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The 1998 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 34th 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 determined that year's club champion of football in the CONCACAF region.

The final tournament, held in Washington, D.C., was won by D.C. United, who defeated Deportivo Toluca 1–0 in the final,^[1] becoming the first team from the United States to win the tournament.^[2]

Qualified teams

MEX Cruz Azul (holders) bye to final round.
MEX Deportivo Toluca (Mexican summer champions 1997/98) bye to final round.
USA DC United (USA champions 1997) bye to final round.

Qualifying

Qualifying Playoff

28 June 1998

18:00 MST

Colorado Rapids	1–0	León
Balboa 83'	Report

Mile High Stadium, Denver, United States

Attendance: 7,442

Referee: Kevin Skinner (CAN)

15 July 1998

León	4–2	Colorado Rapids
Bejines 30' Romero 38' Trittschuh 42' (o.g.) Cadena 53'		45' Trittschuh 69' Bravo

Estadio León, León, Mexico

León advances to the quarterfinals.

Qualifying Central American zone

Organized by the Central American Football Union.

Group South A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saprissa	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to Second Stage
2	Árabe Unido	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
3	Diriangén	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 1998. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

8 February 1998	Diriangén	0–3	Saprissa	Cacique Diriangen Stadium.
	None		Steven Bryce Gerard Drummond Alejandro Sequeira

15 February 1998	Árabe Unido	1–0	Diriangén	Panama
	Carlos Brown		None	Stadium: Colón’s Roberto Mariano Bula Stadium

17 February 1998	Diriangén	1–1	Árabe Unido	Colón, Panama
				Stadium: Estadio Armando Dely Valdés

25 February 1998	Saprissa	4–1	Diriangén
	Adrian Mahia Kervin Lacey Vinicio Montero

8 March 1998

Árabe Unido

1–2

Saprissa

11 March 1998	Saprissa	v	Árabe Unido
Note: Cancelled due to irrelevance.

Group South B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alajuelense	4	4	0	17	2	+15	12	Advance to Second Stage
2	Tauro	2	0	2	1	6	−5	0
3	Real Estelí	2	0	2	1	11	−10	0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 1998. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

8 February 1998	Tauro	1–2	Alajuelense	Panama City, Panama
	Luis Agrazal		David Diach Richard Smith	Stadium: Estadio Javier Cruz de Colegio de Artes y Oficios

11 February 1998

Alajuelense

4–0

Tauro

14 February 1998

Alajuelense

8–0

Real Estelí

17 February 1998

Real Estelí

1–3

Alajuelense

Palmares de Alajuela, Costa Rica

8 March 1998	Real Estelí	v	Tauro
Note: Cancelled due to irrelevance.

March 1998	Tauro	v	Real Estelí
Note: Cancelled due to irrelevance.

Group North A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Comunicaciones	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	7	Advance to Second Stage
2	Olimpia	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Second Stage
3	Alianza	3	0	2	1	6	9	−3	2
4	Juventus	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1

Updated to match(es) played on 22 March 1998. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

18 March 1998	Olimpia	2–0	Juventus	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Quiroga 59' 79'		Nil

18 March 1998	Comunicaciones	2–2	Alianza	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Nicolas Suazo 19'		Horacio Lugo 29' Erick Dowson Prado

20 March 1998	Alianza	3–3	Juventus	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Marcelo Bauza		Fredy Tun Steve Hall Allan Flowers

20 March 1998	Comunicaciones	3–2	Olimpia	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Fonseca 40' 67' Rodas 76'		50' Velásquez 85' Costa

22 March 1998	Alianza	1–4	Olimpia	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Adrian de La Cruz 68' (pen.)		Costa 6' 34' 58' Velásquez 90'

22 March 1998	Comunicaciones	8–2	Juventus	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Jewison Bennet 22' 53' 79' Edgar Valencia 13' 75' Julio Rodas 15' 69' Edwin Westphal 82'		Doni Tun 28' Dave McCuley 90'	Referee: Oscar Bardales

