Showing posts with label 2017 CONCACAF League. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017 CONCACAF League. Show all posts

Thursday, September 21, 2017

CONCACAF League: Santos, Olimpia Oust Panamanian Clubs, Advance To Final

Two games were contested on Thursday as the CONCACAF League's semifinal round came to a conclusion.

At San Jose, Costa Rica:

Kenny Cunningham scored the series-winning goal in the 88th minute as Santos de Guapiles defeated visiting Arabe Unido 1-0 in game two and ousted the Panamanian club by that score on aggregate.


At San Pedro Sula, Honduras:

Jose Murillo's goal in the 20th minute helped carry CD Olimpia to a 1-1 game-two home draw with Plaza Amador, more than enough for the Honduran club to finish off the visitors from Panama 8-2 on aggregate.



The CONCACAF League's two-game final is set to open on October 17-19 with the return match to be played on October 24-26, with the winner to advance to the 2018 CONCACAF Champions League.

Thursday, September 14, 2017

CONCACAF League: Olimpia Crush Plaza Amador On Road In Series Opener; Honduran Club All But Clinch Berth In Final

At Panama City, Panama:

Michaell Chirinos (61', 67')  and Roger Rojas (27', 65') each scored twice on Thursday as CD Olimpia brass-knuckled Plaza Amador on the road 7-1 in Thursday's opening match of a two-game semifinal series in the CONCACAF League.


Wednesday, September 13, 2017

CONCACAF League: Series-Opening Goose Eggs For Arabe Unido And Santos de Guapiles As Semifinals Open

At Panama City, Panama:

Arabe Unido and visiting Santos de Guapiles of Costa Rica on Wednesday battled to a series-opening 0-0 deadlock as the semifinal round of the CONCACAF League commenced.

Thursday, August 24, 2017

CONCACAF League: Plaza Amador, Olimpia Advance To Semifinals

The quarterfinal round of the CONCACAF League concluded on Thursday with two games.  

At Panama City, Panama:

Jose Murillo (1') and Ernesto Sinclair (55') each scored once as Plaza Amador defeated visiting Walter Ferretti 2-1 in game two and took out the Nicaraguan club by that same score on aggregate.

At Tegucigalpa, Honduras:

Carlo Costly scored twice (55', 90'+5) and Roger Rojas once (2') as CD Olimpia overturned their series-opening road defeat with a 3-1 game-two home win over Alianza and won their series 3-2 on aggregate.

Here are the matchups for the semifinal round, set to open in September with the game-one hosts listed first.

Arabe Unido (Panama) vs. Santos de Guapiles (Costa Rica)

Plaza Amador (Panama) vs. CD Olimpia (Honduras)

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

CONCACAF League: Arabe Unido Advances To Semifinals Despite Dropping Series Finale At Home

At Panama City, Panama:

In the lone Wednesday contest from the quarterfinal round of the CONCACAF League, Arabe Unido, despite dropping a 1-0 game-two home decision to CD Aguila (and being reduced to ten men in the process), still ousted the Salvadoran club 2-1 on aggregate.

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

CONCACAF League: Santos de Guapiles Advance To Semis

At Tibas, Costa Rica:

In the lone Tuesday contest from the CONCACAF Champions League's quarterfinal round, Starling Matarrita scored the only goal of the match in the 18th minute as Santos de Guapiles registered a second 1-0 victory over Chorrillo FC, this time at home and ousted the Panamanian club 2-0 on aggregate to advance to the semifinal round.

Thursday, August 17, 2017

CONCACAF League

The inaugural CONCACAF League's quarterfinal reached its' midway point with two Thursday contests.

At Esteli, Nicaragua:

CD Walter Ferretti and visiting Plaza Amador battled to a series-opening 0-0 stalemate.

At  San Salvador, El Salvador:

Alianza FC, thanks to Rodolfo Zelaya's goal in the 51st minute, defeated visiting CD Olimpia (Honduras) 1-0 in the opening contest of their two-game series.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

CONCACAF League

At San Salvador, El Salvador:

In the lone Wednesday contest in the CONCACAF League's quarterfinal round, Carlos Small scored twice (47', 81') as Panama's Arabe Unido blanked CD Aguila 2-0 on the road in the opening match of their two-game series.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

CONCACAF League

At Panama City, Panama:

In Tuesday's opening contest of the CONCACAF League's quarterfinal round, a goal in the 40th minute from Osvaldo Rodriguez provided all the scoring as Santos de Guapiles from Costa Rica took the opening match of their series with Panama's Chorrillo FC 1-0 on the road.

Thursday, August 10, 2017

CONCACAF League: Opening Round Set To Conclude

The opening round of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF League concluded on Thursday with three games.

At Panama City, Panama:

Renan Addles scored twice (3', 23') each scored once as Arabe Unido dominated visiting Central 3-0 in game two and ousted the Trinidadian club 5-1 on aggregate.

At San Jose, Costa Rica:

Roger Rojas scored the only goal of the match in the opening minute of first-half stoppage time as Club Deportivo Olimpia defeated LD Alajuelense 1-0 on the road in game two and won their series 3-0 on aggregate.

