moreno
(C. Llamosa 75').
Toluca: M. Albarrán; S. Carmona, O. Blanco, A. Macías, A. Taboada
(D. Vukic 59'), V. Ruiz, F. Estay, D. Rangel; E. Alfaro
(R. García 70'), J. Cardozo, JM Abundis (M. Ordiales 75').
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala).
Att: 12607.
Ass.Refs: J. Nielson (Canada) and Vladimir Bertiga (Panama).
Yellow Cards: Talley, Lassiter (DC United),
Taboada, Estay, Macías, Cardozo(Toluca).
Qualifying Rounds Central Zone Group A Mar 18: Suchitepéquez-Águila 2-0 Mar 25: Águila-Suchitepéquez 1-0 Apr 9: Suchitepéquez-Municipal 1-0 Apr 15: Águila-Municipal 3-0 Apr 22: Municipal-Águila 1-1 Aug 16: Juventus-Municipal 0-0 Aug 19: Municipal-Juventus 1-0 Aug 23: Suchitepéquez-Juventus 3-2 Aug 26: Águila-Juventus 3-0 Juventus were disqualified and forfeited their remaing matches (vs Águila and Suchitepéquez at home; it is assumed both matches were awarded 0-3) 1.Águila (San Miguel) 6 4 1 1 11- 3 13 2.Suchitepéquez (Mazatenango) 5 4 0 1 9- 3 12 3.Municipal (Ciudad de Guatamela) 5 1 2 2 2- 5 5 4.Juventus (Orange Walk) 6 0 1 5 2-13 1 Group B was to be played in Honduras between Platense (Honduras), Diriangén (Nicaragua), Herediano (Costa Rica) and Tauro FC (Panama) Tournament appears to have been abandoned (which makes it the third consecutive CONCACAF Cup Winners' Cup tournament which was started but not finished).overview champions cup | overview cup winners cup | 1997 | 1999
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