| | soccerway.com - News - 15 March 2004 - Concacaf Champions Cup preview |
 | | SAN JOSE, Mar 15 (SW) - The 2003 MLS Cup champions San Jose Earthquakes, as well as the 2003 MLS regular season champions, Chicago Fire, are set to begin the first stage of this year's CONCACAF Champions' Cup which sees both sides travel abroad for opening matches. |
 | | This year's field of eight includes 2003 Mexican Apertura Champion, Club Pachuca; 2003 Mexican Clausura Champion, Monterrey; Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica--twice the Champions' Cup winner--and El Salvador's C.D. Financial of Trinidad, are 2003 Carribbean Football Union champs, and two times champions of Trinidad's fledgling professional league (est. |
 | | With the announcement by FIFA earlier this month of an international club championship beginning in 2005, participation in CONCACAF Champions' Cup will become even more important as the tournament winners will gain a berth to the Club World Championship to be held each December beginning next year. |
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