FC CHAMPIONS CUP: D.C. United is ousted by Comunicaciones

D.C. United, the 1998 FC Champions Cup champion, beat Comunicaciones, 2-1, in its first home game of the 2002 campaign but was eliminated, 5-2, on aggregate in the first round of the FC Champions Cup. Mark Lisi and Eddie Pope scored late goals for DCU to overcome an early 1-0 deficit, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the four-goal deficit from the first leg. The game marked the debut of Honduran international Milton Reyes for the MLS club. Comunicaciones will now face Alajuela of Costa Rica in the quarterfinals. D.C. UNITED-COMUNICACIONES SUMMARY March 13 in Washington, D.C. D.C. United (USA) 2 Comunicaciones (Guat.) 1. Goals: Lisi 61, Pope 89; Gomez 13. D.C. United — Rimando, Prideaux, Pope, McKinley (Namoff, 57), Reyes, Alavanja (Alegria, 69), Lisi, Etcheverry, Convey, Quaranta, Conteh (Curtis, 62). Comunicaciones — Ortiz, Miranda, Cabrera, Jimenez, Martinez, Gomez, Thompson, Rodriguez, Rivera (Garcia, 33), Westphal (Perez, 65; Lopez, 80), Nunez. Referee: Armando Archundia (Mexico). Att.: 13,378.