Group North B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Platense	5	3	1	1	10	3	+7	10	Advance to Second Stage
2	Luis Ángel Firpo	4	3	1	0	9	3	+6	10	Advance to Second Stage
3	Aurora	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4
4	Real Verdes	5	1	1	3	5	14	−9	4

Updated to match(es) played on 25 March 1998. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

1 February 1998	Aurora	1–2	Platense
	Castagnaro 60'		49' Cárcamo 85' Da Silva

8 February 1998	Platense	2–1	Aurora
	Da Silva 84' Cárcamo 85'		67' (pen.) Castagnaro

22 February 1998	Real Verdes	0–0	Platense
	Nil		Nil

25 February 1998	Aurora	2–2	Luis Ángel Firpo	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Luis Perez Selvin Ponciano		Jose Monterrosa Celio Rodríguez	Stadium: Estadio del Ejéricto

1 March 1998	Platense	6–0	Real Verdes
	Mejía 3' 65' Da Silva 10' Fuentes 44' Morales 76' de León 84' (pen.)		Nil

4 March 1998	Luis Ángel Firpo	2–0	Aurora
	Alfredo Perez Raul Toro		Nil

15 March 1998	Real Verdes	1–2	Aurora	San Ignacio, Belize
	TBD		TBD Selvin Ponciano	Stadium: Norman Broaster Stadium

22 March 1998	Luis Ángel Firpo	4–1	Real Verdes	San Ignacio, Belize
	Israel Castro Luis Oseguera Raul Toro Pedro Vasquez		Crusel Treik	Stadium: Norman Broaster Stadium

25 March 1998	Luis Ángel Firpo	1–0	Platense
	Toro 20'		Nil

25 March 1998

Aurora

2–3

Real Verdes

1 April 1998	Real Verdes	v	Luis Ángel Firpo
Note: Cancelled due to irrelevance.

12 April 1998	Platense	v	Luis Ángel Firpo
Note: Cancelled due to irrelevance.

Group I

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Saprissa	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Advance to Final Tournament
2	Comunicaciones	4	2	0	2	5	6	−1	6	Advance to Playoff
3	Platense	4	1	1	2	5	6	−1	4

Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 1998. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

19 April 1998	Platense	1–3	Saprissa
	Cárcamo 6'		16' Ramírez 76' Myers 90' Ilama

22 April 1998

Comunicaciones

1–0

Saprissa

29 April 1998	Platense	3–1	Comunicaciones	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
	Bernárdez 10' de León 46' Cárcamo 88'		4' Valencia

6 May 1998

Saprissa

2–1

Comunicaciones

20 May 1998

Saprissa

0–0

Platense

27 May 1998	Comunicaciones	2–1	Platense	Guatemala City, Guatemala
20:00	Westphal 55' (pen.) Fonseca 90'		85' (pen.) Fuentes	Stadium: Estadio Cementos Progreso

Group II

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Luis Ángel Firpo	4	2	2	0	7	4	+3	8	Advance to Final Tournament
2	Alajuelense	4	2	1	1	9	5	+4	7	Advance to Playoff
3	Olimpia	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 1998. Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

15 April 1998

Alajuelense

1–1

Luis Ángel Firpo

22 April 1998	Olimpia	0–1	Alajuelense
			6' Miso

30 April 1998	Luis Ángel Firpo	2–0	Olimpia
	Toro 48' Monterrosa 55'

7 May 1998	Alajuelense	5–1	Olimpia
	Badilla 11' Madrigal 20' Martins 41' Cubero 50' Miso 73'		75' Velásquez

14 May 1998

Luis Ángel Firpo

3–2

Alajuelense

20 May 1998	Olimpia	1–1	Luis Ángel Firpo
	Fernández 27'		72' Rodríguez

Playoff

26 July 1998	Alajuelense	4–2	Comunicaciones	Alajuela, Costa Rica
				Stadium: Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

29 July 1998	Comunicaciones	1–1 (3–5 agg.)	Alajuelense	Guatemala City, Guatemala
				Stadium: Estadio Mateo Flores

Alajuelense advanced to the Final Tournament.

