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AMERICA: Won four Champions' Cup titles (1977, 1987, 1990, 1992)
in eight tournament appearances ... Under the director of technical
director, Victor Aguado, the Aguilas qualified to the 2006 tournament
after capturing the 2005 Mexican League Torneo Clausura ... Claimed
the FC Giants Cup in 2001 and reached the semifinals of CONMEBOL's
Copa Libertadores in 2000 & 2002 ... Ten-time Mexican League
Champions, Club America are the only CONCACAF club to win the Copa
Interamericana (vs. CONMEBOL champion) twice (1977, 1990).
No. - Name - Pos.
1 - Guillermo Ochoa - GK
2 - Ismael Rodriguez - DF
3 - Jose Anatonio Castro - MD
4 - Oscar Adrian Rojas - MD
5 - Duilio Davino - DF
6 - Diego Alberto Cervantes - DF
7 - Claudio Lopez - AT
8 - Marco Antonio Gomez - MD
10 - Cuauhtemoc Blanco - AT
11 - Irenio Jose Soares - MD
12 - Alberto Becerra - GK
13 - Pavel Pardo - MD
14 - Carlos Jesus Infante - DF
16 - Ricardo Rojas - DF
17 - Aaron Padilla - AT
18 - German Villa - MD
20 - Alejandro Arguello - MD
21 - Christian Jimenez - AT
22 - Raul Alvin Mendoza - MD
23 - Kleber Boas - AT
26 - Francisco Javier Torres - AT
27 - Miguel Angel Zepeda - AT
30 - Armando Navarrete - GK
COACH -- Victor AGUADO
OLIMPIA: Is the only Honduran club to have captured the CONCACAF
title (1972, 1988) ... Olimpia are making their 22nd Champions'
Cup Appearance since 1962 ... With Nahun Espinoza at the helm, the
Leones qualified to the 2006 Champions' Cup by finishing second
at the Central American Zone (UNCAF) Club Tournament last year ...
Olimpia defeated Eagles FC (BLZ), Suchitepequez (GUA) and Deportivo
Saprissa (CRC) for a spot in the 2005 UNCAF Finale, where they lost
to LD Alajuelense (CRC) ... The Leones have won the most Honduran
National League Titles with 19.
No. - Name - Pos.
1 - Ricardo James - GK
2 - Edwin Yobani Avila - DF
3 - Maynor Alexis Figueroa - DF
4 - Milton Palacios - DF
5 - Wilfredo Barahona - DF
6 - Arnold Cruz - DF
7 - Rony Morales - DF
8 - Jose Luis Pineda - MD
9 - Juan Manuel Carcamo - AT
10 - Reynaldo Antonio Tilguath - MD
11 - Wilmer Neal Velasquez - AT
12 - Juan Pedro Valet - MD
14 - Wilson Palacios - MD
15 - Nahun Enrique Avila - DF
16 - Walter Nahun Lopez - MD
17 - Walter Joel Castro - MD
18 - Danilo Tosello - MD
19 - Elvis Danilo Turcios - MD
20 - Ramon Alberto Castillo - AT
21 - Jairo Martinez - AT
22 - Hendry Thomas - DF
25 - Oscar Armando Bonilla - DF
26 - Horacio Francisco Parham Cruz - MD
27 - Noel Valladares - GK
28 - Donis Salatiel Escobar - GK
30 - Luciano Emilio - AT
32 - Oscar Boniek Garcia - DF
COACH -- Nahun ESPINOZA
TOLUCA: Were the second Mexican club to win the CONCACAF Champions
Cup in 1968, after Aurora FC (GUA) and SV Transvaal (SUR) were disqualified
from the final after failing to finish their semifinal series ...
Toluca won their second CONCACAF crown 35 years later after defeating
Morelia in an all-Mexican finale in 2003 ... Making their eighth
appearance at the Champions' Cup, the Diablos Rojos qualified to
the 2006 event after winning the 2005 Mexican League Torneo de Apertura
... The eight-time Mexican league Champions have Gallego Americo
as their technical director.
No. - Name - Pos.
