2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 43rd 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 the final edition under this name and format, being replaced by the CONCACAF Champions League starting from the 2008–09 season.

2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Dates	March 11 – April 30
Teams	8 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Pachuca (3rd title)
Runners-up	Saprissa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	34 (2.43 per match)
Attendance	291,563 (20,826 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Luis Montes Devon McTavish (3 goals)

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]

Qualified teams

North American zone

C.F. Pachuca – 2007 Clausura champion
Atlante F.C. – 2007 Apertura champion
Houston Dynamo – 2007 MLS Cup champion
D.C. United – 2007 MLS Supporters' Shield winner

Central American zone

Motagua – 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup winners
Saprissa – 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup runner-up
Municipal – 2007 UNCAF Interclub Cup third place

Caribbean zone

Harbour View – 2007 CFU Club Championship winner

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

Quarterfinals

March 12, 2008

20:10 CT

Municipal	0–0	Houston Dynamo
	(Report)

Estadio Mateo Flores
Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 22,250

Referee: Edgar Rodriguez (Costa Rica)

March 19, 2008

19:40 CT

Houston Dynamo	3–1	Municipal
De Rosario  47', 69' (pen.) Wondolowski  75'	(Report)	Ramírez  86' (pen.)

Robertson Stadium
Houston, United States

Attendance: 14,348

Referee: Mauricio Mejia (México)

Houston Dynamo advance 3–1 on aggregate.

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March 13, 2008

21:05 CT

Atlante	2–1	Deportivo Saprissa
Pereyra  40' Bermúdez  70'	(Report)	Centeno  27'

Estadio Quintana Roo
Cancún, Mexico

Attendance: 21,897

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

March 20, 2008

20:10 CT

Deportivo Saprissa	3–0	Atlante
Muñoz  18' (o.g.) Alonso  40' Castillo  67' (o.g.)	(Report)

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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March 11, 2008

18:15 CT

Motagua	0–0	Pachuca
	(Report)

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 35,846

Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)

March 19, 2008

21:10 CT

Pachuca	1–0	Motagua
Montes  43'	(Report)

Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Mexico

Attendance: 33,000

Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

Pachuca advances 1–0 on aggregate.

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March 12, 2008

19:10 CT

Harbour View	1–1	D.C. United
Palmer  85'	(Report)	McTavish  45'+

Harbour View Stadium
Kingston, Jamaica

Attendance: 6,985

Referee: Philip Jordan (Trinidad & Tobago)

March 18, 2008

18:40 CT

D.C. United	5–0	Harbour View
McTavish  26', 68' Emilio  63', 66' Fred  88'	(Report)

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., USA

Attendance: 12,394

Referee: German Arredondo (México)

D.C. United advance 6–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

April 2, 2008

22:06 ET

Houston Dynamo	0–0	Deportivo Saprissa
	(Report)

Robertson Stadium
Houston, USA

Attendance: 10,260

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

April 9, 2008

22:10 ET

Deportivo Saprissa	3–0	Houston Dynamo
Alonso  33' Borges  49' Arrieta  76'	(Report)

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 23,112

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (México)

Deportivo Saprissa advances 3–0 on aggregate.

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April 1, 2008

22:10 ET

Pachuca	2–0	D.C. United
Montes  63', 81'	(Report)

Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Mexico

Attendance: 18,642

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

April 9, 2008

19:40 ET

D.C. United	2–1	Pachuca
Dyachenko  85' Niell  90'	(Report)	Álvarez  76'

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., USA

Attendance: 17,329

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Pachuca advances 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

April 23, 2008

20:30 CT

Deportivo Saprissa	1–1	C.F. Pachuca
Cordero  89'	(Report)	Rey  47'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Second leg

April 30, 2008

20:30 CT

C.F. Pachuca	2–1	Deportivo Saprissa
Gimenez  3' Rey  53'	(Report)	Arrieta  90'+3'

Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Mexico

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

C.F. Pachuca wins 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 3–2 on aggregate,
advance to 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008 Winners
C.F. Pachuca Third Title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Devon McTavish	D.C. United	3
	Luis Montes	C.F. 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	C.F. Pachuca	2
8	Various	Various	1

Notes

1. "2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup fixtures set". The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football. 2007-12-18. Archived from the original on 2007-12-20. Retrieved 2007-12-18.