Caribbean zone

Caribbean Zone:
Joe Public F.C. (invitee)
The Caribbean club championships during that time were only played in November,
CONCACAF invited Joe Public of Trinidad and Tobago as Caribbean representative.

Bracket

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

11 August – Washington, D.C

D.C. United	8
		14 August – Washington, D.C
Joe Public	0
		D.C. United	2
11 August – Washington, D.C
		León	0
León (p)	1 (3)
				16 August – Washington, D.C
Luis Ángel Firpo	1 (2)
				D.C. United	1
12 August – Washington, D.C
				Toluca	0
Cruz Azul	0 (3)
		14 August – Washington, D.C
Deportivo Saprissa (p)	0 (5)
		Deportivo Saprissa	1 (2)
12 August – Washington, D.C
		Toluca (p)	1 (3)	Third place
Toluca	2
				16 August – Washington, D.C
Alajuelense	0
				León	0

				Deportivo Saprissa	2

Quarterfinals

11 August 1998

D.C. United	8–0	Joe Public
Olsen 13' 44' Lassiter 22' 29' 67' 72' Wood 75' 90+2'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States

Attendance: 7,117

11 August 1998

Cruz Azul	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Saprissa

Penalties
	3–5

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States

Attendance: 7,117

12 August 1998

León	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Luis Ángel Firpo
Mercado 27' (pen.)		79' Nildeson
Penalties
	3–2

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States

12 August 1998

Toluca	2–0	Alajuelense
Estay 72' Abundis 90'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States

Semifinals

August 14, 1998

D.C. United	2–0	Club León
Lassiter 12', 61'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C., United States

August 14, 1998

Deportivo Toluca	1 – 1 (AET) 3 – 2 (pen)	Deportivo Saprissa
Cordero 31' (o.g.)		Sequeira 58'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C., United States

Third place match

August 16, 1998

Club León	0–2	C.D. Saprissa
		Mahia 45' Centeno 85'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C., United States

Final

August 16, 1998

D.C. United	1–0	Deportivo Toluca
Pope 41'

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium
Washington, D.C., United States

Attendance: 12,607

Referee: Carlos Batres – Guatemala

Team details

D.C. United

Toluca


GK		Scott Garlick
DF		Carey Talley
DF	23	Eddie Pope
DF		Jeff Agoos
DF		Brian Kamler
MF		Ben Olsen
MF	6	John Harkes
MF		Richie Williams
MF	10	Marco Etcheverry
FW	99	Jaime Moreno	75'
FW	15	Roy Lassiter
Substitutes:
FW		Carlos Llamosa	75'
Manager:
Bruce Arena


GK	Mario Albarrán
DF	Salvador Carmona
DF	Héctor O. Blanco
DF	Alberto Macías
DF	Antonio Taboada	59'
MF	Víctor Ruiz
MF	Fabián Estay
MF	David Rangel
MF	Enrique Alfaro	70'
FW	José S. Cardozo
FW	Juan Manuel Abundis	75'
Substitutes:
MF	Darko Vukić	59'
DF	Adrian García Arias	70'
MF	José J. Ordiales	75'
Manager:
Enrique Meza

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 1998 Winners

D.C. United First Title

Player awards

Top goalscorer

Roy Lassiter (D.C. United) – 6 goals^[3]

Most Valuable Player

Roy Lassiter (D.C. United)

Team of the tournament

Goalkeeper

Scott Garlick, D.C. United

Defenders

Jeff Agoos, D.C. United
Eddie Pope, D.C. United
Salvador Carmona, Toluca
Roberto Medina, Leon

Midfielders

Fabian Estay, Toluca
Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United
Roy Myers, Saprissa

Forwards

Roy Lassiter, D.C. United
Jose Manuel Abundis, Toluca
Nidelson De Mello, Firpo

References

^ Copa de Campeones 1998 on the RSSSF
^ DC United, primer campeón de Concacaf de la MLS on Goal.com
^ "Newsletter" (PDF). November 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2005.

[1] Copa de Campeones 1998 on the RSSSF

[2] DC United, primer campeón de Concacaf de la MLS on Goal.com

[3] "Newsletter" (PDF). November 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2005.

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