Thursday, February 28, 2019

CONCACAF Champions League: Five Stripes, SKC Advance To Quarterfinals

The opening round of the CONCACAF Champions League closed out on Thursday with two games.

At Kennesaw, Georgia:

Josef Martinez scored twice (1', 63') as Atlanta United scored twice in each half as they erased a two-goal aggregate deficit after their series-opening defeat in Costa Rica by demolishing visiting Herediano 4-0 in game two and won their series 5-3 on aggregate.

At Toluca, Mexico:

Gerso Fernandes (8') and Krisztian Nemeth (PK-62') each scored once as Sporting Kansas City blanked Toluca 2-0 on the road in game two and finished off the Mexican club 5-0 on aggregate.



Here are the matchups for the quarterfinal round with the schedule for individual two-game series and the game-one hosts listed first:

March 5 and 12:

New York Red Bulls (USA) vs. Santos Laguna (Mexico)

Houston Dynamo (USA) vs. Tigres (Mexico)



March 6 and 14:

Independiente (Panama) vs. Sporting Kansas City (USA)



March 6 and 13:

Monterrey (Mexico) vs. Atlanta United (USA)


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