At Belmopan, Belize:

Robinson da Silva scored the only goal of the match in the 12th minute as CD Walter Ferretti defeated the Belmopan Bandits 1-0 on the road in game two and won their series 5-1 on aggregate.





Here are the matchups for the quarterfinal round with the game-one hosts listed first and the dates for games one and two:

Chorrillo FC (Panama) vs. Santos de Guapiles (Costa Rica), August 15 and 22

Aguila (El Salvador) vs. Arabe Unido (Panama), August 16 and 23

Alianza (El Salvador) vs. CD Olimpia (Honduras), August 17 and 24

CD Walter Ferretti (Nicaragua) vs. Plaza Amador (Panama), August 17 and 24

Wednesday, August 09, 2017

CONCACAF League: Plaza Amador, Chorrillo Advance To Quarterfinals

The opening round of the inaugural CONCACAF League continued on Wednesday with two games.


At Panama City, Panama:

After Plaza Amador bested visiting Portmore United from Jamaica 1-0 in regulation in game two and squared their two-match series at 1-1 on aggregate, and with overtime dispensed with, Eric Hughes, Ernesto Sinclair, Jose Murillo, Algish Dixon, and Valentin Pimentel (whose goal in the 75th minute of regulation made the shootout possible) all converted their spot kicks as the Panamanian club took the penalty-kick shootout 5-4 to advance to the quarterfinal round.

At San Pedro Sula, Honduras:

Alfredo Stephens scored the only goal of the match in the 61st minute as Chorrillo FC posted a second 1-0 victory over Honduras Progreso (who ended the game with ten men), this time on the road, and ousted the Honduran club 2-0 on aggregate.

Tuesday, August 08, 2017

CONCACAF League: Santos de Guapiles, Aguila, Alianza Advance To Quarterfinals

The second half of the CONCACAF League's opening round is set to commence on Tuesday with three games.

At Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago:

SJose Garro (33') and Edder Solorzano (72') each scored once as Santos de Guapiles defeated San Juan Jebloteh 2-1 on the road in game two and won their series 8-3 on aggregate.

At Esteli, Nicaragua:

After Nahun Peralta's goal in the 85th minute enabled Real Esteli to outscore visiting Aguila 1-0 in regulation of game two, the series stood deadlocked at 1-1 on aggregate.  With overtime dispensed with, Fernando Cabezas, Ignacio Flores, Edwin Sanchez, and Victor Garcia each converted a spot kick as the Salvadorian club won the penalty-kick shootout 4-3 and advanced to the quarterfinal round.

At San Salvador, El Salvador:

Rodolfo Zalaya (15') and Alexander Larin (31') each scored once as Alianza produced a second 2-1 victory over Platense, this time at home, and finished off the Honduran club 4-2 on aggregate.

Thursday, August 03, 2017

CONCACAF League

The CONCACAF League reached the midway point of the opening round on Thursday with three games.

At Port of Spain, Trinidad:

Carlos Small (39') and Enrico Small (62') each scored once as Panama's Arabe Unido knocked off Central FC 2-1 on the road in the opening contest of their two-game series.

At Tegucigalpa, Honduras:

Carlo Costly (3') and Kevin Alvarez (25') each scored a goal in the opening half-hour as CD Olimpia opened their two-match series with a 2-0 home blanking of Costa Rica's LD Alajuelense.

At Esteli, Nicaragua:

Walter Ferretti smothered the visiting Belmopan Bandits from Belize 4-1 in their series opener. Jose Laureiro (75', 90'+2) scored twice to lead the Nicaraguan club. 

Wednesday, August 02, 2017

CONCACAF League

The opening round of the CONCACAF League continued on Wednesday with three games.

At Kingston, Jamaica:

Jeremie Lynch scored the game's lone goal in the 73rd minute as Portmore United defeated visiting Plaza Amador from Panama 1-0 in their series-opening contest.

At San Salvador, El Salvador:

Victor Garcia scored the only goal of the match in the 89th minute as Aguila defeated visiting Real Esteli from Nicaragua 1-0 in the opening match of their two-game series.

At Puerto Cortes, Honduras:

Juan Portillo scored the winning goal in the 88th minute to carry El Salvador's Alianza FC to a series-opening 2-1 road win over Platense FC.

Tuesday, August 01, 2017

CONCACAF League: Inaugural Edition Begins

The opening round of the inaugural edition of the CONCACAF League, in essence a glorified qualifying stage for an available berth in next year's CONCACAF Champions League commenced on Tuesday with two games.

At Tibas, Costa Rica:

Kenny Cunningham's successful penalty kick in the fourth minute started a scoring barrage that carried Santos de Guapiles to a series-opening 6-2 beatdown of visiting San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago).

At Panama City, Panama:

Guillermo Sierra scored the first goal in CONCACAF League history in the 47th minute as Chorrollo FC took the opening match of their two-game series with Honduras Progreso 1-0 at home.