User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage

The 2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga group stage is scheduled to begin on 20 September and end on 13 December 2018. A total of 48 teams compete in the group stage to decide 24 of the 32 places in the knockout phase of the 2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

Draw

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The draw for the group stage was held on 31 August 2018, 13:00 CEST, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco.

The 48 teams are drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2018 CONCACAF club coefficients.

Moreover, the draw is controlled for teams from the same association in order to split the teams evenly into the two sets of six groups (A–F, G–L) for maximum television coverage. On each matchday, one set of six groups play their matches at 17:00 EDT/EST, while the other set of six groups play their matches at 20:00 EDT/EST, with the two sets of groups alternating between each matchday. The following pairings were announced by CONCACAF after the group stage teams were confirmed:

  • Mexico: Pachuca and Morelia
  • United States: Sporting Kansas City and Columbus Crew
  • Costa Rica: Alajuelense and Limon
  • Panama: San Francisco and Tauro, Arabe Unido and Alianza
  • Canada: Ottawa Fury and Woodbridge Strikers
  • Honduras: Juticalpa and Vida
  • El Salvador: Aguila and FAS
  • Trinidad and Tobago: W Connection and Defence Force
  • Guatemala: Comunicaciones and Guastatoya
  • Nicaragua: Real Esteli and Diriangen
  • Puerto Rico: Caguas and Bayamon
  • Suriname: Robinhood and Inter Moengotapoe
  • Cuba: Camaguey and Villa Clara

The fixtures are decided after the draw, using a computer draw not shown to public, with the following match sequence (Regulations Article 15.02):

Note: Positions for scheduling do not use the seeding pots, e.g., Team 1 is not necessarily the team from Pot 1 in the draw.

Group stage schedule
Matchday Date Matches
Matchday 1 20 September 2018 2 v 3, 4 v 1
Matchday 2 4 October 2018 1 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 3 25 October 2018 3 v 1, 2 v 4
Matchday 4 8 November 2018 1 v 3, 4 v 2
Matchday 5 29 November 2018 3 v 2, 1 v 4
Matchday 6 13 December 2018 2 v 1, 4 v 3

There are scheduling restrictions: for example, teams from the same city (e.g., Portland Timbers and FCM Portland) in general are not scheduled to play at home on the same matchday (to avoid them playing at home on the same day, due to logistics and crowd control), and teams from "winter countries" (e.g., Canada) are not scheduled to play at home on the last matchday (due to cold weather).

Teams

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Below are the participating teams (with their 2018 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They include:

Key to colours
Group winners and runners-up advance to round of 32
All other teams are eliminated
Pot 1
Team Notes Coeff.
  Pachuca 110.500
  Morelia [SL-MP] 104.700
  Alajuelense 90.664
  Sporting Kansas City 86.000
  Alianza [SL-MP] 82.500
  Portland Timbers [SL-MP] 74.000
  Árabe Unido [CL-LP] 67.700
  Águila [SL-MP] 57.500
  Inter Moengotapoe [SL-MP] 56.000
  Ottawa Fury 53.450
  FAS 50.334
  Tauro 50.100
Pot 2
Team Notes Coeff.
  Columbus Crew 48.500
  Verdes [CL-LQ] 47.881
  Arnett Gardens 44.500
  Defence Force [SL-MP] 38.475
  Centro Dominguito [SL-CP] 34.500
  San Francisco 33.222
  Real Estelí 31.500
  Vida [SL-MP] 30.000
  W Connection [CL-LP] 28.500
  Woodbridge Strikers 28.000
  Bayamón [CL-LQ] 26.972
  Diriangén [CL-LQ] 25.000
Pot 3
Team Notes Coeff.
  Oakville Blue Devils [SL-MP] 24.750
  Guastatoya [CL-LQ] 24.560
  Fruta Conquerors [CL-CP] 24.500
  Weymouth Wales [SL-CP] 22.250
  Limón 21.400
  Hoppers [CL-CP] 20.000
  Necaxa 19.800
  Dakota [SL-CP] 19.500
  Northern United All Stars [SL-CP] 19.500
  Transvaal [SL-MP] 16.700
  Comunicaciones 14.800
  Robinhood [CL-CP] 12.500
Pot 4
Team Notes Coeff.
  Villa Clara [SL-MP] 10.140
  Devonshire Cougars [SL-MP] 9.325
  Juticalpa 9.000
  Camagüey [SL-MP] 8.540
  UPNFM [SL-MP] 8.400
  Atlántico [SL-CP] 7.500
  Village Superstars [SL-CP] 6.500
  Point Fortin Civic 5.000
  Caguas Sporting 4.575
  Real Hope [CL-CP] 3.000
  FCM Portland [SL-CP] 1.645
  UB Mingoes [SL-CP] 1.033
Notes
  1. SL-CP Winners of play-off round (Champions Path).
  2. EL-MP Winners of play-off round (Main Path).
  3. CL-CP Losers of Champions League play-off round (Champions Path).
  4. CL-LP Losers of Champions League play-off round (League Path).
  5. CL-LQ Losers of Champions League third qualifying round (League Path).

