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2001 Copa Merconorte

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The Copa Merconorte 2001 was the fourth and final edition of association football tournament Copa Merconorte held in 2001. Millonarios of Colombia defeated Emelec of Ecuador in the final.[1] It was the first edition to include teams invited from the United States, the Kansas City Wizards and NY/NJ MetroStars. Several fixtures for the MetroStars were cancelled following the September 11 attacks.[2]

Copa Merconorte 2001
Tournament details
Dates31 July – 20 December 2001
Teams16 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsColombia Millonarios (1st title)
Runners-upEcuador Emelec
Tournament statistics
Matches played50
Goals scored146 (2.92 per match)
Top scorer(s)Ecuador Otilino Tenorio (7)
← 2000

Participants

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Country Team
  Bolivia
(1 berth) 		Blooming
  Colombia
(3 berths) 		América de Cali
Atlético Nacional
Millonarios
  Ecuador
(3 berths) 		Aucas
Barcelona
Emelec
  Mexico
(3 berths) 		Guadalajara
Necaxa
Santos Laguna
  Peru
(3 berths) 		Alianza Lima
Sporting Cristal
Universitario
  United States
(2 berth) 		Kansas City Wizards
MetroStars
  Venezuela
(1 berth) 		Deportivo Italchacao

Group stage

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Each team played the other teams in the group twice during the group stage. The first place team advanced to the second round.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   NEC   ADC   ALI   SDA
1   Necaxa 6 5 0 1 12 5 +7 15 Advance to Semifinals — 1–0 2–1 1–3
2   América de Cali 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 1–3 — 1–1 2–1
3   Alianza Lima 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5 0–3 1–2 — 4–1
4   Aucas 6 1 1 4 6 11 −5 4 0–2 0–1 1–1 —
Source: RSSSF.com
Aucas  0–2  Necaxa
Report
América de Cali  1–1  Alianza Lima
Mafla   27' Report Quinteros   13'
Alianza Lima  4–1  Aucas
  • Bazalar   21'
  • Gallardo   40', 88'
  • Grotto   83'
 Report
  • de Jesús   18'
Necaxa  1–0  América de Cali
Delgado   38' (pen.) Report
Aucas  0–1  América de Cali
Report Virviescas   90'
Necaxa  2–1  Alianza Lima
 Report
  • Hernández   90'
Necaxa  1–3  Aucas
 Report
Alianza Lima  1–2  América de Cali
Eduardo Esidio 30' report Mafla 57'
Garcia 64'
Alianza Lima  0–3  Necaxa
report Moreno 40', 55', 66'
América de Cali  1–3  Necaxa
Mauricio Romero 89' report Luís Roberto Alves 4', 63'
Martínez Diego Alfonso 65'
Aucas  1–1  Alianza Lima
Raúl Duarte 13' report Roberto Farfán 30'
América de Cali  2–1  Aucas
Oscar Eduardo Villarreal 30'
Kilian Edwin Virviescas 45'		 report Raúl Duarte 58'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   MIL   ITA   MET   GUA
1   Millonarios 6 4 0 2 10 7 +3 12 Advance to Semifinals — 5–0 2–1 2–0
2   Deportivo Italchacao 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12 3–0 — 2–1 2–0
3   MetroStars 6 3 0 3 8 5 +3 9 0–1 2–0 — 2–0
4   Guadalajara 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7 3 3–0 0–2 0–2 —
Source: [citation needed]
MetroStars  2–0  Deportivo Italchacao
Adolfo Valencia 23'
Mike Petke 47'		 report
Guadalajara  3–0  Millonarios
Marco Antonio Ruiz 44'
Juan Antonio Torres 60'
Carlos Hermosillo 87'		 report
Millonarios  5–0  Deportivo Italchacao
Wilson Cano 41' (pen), 64', 73'
Alexander Orrego 49'
Marcio Rodríguez 91'		 report
Millonarios  2–1  MetroStars
Wilson Cano 1', 31' report Adolfo Valencia 69'
Deportivo Italchacao  2–0  Guadalajara
Leopoldo Jiménez 47'
Rafael Castellín '84.		 report
MetroStars  forfeit  Guadalajara
3 Pts.
Deportivo Italchacao  3–0  Millonarios
Félix Hernánex 3'
Fernando Martínez 65', 89'		 report
Deportivo Italchacao  2–1  MetroStars
Daniel Diez 62', 88' report Carlos García 58' (OG)
MetroStars  0–1  Millonarios
report Johan Viáfara 92'+
Guadalajara  forfeit  Deportivo Italchacao
3 Pts.
Millonarios  forfeit  Guadalajara
3 Pts.
Guadalajara  forfeit  MetroStars
3 Pts.

