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
[Morales 10, Gutierrez 18, Marin]
[Odir 22, ?]
(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
[Elizondo 70pen]
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
[Solano; Vega 27, Piedra 47, Chavez 49, Ruiz, Cordero 88]
[Chico, Grant (2)]
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
[Durante 36, Carlos Delomodarme 81]
Comunicaciones 7-0 Estrella
[Guzmán 5, Mendoza 30, Héctor Tambasco 32, 44, 65, Rojas 41,
Oscar Molina 62]
(Mar 14, 1972)
Alajuelense 2-1 Estrella
Cruz Azul 1-1 Transvaal
[Octavio Muciño 57; Edwin Schal 46]
(Mar 16, 1972)
Cruz Azul 1-1 Rochester
[José Luis Desachy 60; Siessler 67]
Comunicaciones 3-1 Transvaal
[Héctor Tambasco (3); ?]
(Mar 19, 1972)
Rochester 2-0 Estrella
[Mitchel 23pen, Escos 52]
Comunicaciones 1-2 Alajuelense
[Rojas 34; Elizondo 11, 44pen]
(Mar 21, 1972)
Alajuelense 2-0 Transvaal
Cruz Azul 9-0 Estrella
[Octavio Muciño 1, 12, 33, 40, Cesareo Victorino 32, 47,
Fernando Bustos 37, Antonio Munguía 59, Alberto Gómez 83]
(Mar 23, 1972)
Cruz Azul 3-1 Alajuelense
[Octavio Muciño, Fernando Bustos (2); Mejía]
Comunicaciones 3-1 Rochester
[Sandoval, Oscar Molina (2); Seissler]
(Mar 26, 1972)
Transvaal 1-0 Estrella
Alajuelense 1-0 Rochester
[Walter Elizondo 80pen]
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;
Villalobos 43]
overview | 1970 | 1972
Thanks to Colin Jose (colinjose@attcanada.net), Erik Garin (garinerik@hispeed.ch), Ian King (soccerking@members.v21.co.uk), Osvaldo José Gorgazzi (osvaldogorgazzi@yahoo.com.ar), Erik Francisco Lugo (eaglelugo@yahoo.com.mx) and CONCACAF
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