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2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 38th 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 was won by Club Toluca after a 5–4 aggregate win over countryfellow club Morelia in the final.[1][2] The tournament was held between March 6 and October 8.[3] The 16-team format was scrapped for an eight-team format in 2004.

2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup
Tournament details
DatesMarch 6 – October 8
Teams16 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsMexico Toluca (2nd title)
Runners-upMexico Morelia
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored106 (3.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chile Reinaldo Navia
(5 goals)
← 2002
2004 →

Qualified teams

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North American zone

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  Club Toluca - 2002 Apertura champion
  Morelia - 2002 Apertura runner-up
  Club América - 2002 Verano champion
  Club Necaxa - 2002 Verano runner-up
  Los Angeles Galaxy - 2002 MLS Cup champion and 2002 MLS Supporters Shield winner
  New England Revolution - 2002 MLS Cup runner-up
  San Jose Earthquakes - 2002 MLS Supporters Shield runner-up
  Columbus Crew - 2002 U.S. Open Cup winner

Central American zone

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  Alajuelense – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup winner
  Árabe Unido – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup runner-up
  Motagua – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup third place
  Comunicaciones – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup fourth place
  Municipal – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup first stage runner-up
  FAS – 2002 UNCAF Interclub Cup first stage runner-up

Caribbean zone

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  W Connection - 2002 CFU Club Championship finalist
  Arnett Gardens - 2002 CFU Club Championship finalist

Bracket

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  Motagua 2 0 2
  Los Angeles Galaxy 2 1 3   Los Angeles Galaxy 1 1 2
  Arnett Gardens 0 0 0   Necaxa 4 2 6
  Necaxa 0 1 1   Necaxa 0 0 0
  Comunicaciones 1 0 1   Morelia 0 6 6
  Morelia 0 4 4   Morelia 6 0 6
  Árabe Unido 2 0 2   Columbus Crew 0 2 2
  Columbus Crew 1 3 4   Morelia 3 1 4
  Municipal 4 1 5   Club Toluca 3 2 5
  San Jose Earthquakes 2 2 4   Municipal 1 1 2
  Club Toluca 3 3 6   Club Toluca 2 2 4
  W Connection 3 2 5   Club Toluca (ASDET) 1 4 5
  FAS 3 0 3   Club América 4 0 4
  Club América 1 3 4   Club América 4 1 5
  Alajuelense 4 1 5   Alajuelense 0 3 3
  NE Revolution 0 3 3

Round of 16

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Toluca  3–2  W Connection
Sánchez   65'   83'
García   77'		   18' Viana
  38' Davis
W Connection  3–3  Toluca
Jean   47'
Spann   69' (pen.)
Isaac   73'		   15'   67' Franco
  62' Sinha

Deportivo Toluca win 6-5 on aggregate

Municipal  4–2  San Jose Earthquakes
Romero   28'   37'
Figueroa   39'
Ponciano   55' (pen.)		   64'   71' Lagos
San Jose Earthquakes  2–1  Municipal
Donovan   19'
Ching   35'		   76' Plata

Municipal win 5-4 on aggregate

FAS  3-1  Club America
Jorge Rodriguez  
Alejandro Bentos  
Gilberto Murgas  		  
Club America  3-0  FAS

América win 4-3 on aggregate

Alajuelense  4-0  NE Revolution
Erick Scott    
Alejandro Alpizar  
Rolando Fonseca  
NE Revolution  3-1  Alajuelense

Revolution win 5-3 on aggregate

C.D. Motagua  2-2  Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy  1-0  C.D. Motagua

LA Galaxy win 3-2 on aggregate

Arnett Gardens  0-0  Club Necaxa
Club Necaxa  1-0  Arnett Gardens
Estadio Municipal de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Necaxa win 4-3 on aggregate

C.S.D. Comunicaciones  1-0  Monarcas Morelia
Monarcas Morelia  4-0  C.S.D. Comunicaciones

Morelia win 4-1 on aggregate

C.D. Árabe Unido  2-1  Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew  3-0  C.D. Árabe Unido

Columbus win 4-2 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

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Municipal  1–2  Toluca
Acevedo   41'   9' Cardozo
  85' Almazán
Toluca  2–1  Municipal
Ruiz   25'
Sánchez   44'		   8' Romero

Deportivo Toluca win 4-2 on aggregate

Morelia  6–0  Columbus Crew
Palacios   39'
Íñiguez   42'   70'
Bautista   49'   55'
Navia   68'
Columbus Crew  2–0  Morelia
Buddle   15'
Cunningham   29' (pen.)

Morelia win 6-2 on aggregate

LA Galaxy  1–4  Necaxa
Pineda   36'   27'   51' Franco
  81' Zague
  87' Larrosa
Necaxa  2–1  LA Galaxy
Espinoza   43'   84'   32' Albright
Estadio Municipal de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes City, Mexico

Necaxa win 6-2 on aggregate

América  4–0  Alajuelense
Castillo   50'
Lipatín   72'   84'
Blanco   88' (pen.)
Alajuelense  3–1  América
Chinchilla   16'
Scott   21'
López   73'		   10' Fernández

América win 5-3 on aggregate

Semifinals

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First Leg

1st leg
Toluca  1–4  América
González   13' Lipatin   35', 63'
Mendoza   56'
Blanco   83' (pen.)
1st leg
Necaxa  0–0  Morelia

Second Leg

2nd leg
Morelia  6–0  Necaxa
Navia   9', 21'
Palacios   28'
Hernández   38'
Almirón   42'
Prieto   77'
  • Morelia advanced 6–0 on aggregate.


2nd leg
América  0–4  Toluca
AET Espinosa   69'
García   72', 88'
Ruiz   90+2'
  • Toluca advanced 5–4 on aggregate.

Final

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2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

First leg

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First leg
Morelia  3–3  Club Toluca
Navia   44', 63'
Álvarez   69'		 López   6', 82'
Lozano   13'

Second leg

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Second leg
Club Toluca  2–1  Morelia
da Silva   35'
Sánchez   54'		 Report Álvarez   81'
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá
  • Toluca won 3–1 on points (5–4 on aggregate).

Champions

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2003 Winners
 
Club Deportivo Toluca
Second Title

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Reinaldo Navia   Morelia 5
2   Vicente Sánchez   Toluca 4
  Edson Buddle   Columbus Crew 4
  Marcelo Lipatin   América 4
5   Edgar García   Toluca 3
  Gonzalo Romero   Municipal 3
  Erick Scott   LD Alajuelense 3
8   Ariel Franco   Toluca 2
  Israel López   Toluca 2
  Amado Guevara   Motagua 2
  Alexi Lalas   Los Angeles Galaxy 2
  Juan Franco   Necaxa 2
  Rodolfo Espinoza   Necaxa 2
  Manny Lagos   San Jose Earthquakes 2
  Cuauhtémoc Blanco   América 2
  Santiago Fernández   América 2
  Rolando Fonseca   LD Alajuelense 2
  Adolfo Bautista   Morelia 2
  Roberto Palacios   Morelia 2
  Ismael Íñiguez   Morelia 2
  Damián Álvarez   Morelia 2
22 Various 1

References

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  1. ^ Toluca, campeón de Concacaf on La Jornada, October 9, 2003
  2. ^ CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2002/03 on the RSSSF
  3. ^ http://www.concacaf.com/viewCompetition.aspx?id=62 [permanent dead link‍]
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