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 edit

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   Pachuca   Árabe Unido
B   Toluca   Marathón
C   Cruz Azul   Columbus Crew
D   UNAM   Comunicaciones

Bracket edit

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

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

Quarterfinals edit

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   2–3   Pachuca 1–1 1–2
Columbus Crew   4–5   Toluca 2–2 2–3
Marathón   3–6   UNAM 2–0 1–6
Árabe Unido   0–4   Cruz Azul 0–1 0–3

First legs edit

Columbus Crew  2–2  Toluca
Lenhart   65', 83' Report Sinha   19'
Ríos   44'

Marathón  2–0  UNAM
Martínez   18' (pen.)
Mejía   53' (pen.)
Report

Comunicaciones  1–1  Pachuca
Fonseca   73' Report Aguilar   1'

Árabe Unido  0–1  Cruz Azul
Report Riveros   70'

Second legs edit

Pachuca  2–1  Comunicaciones
Aguilar   72'
Montes   88'
Report Fonseca   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.


Toluca  3–2  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  3–0  Árabe Unido
Orozco   50', 75'
Villaluz   64'
Report
Attendance: 3,140

Cruz Azul won 4–0 on aggregate.


UNAM  6–1  Marathón
Barrera   3'
Íñiguez   20', 35'
Bravo   50'
Palencia   63', 90'
Report Chiapas   53' (o.g.)

UNAM won 6–3 on aggregate.

Semifinals edit

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   1–5   Cruz Azul 1–0 0–5
Toluca   1–2   Pachuca 1–1 0–1

First legs edit

Toluca  1–1  Pachuca
Dueñas   78' Report Cvitanich   34'

Second legs edit

Cruz Azul  5–0  UNAM
Riveros   37'
Cervantes   74'
Cortés   77'
Chávez   84'
Lugo   90'
Report
Attendance: 28,900

Cruz Azul won 5–1 on aggregate.


Pachuca  1–0  Toluca
Brambila   6' Report
Attendance: 25,000

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final edit

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   2–2 (a)   Pachuca 2–1 0–1

First leg edit

Cruz Azul  2–1  Pachuca
Villa   20'
Rodríguez   24' (o.g.)
Report Álvarez   69'
Attendance: 16,186

Second leg edit

Pachuca  1–0  Cruz Azul
Benítez   90+3' Report

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

References edit

  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.