Format

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In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the round of 32, where they are joined by the eight third-placed teams of the Champions League group stage.

Tiebreakers

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Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01):

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Away goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Away goals scored in all group matches;
  9. Wins in all group matches;
  10. Away wins in all group matches;
  11. Disciplinary points (red card = 3 points, yellow card = 1 point, expulsion for two yellow cards in one match = 3 points);
  12. CONCACAF club coefficient.

Groups

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MON LMN ACO BYM
1   Morelia 6 4 1 1 18 3 +15 13 Advance to knockout stage 5–1 3–0 4–0
2   Limón 6 2 2 2 11 11 0 8 0–0 2–0 4–1
3   Atlántico 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7 1–4 3–2 1–0
4   Bayamón 6 1 2 3 5 12 −7 5 1–0 2–2 1–1
Source: CONCACAF.com
Bayamón  2–2  Limón
Report
Atlántico  1–4  Morelia
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Morelia  4–0  Bayamón
Report
Attendance: 15,738
Limón  2–0  Atlántico
Report
Attendance: 1,909

Limón  0–0  Morelia
Report
Attendance: 2,917
Bayamón  1–1  Atlántico
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Morelia  5–1  Limón
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Attendance: 14,038
Atlántico  1–0  Bayamón
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Limón  4–1  Bayamón
  •   14', 70'
  •   25', 46'
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  •   1'
Morelia  3–0  Atlántico
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Bayamón  1–0  Morelia
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Atlántico  3–2  Limón
  •   22'
  •   41' (pen.)
  •   75'
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  •   30'
  •   64'

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SKC VER JUT OAK
1   Sporting Kansas City 6 6 0 0 17 3 +14 18 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 2–0 4–0
2   Verdes 6 2 1 3 12 12 0 7 1–2 3–2 5–2
3   Juticalpa 6 2 0 4 7 10 −3 6 1–3 2–1 2–0
4   Oakville Blue Devils 6 1 1 4 4 15 −11 4 0–3 1–1 1–0
Source: CONCACAF.com
Verdes  5–2  Oakville Blue Devils
Report
Juticalpa  1–3  Sporting Kansas City
Report
Attendance: 11,349

Sporting Kansas City  3–1  Verdes
Report
Oakville Blue Devils  1–0  Juticalpa
Difeo   52' Report

Oakville Blue Devils  0–3  Sporting Kansas City
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Verdes  3–2  Juticalpa
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Sporting Kansas City  4–0  Oakville Blue Devils
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Juticalpa  2–1  Verdes
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Oakville Blue Devils  1–1  Verdes
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Sporting Kansas City  2–0  Juticalpa
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Verdes  1–2  Sporting Kansas City
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Juticalpa  2–0  Oakville Blue Devils
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FAS DFC VIL DAK
1   FAS 6 5 0 1 18 7 +11 15 Advance to knockout stage 3–2 5–1 2–0
2   Defence Force 6 4 1 1 14 7 +7 13 2–0 2–0 3–0
3   Villa Clara 6 0 3 3 11 18 −7 3 1–2 2–2 3–3
4   Dakota 6 0 2 4 10 21 −11 2 1–6 2–3 4–4
Source: CONCACAF.com
Defence Force  3–0  Dakota
Report
Villa Clara  1–2  FAS
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FAS  3–2  Defence Force
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Dakota  4–4  Villa Clara
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Dakota  1–6  FAS
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Attendance: 2,122
Defence Force  2–0  Villa Clara
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FAS  2–0  Dakota
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Villa Clara  2–2  Defence Force
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Dakota  2–3  Defence Force
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FAS  5–1  Villa Clara
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Defence Force  2–0  FAS
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Villa Clara  3–3  Dakota
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Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IMT WEY FCM SFC
1   Inter Moengotapoe 6 4 2 0 12 5 +7 14 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 2–1 2–0
2   Weymouth Wales 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 1–2 0–0 3–1
3   FCM Portland 6 1 3 2 4 5 −1 6 1–1 0–1 1–0
4   San Francisco 6 1 2 3 8 12 −4 5 2–2 4–3 1–1
Source: CONCACAF.com
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
San Francisco  4–3  Weymouth Wales
Report
FCM Portland  1–1  Inter Moengotapoe
Report
Attendance: 355

Inter Moengotapoe  2–0  San Francisco
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Weymouth Wales  0–0  FCM Portland
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Weymouth Wales  1–2  Inter Moengotapoe
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San Francisco  1–1  FCM Portland
Welch   44' Report Braun   37'

