Copa Coliseo 1998

Copa Coliseo 1998 (Los Angeles)

Participants:
 Chivas Guadalajara, Cruz Azul, Pumas de la UNAM (Mexico)
 Comunicaciones (Guatemala), Luis Angel Firpo (El Salvador)
 Gimnasia y Esgrima de la Plata (Argentina)

Round 1

15- 7-1998 Chivas         2-0 Comunicaciones              [at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles]
             [Mariano Varela 35', Manuel Martinez 89']
19- 7-1998 Chivas         1-0 Gimnasia                    [at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego]
             [Manuel Martinez 17']
19- 7-1998 Pumas          1-1 Cruz Azul                   [at Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego]
             [Horacio Sanchez 25' / Christian Montesimo 42']
22- 7-1998 LA Firpo       2-2 Pumas                       [at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles]
             [Raúl Toro 49', Celio Rodríguez 69' / Horacio Sánchez 11', 42']
22- 7-1998 Gimnasia       2-0 Cruz Azul
             [Pedro Troglio 68', Gustavo Reggi 70']       [at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles]
 2- 8-1998 Comunicaciones 2-0 Luis Angel Firpo            [at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles]
             [Rolando Fonseca 36' 90']


Guadalajara        2  2  0  0  3:0  +3  6 [Semifinals]
Gimnasia y Esgrima 2  1  0  1  2:1  +1  3 [Semifinals]
Comunicaciones     2  1  0  1  2:2   0  3 [Semifinals]
Pumas UNAM         2  0  2  0  3:3   0  2 [Semifinals]
Luis Ángel Firpo   2  0  1  1  2:4  -2  1
Cruz Azul          2  0  1  1  1:3  -2  1


Semifinals
14-10-1998 Gimnasia       1-0 Comunicaciones      [AET]   [at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles]
             [Matias Sagorak 99']
14-10-1998 Chivas         2-1 Pumas                       [at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles]
             [Ramon Ramirez 2' 32' / Horacio Sanchez 3']

Final
11-11-1998 Chivas         2-1 Gimnasia y Esgrima          [at Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles]
             [Joel Sanchez 29' 54' / Ruben Ferrer 50']
             [Paulo Cesar Chavez (Chivas) sent off at 76']
             [Ref: Arturo Angeles (USA)]


The first edition of the Copa Coliseo was planned in 1997 but was
cancelled due to a dispute between the organizers and FIFA.  The 
first pair of games was played behind closed doors at the Memorial 
Coliseum:

 5- 1-1997 Chivas (Mexico) 3-0 Aguila (El Salvador),
             [Gustavo Nápoles 8', 9', Ramón Ramírez 57']
           Atlas (Mexico)  1-1 Atlante (Mexico)
             [Miguel Salcedo 62'; Miodrag Belodedici 67']

Other participants would have been Necaxa, Cruz Azul,
América (Mexico), and Alianza (El Salvador).
1999
About this document

Thanks to Erik Francisco Lugo for additional data
Prepared and maintained by Neil Morrison for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Neil Morrison
Last updated: 7 Mar 2013