1 - Rolando Hernan Cristante - GK
3 - Paulo Cesar Da Silva - DF
4 - Javier Ariel Rosada - MD
5 - Israel Lopez - MD
6 - Manuel Alejandro De La Torre - DF
7 - Rodrigo Ezequiel Diaz - MD
8 - Erik Oswaldo Espinosa - DF
10 - Antonio Naelson - MD
11 - Vicente Martin Sanchez - AT
12 - Cesar Amado Lozano - GK
13 - Miguel Angel Almazan - DF
14 - Edgar Esteban Duenas - DF
15 - Josue Castillejos Toledo - MD
16 - Sergio Amaury Ponce - MD
17 - Emilio Hassan Viades - DF
19 - Hector Uzziel Lozano - AT
21 - Diego Javier De La Torre - MD
22 - Juan Carlos Nunez - MD
23 - Jose Manuel Abundis - AT
24 - Jose Manuel Cruzalta - DF
25 - Edgar Garcia - DF
29 - Carlos Esquivel Silva - AT
32 - Rigoberto Esparza - MD
33 - Octavio Mira Ramirez - DF
37 - Ivan Castillejos - MD
42 - Oscar Armando Mejia - GK
43 - Ismael Valadez - AT
51 - Francisco Gamboa - AT
84 - Jonathan Arias - DF
86 - Salvador Reyes - MD
COACH -- Gallego AMERICO
SAPRISSA: The reigning champions have 22 appearances in the CONCACAF
Champions' Cup, while achieving three titles (1993, 1995, 2005)
which is the most by a Costa Rican club at the CONCACAF tournament
... Saprissa have also won four Central American (UNCAF) crowns
along with 23 Costa Rican League Championships ... The Monstruo
Morado became the first Costa Rican Club to compete at the FIFA
Club World Championship after claiming the bronze at the 2005 tournament
in Japan ... Saprissa earned their berth to the 2006 Champions'
Cup after finishing third at the UNCAF Club Tournament last year
... The Monstruo Morado eliminated F.A.S. (SLV) and Marathon (HON)
before losing in the UNCAF semifinals to Olimpia (HON) ... Deportivo
Saprissa then defeated Municipal Perez Zeledon (CRC) in the third-place
series playoff to qualified to the 2006 Champions' Cup ... Hernan
Medford is at the helm for team.
No. - Name - Pos.
2 - Cristian Bolanos - MD
3 - Victor Cordero - DF
5 - Jody Stewart - DF
7 - Wilson Munoz - MD
8 - Walter Centeno - MD
9 - Pablo Brenes - MD
10 - Alonso Solis - MD
11 - Ronald Gomez - AT
13 - Armando Alonso - DF
14 - Andres Nunez - DF
15 - Saul Phillip - DF
16 - Gabriel Badilla - DF
17 - Jose Luis Lopez - MD
18 - Jervis Drummond - DF
19 - Randall Azofeifa - MD
20 - Celso Borges - MD
21 - Reynaldo Parks - DF
22 - Jose Pablo Fonseca - DF
23 - Tray Bennett - DF
24 - Alvaro Saborio - AT
26 - Gerrold Drummond - AT
27 - Manfred Russell - AT
30 - Allan Aleman Avila - MD
32 - Fausto Gonzalez - GK
33 - Kelior Navas - GK
34 - Erick Sanchez - DF
35 - Jose Francisco Porras - GK
45 - Jose Luis Cordero - MD
60 - Dario Delgado - DF
79 - Victor Cordero - AT
COACH -- Hernan MEDFORD
ALAJUELA: Became the first Costa Rican club to win the Champions'
Cup in 1986 ... Alajuela claimed their second CONCACAF crown in
2004 after defeating Saprissa in the first-ever all Costa Rican
finale ... Qualified to their 19th Champions' Cup event in 2006
after winning the Central American (UNCAF) Club Tournament over
Olimpia (HON) last year ... On the road to their second UNCAF title,
the Rojinegros eliminated Placencia Pirates (BLZ), CSD Municipal
(GUA) and Municipal Perez Zeledon (CRC) ... The 24th time Costa
Rican First Division League Champions, have recently appointed Rolando
Villalobos as technical director.
No. - Name - Pos.
1 - Wardy Alfaro - GK
3 - Luis Marin - DF
4 - Christian Montero - MD
5 - Christian Oviedo - MD
6 - Wilmer Lopez - MD
7 - Ronaldo Fonseca - AT
8 - Leslie Javier Ramos - DF
9 - Bryan Ruiz - AT
10 - Pablo Alejandro Izaguirre - MD
11 - Minor Enrique Diaz - AT
12 - Pablo Daniel Antonio Gabas - MD
13 - Rafael Rodriguez - MD
15 - Wallace Harold - DF
16 - Carlos Hernandez - MD
17 - Emil Martinez - MD
18 - Roy Marie - DF
19 - Carl Albert Gordon - DF
22 - Carlos Castro - DF
23 - Patrick Alberto Pemberton - GK
24 - Pablo Chinchilla - DF
25 - Michael Rodriguez - DF
26 - Erick Jimenez - AT
27 - Yosimar Arias - MD
28 - Pablo Nassar Bolanos - DF
29 - Erick Scott - AT
33 - Neighel Drummond - GK
COACH -- Rolando VILLALOBOS
LOS ANGELES GALAXY: The last USA club to win the Champions' Cup
(2000), the Los Angeles Galaxy are competing in their fourth CONCACAF
tournament ... The Galaxy progressed to the 2006 event after winning
the 2005 MLS (Major League Soccer) Cup ... The two-time USA's First
Division (MLS) Champions, the Galaxy have also won two US Open Cup
titles in 2001 & 2005 ... Steve Sampson is in charge of the
squad.
