2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca hosted the second leg Final
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 each)
← 2007 2008–09 (Champions League) →

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.

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]

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

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

Harbour View – 2007 CFU Club Championship winner

	Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Municipal	0	1	1
	Houston Dynamo	0	3	3
							Houston Dynamo	0	0	0
							Saprissa	0	3	3
	Atlante	2	0	2
	Saprissa	1	3	4
													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

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 won 3–1 on aggregate.

March 13, 2008

21:05 CT

Atlante	2–1	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

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

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

Saprissa won 4–2 on aggregate.

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 won 1–0 on aggregate.

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 and 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., United States

Attendance: 12,394

Referee: German Arredondo (México)

D.C. United won 6–1 on aggregate.

April 2, 2008

22:06 ET

Houston Dynamo	0–0	Saprissa
	(Report)

Robertson Stadium
Houston, United States

Attendance: 10,260

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

April 9, 2008

22:10 ET

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

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa
San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica

Attendance: 23,112

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

Saprissa won 3–0 on aggregate.

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., United States

Attendance: 17,329

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.

2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

April 23, 2008

20:30 CT

First leg

Saprissa	1–1	Pachuca
Cordero 89'	(Report)[permanent dead link‍]	Rey 47'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San Juan de Tibás

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

April 30, 2008

20:30 CT

Second leg

Pachuca	2–1	Saprissa
Gimenez 3' Rey 53'	Report	Arrieta 90+3'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Team details

Pachuca Saprissa GK 1 Miguel Calero DF 21 Fausto Pinto DF 2 Leobardo López DF 3 Julio Manzur DF 16 Gerardo Rodríguez MF 14 Marvin Cabrera MF 8 Gabriel Caballero MF 6 Jaime Correa MF 19 Christian Giménez  78' FW 7 Damián Álvarez  64' FW 18 Luis Rey  82' Substitutions: DF 13 Fernando Salazar  64' MF 10 Andrés Chitiva  78' FW 11 Juan Carlos Cacho  82' Manager: Enrique Meza GK 1 Keylor Navas DF 3 Víctor Cordero DF 18 Jervis Drummond DF 16 Gabriel Badilla DF 14 Andrés Núñez MF 31 Michael Barrantes MF 17 José Luis López  65' MF 20 Celso Borges MF 21 Armando Alonso  49' FW 23 Try Bennett  56' FW 11 Ronald Gómez Substitutions: FW 7 Alejandro Alpízar  49' FW 19 Jairo Arrieta  56' FW 9 Pablo Brenes  65' Manager: Jeaustin Campos

Pachuca won the 2008 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 3–2 on aggregate, advanced to the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2008 winners
Pachuca Third title

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