2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

The 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 42nd 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 also served as a qualifying event for the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup

Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca hosted the second leg Final
Tournament details
Dates	22 February – 25 April
Teams	8 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Pachuca (2nd title)
Runners-up	Guadalajara
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	38 (2.71 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Omar Bravo Luciano Emilio (4 goals each)
← 2006 2008 →

Pachuca won the Champions' Cup, defeating Guadalajara 7–6 on penalties following a 2–2 aggregate draw.

In addition, as runners-up, Guadalajara was invited to CONMEBOL's 2007 Copa Sudamericana.^[1]

Qualified teams

North American zone

Pachuca – 2006 Clausura champion
Guadalajara – 2006 Apertura champion
Houston Dynamo – 2006 MLS Cup champion
D.C. United – 2006 MLS Supporters' Shield winner

Central America zone

Puntarenas – UNCAF champion
Olimpia – UNCAF runner-up
Marquense – UNCAF third place

Caribbean zone

W Connection – 2006 CFU Club Championship winner

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
		Olimpia	1	2	3
		D.C. United	4	3	7
									D.C. United	1	1	2
									Guadalajara	1	2	3
		W Connection	2	0	2
		Guadalajara	1	3	4
																Guadalajara	2	0	2 (6)
																Pachuca (a.e.t.) (pen.)	2	0	2 (7)
		Puntarenas	1	0	1
		Houston Dynamo	0	2	2
									Houston Dynamo	2	2	4
									Pachuca (a.e.t.)	0	5	5
		Pachuca	2	1	3
		Marquense	0	0	0

Quarterfinals

22 February 2007

20:05 CT

Pachuca	2–0	Marquense
Álvarez 13' Caballero 58'

Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Mexico

Referee: Edgar Rodriguez (Costa Rica)

28 February 2007

18:15 CT

Marquense	0–1	Pachuca
		Landín 17'

Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada
San Marcos, Guatemala

Attendance: 5,720^[2]

Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (Honduras)

Pachuca won 3–0 on aggregate.

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21 February 2007

13:35 CT

Puntarenas	1–0	Houston Dynamo
Bernard 90+2'

Estadio Lito Pérez
Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)

1 March 2007

20:05 CT

Houston Dynamo	2–0	Puntarenas
Dalglish 27' Gray 74'

Aggie Soccer Stadium
College Station, United States

Attendance: 4,286

Referee: Armando Archundia (Mexico)

Houston Dynamo won 2–1 on aggregate.

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13 February 2007

20:05 ET

W Connection	2–1	Guadalajara
Jean 79' Seabra 86'		Bravo 61'

Manny Ramjohn Stadium
Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago

Attendance: 4,000^[3]

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

28 February 2007

20:45 CT

Guadalajara	3–0	W Connection
Santana 21', 46' Bautista 74'	Report

Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Jose Pineda (Honduras)

Guadalajara won 4–2 on aggregate.

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21 February 2007

20:00 CT

Olimpia	1–4	D.C. United
Cárcamo 34'		Gómez 31', 59' Emilio 45' Erpen 84'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Referee: Jorge Gasso (Mexico)

1 March 2007

19:05 ET

D.C. United	3–2	Olimpia
Emilio 37', 84' Gómez 49' (pen.)	Report	Thomas 30' (pen.) Pacini 75'

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., United States

Attendance: 8,181

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

D.C. United won 7–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

15 March 2007

19:30 CT

Houston Dynamo	2–0	Pachuca
Ching 57' Wondolowski 84'	Report

Robertson Stadium
Houston, United States

Attendance: 13,007

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Note: The first leg match scheduled for 14 March 2007 was postponed due to a weather-induced power outage.

5 April 2007

18:35 CT

Pachuca	5–2 (a.e.t.)	Houston Dynamo
Caballero 4', 86' Giménez 15' (pen.), 58' (pen.), 105'	Report	Mullan 53' Ching 79'

Estadio Hidalgo
Pachuca, Mexico

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

Pachuca won 5–4 on aggregate.

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15 March 2007

20:00 ET

D.C. United	1–1	Guadalajara
Emilio 90+1'	Report	Bravo 63'

RFK Stadium
Washington, D.C., United States

Attendance: 26,528

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

3 April 2007

20:30 CT

Guadalajara	2–1	D.C. United
Bautista 42' Pineda 52'	Report	Moreno 36'

Estadio Jalisco
Guadalajara, Mexico

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Guadalajara won 3–2 on aggregate.

Final

First leg

2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

18 April 2007

First leg

Guadalajara	2–2	Pachuca
Bravo 43', 66'		Cacho 21' Cabrera 82'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Germán Arredondo

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Second leg

2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Final

25 April 2007

First leg

Pachuca	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Guadalajara
	Report 1 Report 2
Penalties
Giménez Chitiva Salazar Álvarez Rodríguez López Landín	7–6	Bravo Pineda Martínez Esparza Mejía Magallon Medina

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Armando Archundia

Team details
Pachuca Guadalajara GK 1 Miguel Calero DF 14 Marvin Cabrera DF 3 Aquivaldo Mosquera DF 21 Fausto Pinto DF 16 Gerardo Rodríguez MF 8 Gabriel Caballero MF 6 Jaime Correa MF 10 Andrés Chitiva FW 2 Leobardo López FW 19 Christian Giménez FW 11 Juan Carlos Cacho Substitutions: MF 7 Damián Álvarez Manager: Enrique Meza GK DF DF DF DF MF MF MF MF FW FW Substitutions: Manager: José Manuel de la Torre

2–2 on aggregate. Pachuca won 2007 CONCACAF Champions' Cup 7–6 on penalties, advanced to 2007 FIFA Club World Cup.

Champions

CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2007 Winners
Pachuca Second Title

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Luciano Emilio	D.C. United	4
	Omar Bravo	Guadalajara
3	Christian Giménez	Pachuca	3
	Christian Gómez	D.C. United
5	Adolfo Bautista	Guadalajara	2
	Brian Ching	Houston Dynamo
	Gabriel Caballero	Pachuca
	Marvin Cabrera	Pachuca
	Sergio Santana	Guadalajara

Notes

• C.F. Pachuca advances to 2007 FIFA Club World Cup as champion.
• Guadalajara advances to 2007 Copa Sudamericana as runner-up.
• D.C. United advances to 2007 Copa Sudamericana by finishing third place
  (total goal difference +3 vs. Houston Dynamo 0) as the non-Mexico representative from CONCACAF.