CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008

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CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008
Tournament details
Dates	March 11 - April 30
Teams	8 (from CONCACAF confederations)
Final positions
Champions	CF Pachuca (3rd title)
Second place	Deportivo Saprissa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	34 (2.43 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Montes Devon McTavish (3 goals)

The 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 43rd and final edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America and the Caribbean). It determined that year's club champion of association football in the CONCACAF region. The tournament was also a qualifying event for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

CONCACAF held the draw on December 18, 2007 to establish the matchups and bracket.^[1]

1 Qualified teams
2 Bracket
3 Quarterfinals
4 Semifinals
5 Final
- 5.1 First leg
- 5.2 Second leg
6 Top Scorers
7 Notes
8 External links

[edit] Qualified teams

[edit] North American zone

[edit] Bracket

(Complete Bracket)

Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final

	CSD Municipal	0	1	1
	Houston Dynamo	0	3	3
						Houston Dynamo	0	0	0

						Deportivo Saprissa	0	3	3
	Atlante	2	0	2

	Deportivo Saprissa	1	3	4
											Deportivo Saprissa	1	1	2
											Pachuca	1	2	3
	Motagua	0	0	0
	Pachuca	0	1	1
						Pachuca	2	1	3

						D.C. United	0	2	2
	Harbour View	1	0	1

	D.C. United	1	5	6

[edit] Quarterfinals

2008-03-12 20:10 CT	Municipal	0 – 0	Houston Dynamo	Estadio Mateo Flores Guatemala City, Guatemala Attendance: 22,250 Referee: Edgar Rodriguez (Costa Rica)
		(Report)

2008-03-19 19:40 CT	Houston Dynamo	3 – 1	Municipal	Robertson Stadium Houston, United States Attendance: 14,348 Referee: Mauricio Mejia (México)
	DeRosario 47', 69' (pen.) Wondolowski 75'	(Report)	Ramírez 86' (pen.)

Houston Dynamo advance 3-1 on aggregate.

2008-03-13 21:05 CT	Atlante	2 – 1	Deportivo Saprissa	Estadio Quintana Roo Cancun, Mexico Attendance: 21,897 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	Pereyra 40' Bermúdez 70'	(Report)	Centeno 27'

2008-03-20 20:10 CT	Deportivo Saprissa	3 – 0	Atlante	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa San Jose, Costa Rica Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Alex Prus (United States)
	Muñoz 18' (o.g.) Alonso 40' Castillo 67' (o.g.)	(Report)

Deportivo Saprissa advance 4-2 on aggregate.

2008-03-11 18:15 CT	Motagua	0 – 0	Pachuca	Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino Tegucigalpa, Honduras Attendance: 35,846 Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)
		(Report)

2008-03-19 21:10 CT	Pachuca	1 – 0	Motagua	Estadio Hidalgo Pachuca, Mexico Attendance: 33,000 Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)
	Montes 43'	(Report)

Pachuca advances 1-0 on aggregate.

2008-03-12 19:10 CT	Harbour View	1 – 1	D.C. United	Harbour View Stadium Kingston, Jamaica Attendance: 6,985 Referee: Philip Jordan (Trinidad & Tobago)
	Palmer 85'	(Report)	McTavish 45+'

2008-03-18 18:40 CT	D.C. United	5 – 0	Harbour View	RFK Stadium Washington DC, USA Attendance: 12,394 Referee: German Arredondo (México)
	McTavish 26', 68' Emilio 63', 66' Fred 88'	(Report)

D.C. United advance 6-1 on aggregate.

[edit] Semifinals

2008-04-02 22:06 ET	Houston Dynamo	0 – 0	Deportivo Saprissa	Robertson Stadium Houston, USA Attendance: 10,260 Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
		(Report)

2008-04-09 22:10 ET	Deportivo Saprissa	3 – 0	Houston Dynamo	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa San Jose, Costa Rica Attendance: 23,112 Referee: Marco Rodriguez (México)
	Alonso 33' Borges 49' Arrieta 76'	(Report)

Deportivo Saprissa advances 3-0 on aggregate.

2008-04-01 22:10 ET	Pachuca	2 – 0	D.C. United	Estadio Hidalgo Pachuca, Mexico Attendance: 18,642 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)
	Montes 63', 81'	(Report)

2008-04-09 19:40 ET	D.C. United	2 – 1	Pachuca	RFK Stadium Washington DC, USA Attendance: 17,329 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)
	Dyachenko 85' Niell 90'	(Report)	Álvarez 76'

Pachuca advances 3-2 on aggregate.

[edit] Final

[edit] First leg

2008-04-23 20:30 CT	Deportivo Saprissa	1 – 1	CF Pachuca	Estadio Ricardo Saprissa San Jose, Costa Rica Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
	Cordero 89'	(Report)	Rey 47'

(Video)

[edit] Second leg

2008-04-30 20:30 CT	CF Pachuca	2 – 1	Deportivo Saprissa	Estadio Hidalgo Pachuca, Mexico Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)
	Gimenez 3' Rey 53'	(Report)	Arrieta 90+3'

(Video)

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008 Winners

CF Pachuca Third Title

CF Pachuca wins 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 3-2 on aggregate, advance to 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

[edit] Top Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Devon McTavish	D.C. United	3
1	Luis Montes	CF Pachuca	3
3	Jairo Arrieta	Deportivo Saprissa	2
	Armando Alonso	Deportivo Saprissa	2
	Dwayne DeRosario	Houston Dynamo	2
	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United	2
	Luis Gabriel Rey	CF Pachuca	2
8	Various	Various	1

[edit] Notes

^ "2008 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup fixtures set", The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football, 2007-12-18. Retrieved on 2007-12-18. (English)