CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008

Infobox International Football Competition
year = 2008
dates = March 11 - April 30
num_teams = 8
confederations = CONCACAF
champion_other = flagicon|MEX CF Pachuca
count = 3
second_other = flagicon|CRC Deportivo Saprissa
matches = 14
goals = 34
top_scorer = flagicon|MEX Luis Montes
flagicon|USA 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. [cite news |title = 2008 CONCACAF Champions’ Cup fixtures set |url = http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4065 |publisher = The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football |date = 2007-12-18 |accessdate = 2007-12-18 |language = English ]

Qualified teams

North American zone

flagicon|MEX CF Pachuca - 2007 Clausura champion
flagicon|MEX CF Atlante - 2007 Apertura champion
flagicon|USA Houston Dynamo - 2007 MLS Cup champion
flagicon|USA D.C. United - 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield winner

Central American zone

flagicon|HON CD Motagua - 2007 Interclubes UNCAF winners
flagicon|CRC Deportivo Saprissa - 2007 Interclubes UNCAF runner-up
flagicon|GUA CSD Municipal - 2007 Interclubes UNCAF third place

Caribbean zone

flagicon|JAM Harbour View - 2007 CFU Club Championship winner

Bracket

[http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/match3.asp?id=1&year=2008 (Complete Bracket)]

8TeamBracket-Tennis3 | RD1=Quarterfinals
RD2=Semifinals
RD3=Final
group1=
group2=

score-width=30px
team-width=160px

RD1-seed6=flagicon|MEX
RD1-team6=Pachuca
RD1-score6-1=0
RD1-score6-2=1
RD1-score6-3=1
RD1-seed5=flagicon|HON
RD1-team5=Motagua
RD1-score5-1=0
RD1-score5-2=0
RD1-score5-3=0

RD1-seed8=flagicon|USA
RD1-team8=D.C. United
RD1-score8-1=1
RD1-score8-2=5
RD1-score8-3=6
RD1-seed7=flagicon|JAM
RD1-team7=Harbour View
RD1-score7-1=1
RD1-score7-2=0
RD1-score7-3=1

RD1-seed3=flagicon|MEX
RD1-team3=Atlante
RD1-score3-1=2
RD1-score3-2=0
RD1-score3-3=2
RD1-seed4=flagicon|CRC
RD1-team4=Deportivo Saprissa
RD1-score4-1=1
RD1-score4-2=3
RD1-score4-3=4

RD1-seed2=flagicon|USA
RD1-team2=Houston Dynamo
RD1-score2-1=0
RD1-score2-2=3
RD1-score2-3=3
RD1-seed1=flagicon|GUA
RD1-team1=CSD Municipal
RD1-score1-1=0
RD1-score1-2=1
RD1-score1-3=1

RD2-seed1=flagicon|USA
RD2-team1=Houston Dynamo
RD2-score1-1=0
RD2-score1-2=0
RD2-score1-3=0
RD2-seed2=flagicon|CRC
RD2-team2=Deportivo Saprissa
RD2-score2-1=0
RD2-score2-2=3
RD2-score2-3=3

RD2-seed3=flagicon|MEX
RD2-team3=Pachuca
RD2-score3-1=2
RD2-score3-2=1
RD2-score3-3=3

RD2-seed4=flagicon|USA
RD2-team4=D.C. United
RD2-score4-1=0
RD2-score4-2=2
RD2-score4-3=2

RD3-seed1=flagicon|CRC
RD3-team1=Deportivo Saprissa
RD3-score1-1= 1
RD3-score1-2= 1
RD3-score1-3= 2
RD3-seed2=flagicon|MEX
RD3-team2=Pachuca
RD3-score2-1= 1
RD3-score2-2= 2
RD3-score2-3= 3

Quarterfinals

footballbox
date = 2008-03-12
time = 20:10 CT
team1 = Municipal flagicon|GUA
score = 0 – 0
report= [http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080313&content_id=143042&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|USA Houston Dynamo
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala City, Guatemala
attendance = 22,250
referee = Edgar Rodriguez (Costa Rica)footballbox
date = 2008-03-19
time = 19:40 CT
team1 = Houston Dynamo flagicon|USA
score = 3 – 1
report= [http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080320&content_id=144176&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|GUA Municipal
goals1 = DeRosario goal|47, goal|69|pen.
Wondolowski goal|75
goals2 = Ramírez goal|86|pen.
stadium = Robertson Stadium
Houston, United States
attendance = 14,348
referee = Mauricio Mejia (México)"Houston Dynamo advance 3-1 on aggregate."----footballbox
date = 2008-03-13
time = 21:05 CT
team1 = Atlante flagicon|MEX
score = 2 – 1
report= [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champscup/viewArticle.asp?id=4117 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|CRC Deportivo Saprissa
goals1 = Pereyra goal|40
Bermúdez goal|70
goals2 = Centeno goal|27
stadium = Estadio Quintana Roo
Cancun, Mexico
attendance = 21,897
referee = Carlos Batres (Guatemala)footballbox
date = 2008-03-20
time = 20:10 CT
team1 = Deportivo Saprissa flagicon|CRC
score = 3 – 0
report= [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champscup/viewArticle.asp?id=4127 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|MEX Atlante
goals1 = Muñoz goal|18|o.g.
Alonso goal|40
Castillo goal|67|o.g.
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San Jose, Costa Rica
attendance = 23,000
referee = Alex Prus (United States)"Deportivo Saprissa advance 4-2 on aggregate."

