Tuesday, August 03, 2010

CONCACAF CL: Toronto FC , Sounders, Cruz Azul Advance To Group Stage

Three teams advanced to the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League on Tuesday.

At Tegucigalpa, Honduras:

Goals from Dwayne De Rosaria (59') and Chad Barrett (79') carried Toronto FC to a 2-2 road draw with CD Motagua in game two and a 3-2 aggregate win for the two-game series.

At San Salvador, El Salvador:

Alvaro Fernandez scored at 74 minutes to carry Seattle Sounders FC to a 1-1 road draw with AD Isidro Metapan in game two, enabling the Sounders to take their two-match set 2-1 on aggregate.


At Mexico City:


Javier Orozco's hat trick (11', 45', 84') combined with Maximiliano Biancucci's double (18', 90'+2) as Cruz Azul demolished visiting San Francisco FC 6-0 in game two to polish off the Panamanian club in their two-game series 9-2 on aggregate.


NOTE:  Cruz Azul and Toronto FC will play in Group A alongside Real Salt Lake from Major League Soccer and CD Arabe Unido from Panama.  The Seattle Sounders will play in Group C along with Monterrey of Mexico, CD Saprissa from Costa Rica, and the winner of the Tauro (Panama)/CD Marathon (Honduras) series.

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