2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Los Angeles
Dates	January 16, 2001 – January 21, 2001
Teams	8 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Los Angeles Galaxy (1st title)
Runners-up	Olimpia
Third place	Pachuca
Fourth place	D.C. United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	19 (2.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Denilson Costa Carey Talley (3 goals)
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The 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 36th 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 association football in the CONCACAF region.

The tournament was played in Los Angeles, California, and won by the Los Angeles Galaxy over Olimpia in the final match.^[1][2] This was also the last win by an MLS team in CONCACAF's premier club competition, until Seattle Sounders FC won the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.^[3]

Qualified teams

North American zone

• Major League Soccer:
  D.C. United - 1999 MLS Cup winner
  Los Angeles Galaxy - 1999 MLS Cup runner-up
• Primera División de México:
  Pachuca - 1999 Invierno winner
  Toluca - 2000 Verano winner

Central American zone

• 2000 UNCAF Interclub Cup:
  Olimpia - Central Zone final round first place
  Alajuelense - Central Zone final round second place
  Real España - Central Zone final round third place

Caribbean zone

• 2000 CFU Club Championship:
  Joe Public - Caribbean Zone winner

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals
	Los Angeles Galaxy	0 (5)
	Real España	0 (3)
					Los Angeles Galaxy	1 (4)
					D.C. United	1 (2)
	D.C. United	2
	Alajuelense	1
									Los Angeles Galaxy	3
									Olimpia	2
	Toluca	0
	Olimpia	1
					Olimpia	4
					Pachuca	0			Third place
	Pachuca	1
	Joe Public	0
									D.C. United	1
									Pachuca	2

Quarterfinals

Toluca v Olimpia

16 January 2001	Toluca	0–1	Olimpia	Fullerton, California, U.S.
	Nil		Lima 86'

Pachuca v Joe Public

16 January 2001	Pachuca	1–0	Joe Public	Fullerton, California, U.S.
	Caballero 72' (pen.)		Nil

D.C. United v Alajuelense

17 January 2001	D.C. United	2–1	Alajuelense	Fullerton, California, U.S.
	Talley 15' Olsen 90'		74' (pen.) Arnáez

LA Galaxy v Real España

17 January 2001

LA Galaxy

0–0 (5–3 p)

Real España

Fullerton, California, U.S.

Semifinals

Olimpia v Pachuca

19 January 2001	Olimpia	4–0	Pachuca	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
	Costa 35' 57' 77' Pineda 49'			Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 7,475

LA Galaxy v D.C. United

19 January 2001	LA Galaxy	1–1 (4–2 p)	D.C. United	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
	Vanney 29' (pen.)		48' (pen.) Etcheverry	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 7,475
	Penalties
	Vanney Elliott Vagenas Cienfuegos		Talley Agoos

Third place match

D.C. United v Pachuca

21 January 2001	D.C. United	1–2	Pachuca	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
	Talley 33'		14' Pineda 38' Arellano	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Final

LA Galaxy v Olimpia

21 January 2001	LA Galaxy	3–2	Olimpia	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
	Hendrickson 36', 78' Jones 39'		34' (pen.) Tosello 51' de Lima	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

Team details

Los Angeles Galaxy Olimpia GK 22 Kevin Hartman DF 3 Greg Vanney DF 30 Alexi Lalas DF 20 Paul Caligiuri DF 7 Zak Ibsen MF 17 Ezra Hendrickson MF Simon Elliott MF Peter Vagenas MF 10 Mauricio Cienfuegos  90' FW 13 Cobi Jones FW Adam Frye  60' Substitutions: MF 11 Sasha Victorine  60' MF 5 Brian Kelly  90' Manager: Sigi Schmid GK Donaldo González DF Gerson Vázquez DF Robert Lima DF Samuel Caballero DF Nerlin Membreño MF Alex Pineda  82' MF Danilo Tosello MF José Luis Pineda  88' MF Christian Santamaría FW Denilson Costa FW Carlos Paes Substitutes: DF Arnold Cruz  82' MF Reynaldo Tilguath  88' Manager: Edwin Pavón

• LA Galaxy and Olimpia qualify for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship.

Champion

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2000 Winners
Los Angeles Galaxy First Title

References