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date = 2008-03-11
time = 18:15 CT
team1 = Motagua flagicon|HON
score = 0 – 0
report= [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champscup/viewArticle.asp?id=4114 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|MEX Pachuca
goals1=
goals2=
stadium = Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
attendance = 35,846
referee = Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)footballbox
date = 2008-03-19
time = 21:10 CT
team1 = Pachuca flagicon|MEX
score = 1 – 0
report= [http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champscup/viewArticle.asp?id=4125 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|HON Motagua
goals1= Montes goal|43
goals2=
stadium = Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Mexico
attendance=33,000
referee = Ricardo Salazar (United States)"Pachuca advances 1-0 on aggregate."----footballbox
date = 2008-03-12
time = 19:10 CT
team1 = Harbour View flagicon|JAM
score = 1 – 1
report= [http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080312&content_id=143038&vkey=news_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|USA D.C. United
goals1 = Palmer goal|85
goals2 = McTavish goal|45+
stadium = Harbour View Stadium
Kingston, Jamaica
attendance = 6,985
referee = Philip Jordan (Trinidad & Tobago)footballbox
date = 2008-03-18
time = 18:40 CT
team1 = D.C. United flagicon|USA
score = 5 – 0
report= [http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080318&content_id=143916&vkey=news_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|JAM Harbour View
goals1 = McTavish goal|26, goal|68
Emilio goal|63, goal|66
Fred goal|88
goals2 =
stadium = RFK Stadium
Washington DC, USA
attendance = 12,394
referee = German Arredondo (México)"D.C. United advance 6-1 on aggregate."

emifinals

footballbox
date = 2008-04-02
time = 22:06 ET
team1 = Houston Dynamo flagicon|USA
score = 0 – 0
report= [http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080403&content_id=147333&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|CRC Deportivo Saprissa
goals1 =
goals2 =
stadium = Robertson Stadium
Houston, USA
attendance = 10,260
referee = Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

footballbox
date = 2008-04-09
time = 22:10 ET
team1 = Deportivo Saprissa flagicon|CRC
score = 3 – 0
report= [http://houston.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080410&content_id=149526&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&team=t200 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|USA Houston Dynamo
goals1 = Alonso goal|33
Borges goal|49
Arrieta goal|76
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San Jose, Costa Rica
attendance = 23,112
referee = Marco Rodriguez (México)

"Deportivo Saprissa advances 3-0 on aggregate."

----footballbox
date = 2008-04-01
time = 22:10 ET
team1 = Pachuca flagicon|MEX
score = 2 – 0
report= [http://ww2.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080402&content_id=146906&vkey=news_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|USA D.C. United
goals1 = Montes goal|63, goal|81
goals2 =
stadium = Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Mexico
attendance =18,642
referee = Roberto Moreno (Panama)

footballbox
date = 2008-04-09
time = 19:40 ET
team1 = D.C. United flagicon|USA
score = 2 – 1
report= [http://dcunited.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?ymd=20080409&content_id=149478&vkey=news_dcu&fext=.jsp&team=t103 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|MEX Pachuca
goals1 = Dyachenko goal|85
Niell goal|90
goals2 = Álvarez goal|76
stadium = RFK Stadium
Washington DC, USA
attendance = 17,329
referee = Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)"Pachuca advances 3-2 on aggregate."

Final

First leg

footballbox
date = 2008-04-23
time = 20:30 CT
team1 = Deportivo Saprissa flagicon|CRC
score = 1 – 1
report= [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4159 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|MEX CF Pachuca
goals1 = Cordero goal|89
goals2 = Rey goal|47
stadium = Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San Jose, Costa Rica
attendance = 22,500
referee = Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHFOlYB_Rjg (Video)]

econd leg

footballbox
date = 2008-04-30
time = 20:30 CT
team1 = CF Pachuca flagicon|MEX
score = 2 – 1
report= [http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.asp?id=4162 (Report)]
team2 = flagicon|CRC Deportivo Saprissa
goals1 = Gimenez goal|3
Rey goal|53
goals2 = Arrieta goal|90+3
stadium = Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Mexico
attendance = 30,000
referee = Mauricio Navarro (Canada) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTlMjHAVlT0 (Video)]

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

Top Scorers

Notes

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