CONCACAF Champions Cup. Copa de Campeones y Subcampeones CONCACAF 1971 Northern Section Round 1 (Oct 3 & 13) Elizabeth SC USA Cruz Azul Mex 0-0 awd 0-2x (Oct 3 & 31) Rochester Lancers USA Pembroke Hamilton Club Ber 4-1 1-3 5-4y asdet x 2nd leg awarded, forfeit Elizabeth SC y other sources give 2nd leg as 1-1 NB: some sources list an additional round in which Rochester Lancers supposedly were to play Guadalajara but withdrew; if the two were to meet at all, it apparently was Guadalajara who withdrew as Rochester played the final tournament and Guadalajara did not Central Section Preliminary Round (Aug 22 & 29) Diriangén Nic Comunicaciones Gua 0-5 1-10 1-15 Round 1 (Aug 22 & 29) Aurora Gua Atlético Marte ElS 2-1 1-1 3-2 (Sep 19 & 26) Motagua Hon Saprissa CRi 0-3 0-2 0-5 [Hernán Morales 10, Fernando Hernández 18, Edgar Marín 60] [Odir Jacques 22, 65] (Sep 26 & Oct 3) Comunicaciones Gua Deportivo FAS ElS 5-2 3-0 8-2 [Larrosa 12, 81, Molina 56, 89, Torres 82; Sarceno 50, Torres 78] (Sep 26 & Oct 12) Olimpia Hon Alajuelense CRi 0-0 0-1 0-1 [Walter Elizondo 60pen] Round 2 (Nov 7 & 14) Aurora Gua Comunicaciones Gua 1-2 0-1 1-3 (Nov 14 & 21) Saprissa CRi Alajuelense CRi 1-5 3-0 4-5 [Carlos Solano 52; Mario Vega 27, Alfredo Piedra 47, Chávez 49, Víctor Ruiz 65, Oscar Cordero 88] [Francisco Hernández 5, Jaime Grant 10, 48] Caribbean Section Round 1 SV Estrella DAn Águila Negra Hai w/o x (Sep 30 & Oct 5) SV Transvaal Sur Thomas United Guy 3-1 3-0 6-1 [?, ?, ?; Michael Pierre] x Águila Negra apparently withdrew Final Tournament (Ciudad de Guatemala) (Mar 12, 1972) Rochester 2-0 Transvaal [Eli Durante 35, Carlos Dell’omodarme 80] Comunicaciones 7-0 Estrella [Carlos Guzmán 17, Enrique Mendoza 31, Héctor Tambasco 33, 35, 50pen, Antonio Rojas 41, Oscar Molina 63] (Mar 14, 1972) Alajuelense 2-1 Estrella [Emilio Valle 46, 74; Ismael Croes 54] Cruz Azul 1-1 Transvaal [Octavio Muciño 68; Edwin Schal 55] (Mar 16, 1972) Cruz Azul 1-1 Rochester [José Luis Desachy 60; Manfred Siessler 67] Comunicaciones 3-1 Transvaal [Héctor Tambasco 15, 56pen, 71; Edwin Schal 6] (Mar 19, 1972) Rochester 2-0 Estrella [Charlie Mitchel 22pen, Francisco Escos 55] Comunicaciones 1-2 Alajuelense [Antonio Rojas 31; Walter Elizondo 10, 42pen] (Mar 21, 1972) Alajuelense 2-0 Transvaal [Roy Saénz 12, Emilio Valle 62] Cruz Azul 9-0 Estrella [Octavio Muciño 3, 32, 37, Fernando Bustos 11, Cesareo Victorino 29, 48, Alberto Gómez 35 81, Antonio Munguía 60] (Mar 23, 1972) Cruz Azul 3-1 Alajuelense [Octavio Muciño 29, Fernando Bustos 35, 71; Carlos Mejía 51] Comunicaciones 3-1 Rochester [Peter Sandoval 37, Oscar Molina 43pen, 55; Manfred Seissler 68] (Mar 26, 1972) Transvaal 1-0 Estrella [Edwin Schal 52pen] Alajuelense 1-0 Rochester [Walter Elizondo 75pen] Comunicaciones 1-3 Cruz Azul [Oscar Molina 28pen; Javier Guzmán 23, Octavio Muciño 68, 72] Final Ranking: 1.Cruz Azul 5 3 2 0 17- 4 8 [Mexico] Alajuelense 5 4 0 1 8- 5 8 [Costa Rica] 3.Comunicaciones 5 3 0 2 15- 7 6 [Guatemala] 4.Rochester Lancers 5 2 1 2 6- 5 5 [USA] 5.Transvaal 5 1 1 3 3- 8 3 [Surinam] 6.Estrella 5 0 0 5 1-21 0 [Dutch Antilles/Aruba] Playoff (Ciudad de México, Apr 19, 1972) Cruz Azul Mex LD Alajuelense CRi 5-1 [Fernando Bustos 16, Eladio Vera 25, 60, Octavio Muciño 70, 75pen; Miguel Villalobos 43]
Liga Deportiva Alajuelense had no chance, but still it was successful performance.
Standing from left: Alfonso Estupiñan, Calvo, “Pipas” Calvo, Zúñiga, Emilio Sagot, Walter Elizondo. Crouching: Errol Daniels, Floyd Daniels, Roy Saénz, Mario Vega, Nuñez. Third consecutive victory for Cruz Azul. The final was played in 1972, which affected Copa Interamericana as well. Actual photos from the final seemingly doesn't exist, so substitutes.
