CONCACAF Champions' Cup 2006

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The 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup was the 41st edition of the annual club soccer competition in the CONCACAF region. The Mexican club Club America won their fifth title in the final against Deportivo Toluca and qualified for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup . Toluca, in second place, received an invitation to the 2006 Copa Sudamericana . The entire tournament was played between February 22 and April 19, 2006 in a knockout system with a return leg. There was no away goals rule . The best scorer in the finals was the Mexican Aarón Padilla from Club America.

Qualified teams

Mexico

United States

Central America

Caribbean

Tournament results

Quarter finals

The first legs of the quarter-finals took place on February 22nd and 23rd, 2006. The second leg was played on March 8, 2006.

total First leg Return leg
Portmore United JamaicaJamaica 3: 7 MexicoMexico Club America 1: 2 (0: 0) 2: 5 (1: 1)
New England Revolution United StatesUnited States 0: 1 Costa RicaCosta Rica LD Alajuelense 0-0 0: 1 (0: 0)
Club Deportivo Olimpia HondurasHonduras 1: 4 MexicoMexico Deportivo Toluca 0: 2 (0: 1) 1: 2 (1: 0)
Los Angeles Galaxy United StatesUnited States 2: 3 Costa RicaCosta Rica Deportivo Saprissa 0-0 2: 3 n.V. (2: 2, 2: 0)

Semifinals

The first leg of the semi-finals took place on March 23, 2006. The second legs were played on March 23 and April 29, 2006.

total First leg Return leg
LD Alajuelense Costa RicaCosta Rica 1: 2 MexicoMexico Club America 1: 2 (0: 0) 0-0
Deportivo Toluca MexicoMexico 4: 3 Costa RicaCosta Rica Deportivo Saprissa 2: 0 (1: 0) 2: 3 (0: 0)

final

First leg

Deportivo Toluca Club America
Deportivo Toluca
April 12, 2006 in Toluca ( Estadio Nemesio Díez )
Result : 0-0
Spectators: 20,000
Referee: José Pineda ( Honduras ) HondurasHonduras 
Club America


Hernán Cristante - José Manuel Cruzalta , Miguel Almazán , Paulo da Silva , Edgar Dueñas , Manuel de la Torre , Ariel Rosada , Sergio Amaury Ponce , Rodrigo Díaz (60th José Manuel Abundis ), Vicente Sánchez , Carlos Esquivel (70th Diego de la Torre )
Coach: Américo Gallego
Armando Navarrete - Óscar Rojas , Duilio Davino , Ricardo Rojas , Ismael Rodríguez , Alvin Mendoza , Christián Giménez (66th Claudio López ), Germán Villa , Irenio Soares , Kléber Pereira , Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Trainer: Manuel Lapuente
yellow cards Manuel De La Torre (75th), Diego De La Torre (78th), Edgar Dueñas (90th) yellow cards Claudio López (78th), Irenio Soares (87th)

Return leg

Club America Deportivo Toluca
Club America
April 19, 2006 in Mexico City ( Aztec Stadium )
Result: 2: 1 n.v. (0: 0, 0: 0)
Spectators: 35,920
Referee: Brian Hall ( United States ) United StatesUnited States 
Deportivo Toluca


Armando Navarrete - Ismael Rodríguez (22nd Christián Giménez ), Óscar Rojas , Duilio Davino , Claudio López , Cuauhtémoc Blanco , Irenio Soares (91st Alejandro Argüello ), Ricardo Rojas , Aarón Padilla (46th Kléber Pereira ), Germán Villa , Francisco Javier Pereira Torres
coach: Manuel Lapuente
Hernán Cristante - Paulo da Silva , Javier Ariel Rosada , Manuel de la Torre , Rodrigo Ezequiel Díaz (81st Iván Castillejos ), Vicente Sánchez (89th José Manuel Abundis ), Miguel Almazán , Josúe Castillejos Toledo , Sergio Amaury Ponce , Jose Manuel Cruzalta , Ismael Valadez (59th Carlos Esquivel )
Coach: Américo Gallego

goal1: 1 Kléber Pereira (105.)
goal2: 1 Duilio Davino (115.)
goal 0-1 Paulo da Silva (93.)
yellow cards Claudio López (56th), Cuauhtémoc Blanco (70th), Kléber Pereira (108th) yellow cards Vicente Sánchez (36th), Rodrigo Ezequiel Díaz (56th), Hernán Cristante (105th), Javier Ariel Rosada (109th)
Red cards Christian Giménez (109th) Red cards Paulo da Silva (109th)

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