2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

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

Qualified teams

North American zone

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

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

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

Bracket

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

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

América win 4-3 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

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

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

Morelia win 4-1 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
Attendance: 4,594

Municipal win 5-4 on aggregate

C.D. Árabe Unido 2-1 Columbus Crew
  • 7'
  • 65'
 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Columbus Crew 3-0 C.D. Árabe Unido
 Report
Attendance: 6,443

Columbus win 4-2 on aggregate

C.D. Motagua 2-2 Los Angeles Galaxy
Los Angeles Galaxy 1-0 C.D. Motagua
Report
Attendance: 5,307

LA Galaxy win 3-2 on aggregate

NE Revolution0-4Alajuelense
Erick Scott
Alejandro Alpizar
Rolando Fonseca
Alajuelense1-3NE Revolution
  • Rolando Fonseca 65' (pen.)
 Match Report[4][5]
  • Taylor Twellman 18' (pen.)
  • Wolde Harris 53'
  • Steve Ralston 55'
  • Shalrie Joseph  63'
  • Daniel Hernandez  63'
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian

Alajuelense win 5-3 on aggregate

Quarterfinals

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'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Columbus Crew 2–0 Morelia
Buddle 15'
Cunningham 29' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 3,358

Morelia win 6-2 on aggregate

LA Galaxy 1–4 Necaxa
Pineda 36' Report 27' 51' Franco
81' Zague
87' Larrosa
Attendance: 3,814
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

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

2003 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

First leg

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

Second leg

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

CONCACAF Champions' Cup
2003 Winners
Club Deportivo Toluca
Second Title

Top scorers

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

  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
  4. ^ Jones, Grahame L. (March 27, 2003). "Two From MLS Are Eliminated". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
  5. ^ "March 26, 2003 – Alajuelense 1:3 Revolution; 1st CONCACAF Champions Cup win". Frank Dell'Apa. March 26, 2017. Retrieved April 23, 2025.
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