No. - Name - Pos.
1 - Steve Cronin - GK
2 - Todd Dunivant - DF
3 - Benjamin Benditson - DF
4 - Marcelo Saragosa - MD
5 - Christopher Albright - AT
6 - Josh Gardner - MD
7 - Herculez Gomez - AT
8 - Peter Vagenas - MD
9 - Guillermo Gonzalez - MD
10 - Landon Donovan - AT
11 - Ned Grabavoy - MD
12 - Troy Roberts - DF
13 - Cobi Jones - MD
14 - Tyrone Marshall - AT
15 - Ugo Ihemelu - DF
16 - Kyle Veris - DF
17 - Paulo Nagamura - MD
18 - Joseph Ngwenya - AT
19 - Michael Enfield - MD
20 - Naldo - AT
21 - Alan Gordon - AT
22 - Kevin Hartman - GK
24 - Nathan Sturgis - DF
25 - Marc Burch - AT
31 - Joshua Saunders - GK
COACH -- Steve SAMPSON
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION: Are making their second appearance at the
CONCACAF Champions' Cup ... With Steve Nicol at the helm, the Revs
qualified to the 2006 CONCACAF tournament after finishing second
at the 2005 MLS (Major League Soccer) Cup ... The Revs have played
in only two previous Champions' Cup matches; both against LD Alajuelense
(CRC) in 2003, losing the first one 4:0 and then winning the second
encounter by a 3:1 score ... The Revs have yet to win an MLS or
US Open Cup title but have reached the finals in each tournament.
No. - Name - Pos.
1 - Matthew Reis - GK
2 - Clint Dempsey - MD
3 - Daniel Hernandez - MD
4 - John Avery - DF
5 - William Sims - AT
6 - John Heaps - DF
7 - Jose Cancela - MD
8 - Joseph Franchino - DF
11 - Patrick Noonan - AT
12 - Douglas Warren - GK
14 - Steve Ralston - MD
15 - Michael Parkhurst - DF
16 - James Riley - DF
19 - Tony Lochhead - DF
20 - Taylor Twellman - AT
21 - Shalrie Joseph - MD
22 - Marshal Leonard - DF
25 - Andy Dorman - MD
30 - Ryan Latham - MD
31 - Jeff Larentowicz - DF
32 - Khano Smith - AT
34 - Thomas Joseph Tomasso - GK
COACH -- Steve NICOL
PORTMORE UNITED: Formerly Hazard United until 2003, Portmore United
are competing in their second CONCACAF tournament ... The Jamaican
club progressed to the 2006 CONCACAF Champions' Cup after winning
the Caribbean (CFU) Zone Club Tournament over Robinhood (SUR) last
year ... Prior to reaching the CFU Finale, Portmore United eliminated
Hoppers FC (ATG) and CS Barber (ANT) ... Three-time Jamaican League
Champions, Lenworth Hyde is their technical director.
No. - Name - Pos.
1 - Shawn Sawyers - GK
3 - Creig Morrisson - MD
4 - Tyrone Sawyers - DF
5 - Mario Swaby - MD
6 - Ricardo Cousins - MD
7 - Jason Morisson - MD
8 - Garth Bootha - DF
9 - Kevin Deerr - AT
10 - Wolry Wolfe - MD
11 - Anthony Modeste - DF
12 - Omar Daley - MD
14 - Roen Nelson - AT
15 - Adrian Mitchell - DF
16 - Carlington Smith - AT
17 - Rudolph Austin - MD
18 - Bryan Bayliss - MD
19 - Rafei Wolfe - MD
20 - Ryan Powell - DF
23 - Christopher Dawes - MD
24 - Anthony Bennett - AT
25 - Kieron Bernard - DF
31 - Steven Morrissey - AT
32 - Jacomeno Barrett - GK
34 - Adrian Reid - DF
35 - Howard Fisher - GK
40 - Demar Stewart - DF
45 - Kemeel Wolfe - MD
75 - Onandi Lowe - AT
COACH -- Lenworth HYDE
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