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   SAN   CRI   KAN   BAR
1   Santos Laguna 6 5 0 1 15 6 +9 15 Advance to Semifinals — 3–0 4–2 3–1
2   Sporting Cristal 6 3 2 1 10 10 0 11 2–1 — 2–1 2–2
3   Kansas City Wizards 6 1 1 4 8 12 −4 4 0–1 1–2 — 1–1
4   Barcelona 6 0 3 3 9 14 −5 3 1–3 2–2 2–3 —
Source: [citation needed]
Kansas City Wizards  1–2  Sporting Cristal
Onandi Lowe 7' report Erick Torres 31'
Gastón Córdoba 79'
Santos Laguna  4–2  Kansas City Wizards
Héctor Altamirano 28' (pen)
Robson Luiz 36'
Eduardo Lillingston 83' (pen)
Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 84'		 report Matt McKeon 53'
Roy Lassiter 88'
Santos Laguna  3–1  Barcelona
Jared Borgetti 20', 59'
Luis Ramón Romero 49'		 report Nicolás Asencio 56'
Barcelona  2–2  Sporting Cristal
Máximo Tenorio 3'
Moreno Carlos Alfaro 56'		 report Jean Ferrari 24'
Jorge Soto 76'
Barcelona  2–3  Kansas City Wizards
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 13'
Fricson George 76'		 report Roy Lassiter 31'
Chris Brown 46', 50'
Sporting Cristal  2–1  Kansas City Wizards
Luis Bonnet 23', 25' report Onandi Lowe 40'
Santos Laguna  3–0  Sporting Cristal
Carlos Augusto Gomes de Oliveira 17'
Rodrigo Ruiz 72'
Eduardo Lillingston 78'		 report
Barcelona  1–3  Santos Laguna
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 10' report Jared Borgetti 62', 64'
Eduardo Lillingston 89'
Kansas City Wizards  1–1  Barcelona
Roy Lassiter 32' report Clóvis Bento da Cruz 41'
Sporting Cristal  2–1  Santos Laguna
Piero Alva 38', 59' report Johan Rodríguez 21'
Kansas City Wizards  0–1  Santos Laguna
report Eduardo Lillingston 12'
Sporting Cristal  2–2  Barcelona
Gastón Córdoba 83'
Diego Martínez 92'+		 report Clóvis Bento da Cruz 44'
Carlos Alfaro Moreno 86'

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification   EME   ATL   UNI   BLO
1   Emelec 6 3 3 0 8 1 +7 12 Advance to Semifinals — 3–0 1–0 4–1
2   Atlético Nacional 6 3 1 2 7 5 +2 10 0–0 — 3–0 1–0
3   Universitario 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 0–0 2–1 — 2–0
4   Blooming 6 0 1 5 3 12 −9 1 0–0 0–2 2–3 —
Source: [citation needed]
Atlético Nacional  3–0  Universitario
Juan David Restrepo 18'
Oscar Restrepo 78'
Néstor Fabián Salazar 85'		 report
Blooming  2–3  Universitario
Walter Otta 33', 71' report Martín Vilallonga 44', 47'
Paolo Maldonado 57'
Blooming  0–2  Atlético Nacional
report Gustavo Díaz 19'
Jorge Humberto Agudelo 45'
Universitario  0–0  Emelec
report
Atlético Nacional  0–0  Emelec
report
Universitario  2–0  Bloomin
Sergio Ibarra 22'
Martín Vilallonga 68'		 report
Emelec  1–0  Universitario
Walter Ayoví 3' report
Universitario  2–1  Atlético Nacional
Luis Cordero 74'
Sergio Ibarra 90'		 report Diego Toro 55'
Blooming  0–0  Emelec
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Atlético Nacional  1–0  Blooming
José María Ocampo 48' report
Emelec  4–1  Blooming
Cristian Adrián Gómez 2'
Luis Hebertson Moreira 13'
Juan Ignacio Triviño 20'
Rafael Manosalvas 50'		 report Diego Cabrera 15'
Emelec  3–0  Atlético Nacional
Otilino George Tenorio 29', 51'
Carlos Ramón Hidalgo 78'		 report

Semifinals

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The semifinals consisted of two games between the Necaxa (winner of Group A) and Millonarios (winner of Group B), and two games between the Santos Laguna (winner of Group C) and Emelec (winner of Group D). Both series were decided in penalty kicks because the net of both games was a draw.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Necaxa   5–5 (1–3 p)   Millonarios 3–2 2–3
Santos Laguna   5–5 (2–4 p)   Emelec 4–1 1–4
Necaxa  3–2  Millonarios
Estadio Municipal, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Referee: Rogger Zambrano (Ecuador)
Millonarios  3–2  Necaxa
  • Orrego   38'
  • Rivera   64'
  • Jaramillo   85'
Penalties
 3–1
Referee: Luis Solorzano (Venezuela)

5–5 on aggregate, Millonarios won 3–1 on penalties

Santos Laguna  4–1  Emelec
  • Robson Luiz   14', 33'
  • Lillingston   25'
  • Gómes   58'
Referee: José Arana (Peru)
Emelec  4–1  Santos Laguna
  • Gómes   71'
Penalties
 4–2
Referee: Guido Aros (Chile)

5–5 on aggregate, Emelec won 4–2 on penalties

Finals

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After tying both matches, Millonarios defeated Emelec in penalty kicks.

Millonarios  1–1  Emelec
Carlos Castro 76' report Otilino Tenorio 75'
Emelec  1–1  Millonarios
Otilino Tenorio 50' (pen 1–3)
report		 Luis Eduardo Zapata 19'

Champion

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Copa Merconorte
2001 Winners
 
Millonarios
First Title

References

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  1. ^ Ballesteros, Frank (February 18, 2002). "Copa Merconorte 2001". RSSSF. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Dure, Beau (2010). Long-Range Goals: The Success Story of Major League Soccer. Washington, DC: Potomac Books. pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-1-59797-509-4. OCLC 500783910.
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