2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League championship round

The 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League championship round was the eight-team, two-legged knockout round of the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. The round was played in March and April 2010.

Qualified teams

A total of eight teams participated in the championship round. The following teams qualified from the group stage:[1]

Group Group winners Group runners-up
A Mexico Pachuca Panama Árabe Unido
B Mexico Toluca Honduras Marathón
C Mexico Cruz Azul United States Columbus Crew
D Mexico UNAM Guatemala Comunicaciones

Bracket

The championship round draw was conducted on November 17.[2]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
Honduras Marathón 2 1 3
Mexico UNAM 0 6 6
Mexico UNAM 1 0 1
Mexico Cruz Azul 0 5 5
Panama Árabe Unido 0 0 0
Mexico Cruz Azul 1 3 4
Mexico Cruz Azul 2 0 2
Mexico Pachuca (a) 1 1 2
United States Columbus Crew 2 2 4
Mexico Toluca 2 3 5
Mexico Toluca 1 0 1
Mexico Pachuca 1 1 2
Guatemala Comunicaciones 1 1 2
Mexico Pachuca 1 2 3

Quarterfinals

The first legs of the Quarterfinals were played the week of March 9, 2010, while the second legs were played the week of March 16, 2010.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Comunicaciones Guatemala 2–3 Mexico Pachuca 1–1 1–2
Columbus Crew United States 4–5 Mexico Toluca 2–2 2–3
Marathón Honduras 3–6 Mexico UNAM 2–0 1–6
Árabe Unido Panama 0–4 Mexico Cruz Azul 0–1 0–3

First legs
Columbus Crew United States2–2Mexico Toluca
Lenhart 65', 83' Report Sinha 19'
Ríos 44'
Attendance: 4,402
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)
Marathón Honduras2–0Mexico UNAM
Martínez 18' (pen.)
Mejía 53' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 12,297
Comunicaciones Guatemala1–1Mexico Pachuca
Fonseca 73' Report Aguilar 1'
Attendance: 7,438
Árabe Unido Panama0–1Mexico Cruz Azul
Report Riveros 70'
Attendance: 2,500

Second legs
Pachuca Mexico2–1Guatemala Comunicaciones
Aguilar 72'
Montes 88'		 Report Fonseca 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.

Toluca Mexico3–2United States Columbus Crew
Mancilla 47' (pen.)
Sinha 57', 72'		 Report Schelotto 45' (pen.), 70'
Attendance: 6,946
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

Toluca won 5–4 on aggregate.

Cruz Azul Mexico3–0Panama Árabe Unido
Orozco 50', 75'
Villaluz 64'		 Report
Attendance: 3,140

Cruz Azul won 4–0 on aggregate.

UNAM Mexico6–1Honduras Marathón
Barrera 3'
Íñiguez 20', 35'
Bravo 50'
Palencia 63', 90'		 Report Chiapas 53' (o.g.)
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

UNAM won 6–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first legs of the Semifinals were played the week of March 30, 2010, while the second legs were played the week of April 6, 2010.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM Mexico 1–5 Mexico Cruz Azul 1–0 0–5
Toluca Mexico 1–2 Mexico Pachuca 1–1 0–1

First legs
Toluca Mexico1–1Mexico Pachuca
Dueñas 78' Report Cvitanich 34'
Attendance: 13,898
UNAM Mexico1–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Barrera 24' Report
Attendance: 32,177
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto (Mexico)

Second legs
Cruz Azul Mexico5–0Mexico UNAM
Riveros 37'
Cervantes 74'
Cortés 77'
Chávez 84'
Lugo 90'		 Report
Attendance: 28,900

Cruz Azul won 5–1 on aggregate.

Pachuca Mexico1–0Mexico Toluca
Brambila 6' Report
Attendance: 25,000

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2010 CONCACAF Champions League Final

The first leg of the Final was played on April 21, 2010, while the second leg was played on April 28, 2010.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul Mexico 2–2 (a) Mexico Pachuca 2–1 0–1

First leg
Cruz Azul Mexico2–1Mexico Pachuca
Villa 20'
Rodríguez 24' (o.g.)		 Report Álvarez 69'
Attendance: 16,186

Second leg
Pachuca Mexico1–0Mexico Cruz Azul
Benítez 90+3' Report
Attendance: 26,500

2–2 on aggregate. Pachuca won on away goals.

References
  1. Butler, Dylan (2009-10-23). "Mexico again leads way into Champions League quarters". concacafchampions.com. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  2. "Mexican, U.S. regular season champs to square off in Champions League quarterfinals". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 2009-11-17. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  3. "Columbus-Toluca to open CCL quarters on March 9". CONCACAF. 2009-11-25. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  4. "Second-half goal gives Comunicaciones draw". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2010.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.