Inter Moengotapoe  3–0  Weymouth Wales
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FCM Portland  1–0  San Francisco
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Weymouth Wales  3–1  San Francisco
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Inter Moengotapoe  2–1  FCM Portland
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FCM Portland  0–1  Weymouth Wales
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Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification COM OTA RCD PFC
1   Comunicaciones 6 4 1 1 16 7 +9 13 Advance to knockout stage 2–3 3–0 2–0
2   Ottawa Fury 6 3 2 1 12 6 +6 11 1–1 3–0 4–1
3   Centro Dominguito 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7 2–4 1–1 4–1
4   Point Fortin Civic 6 1 0 5 7 20 −13 3 2–4 1–0 2–3
Source: CONCACAF.com
Centro Dominguito  2–4  Comunicaciones
Report
Point Fortin Civic  1–0  Ottawa Fury
Report
Attendance: 481

Ottawa Fury  3–0  Centro Dominguito
Report
Attendance: 1,414
Comunicaciones  2–0  Point Fortin Civic
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Attendance: 3,454

Comunicaciones  2–3  Ottawa Fury
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Attendance: 11,728
Centro Dominguito  4–1  Point Fortin Civic
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Ottawa Fury  1–1  Comunicaciones
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Point Fortin Civic  2–3  Centro Dominguito
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Comunicaciones  3–0  Centro Dominguito
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Ottawa Fury  4–1  Point Fortin Civic
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Centro Dominguito  1–1  Ottawa Fury
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Point Fortin Civic  2–4  Comunicaciones
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Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification UPN EST AZA TVL
1   UPNFM 6 3 2 1 12 3 +9 11 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 1–1 5–0
2   Real Estelí 6 3 1 2 10 9 +1 10 1–1 2–1 2–0
3   Alianza 6 2 1 3 11 13 −2 7 0–3 2–3 5–3
4   Transvaal 6 2 0 4 8 16 −8 6 1–0 3–2 1–2
Source: CONCACAF.com
Real Estelí  2–0  Transvaal
Report
Attendance: 1,277
UPNFM  1–1  Alianza
Report
Attendance: 2,853

Alianza  2–3  Real Estelí
Report
Attendance: 1,125
Transvaal  1–0  UPNFM
Juliaans   77' (pen.) Report

Transvaal  1–2  Alianza
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Real Estelí  1–1  UPNFM
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Attendance: 4,881

Alianza  5–3  Transvaal
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UPNFM  2–0  Real Estelí
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Transvaal  3–2  Real Estelí
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Alianza  0–3  UPNFM
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Real Estelí  2–1  Alianza
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UPNFM  5–0  Transvaal
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Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CGY POR GTY WBG
1   Camagüey 6 3 2 1 10 5 +5 11 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 1–0 4–0
2   Portland Timbers 6 3 1 2 8 6 +2 10 2–0 0–2 2–1
3   Guastatoya 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9 2–4 2–1 3–1
4   Woodbridge Strikers 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 4 1–1 1–3 1–0
Source: CONCACAF.com
Guastatoya  3–1  Woodbridge Strikers
Report
Camagüey  0–0  Portland Timbers
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Portland Timbers  0–2  Guastatoya
Report
Attendance: 20,194
Woodbridge Strikers  1–1  Camagüey
Beader   61' Report Pérez   39'
Attendance: 529

Woodbridge Strikers  1–3  Portland Timbers
Report
  •   14', 68'
  •   32'
Attendance: 3,750
Guastatoya  2–4  Camagüey
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Portland Timbers  2–1  Woodbridge Strikers
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Camagüey  1–0  Guastatoya
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Portland Timbers  2–0  Camagüey
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Attendance: 16,049
Woodbridge Strikers  1–0  Guastatoya
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Attendance: 1,231

Guastatoya  2–1  Portland Timbers
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Camagüey  4–0  Woodbridge Strikers
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Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CLB AGU FRU DVN
1   Columbus Crew 6 5 0 1 18 4 +14 15 Advance to knockout stage 1–0 3–0 6–1
2   Águila 6 4 1 1 16 4 +12 13 3–1 2–2 6–0
3   Fruta Conquerors 6 2 1 3 6 9 −3 7 0–1 0–1 2–1
4   Devonshire Cougars 6 0 0 6 3 26 −23 0 0–6 0–4 1–2
Source: CONCACAF.com
Fruta Conquerors  0–1  Columbus Crew
Report
Attendance: 1,763
Devonshire Cougars  0–4  Águila
Report

Águila  2–2  Fruta Conquerors
Report
Attendance: 2,762
Columbus Crew  6–1  Devonshire Cougars
Report
Attendance: 4,689

Columbus Crew  1–0  Águila
Report
Attendance: 7,255
Fruta Conquerors  2–1  Devonshire Cougars
Report
Attendance: 622

Águila  3–1  Columbus Crew
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Devonshire Cougars  1–2  Fruta Conquerors
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Columbus Crew  3–0  Fruta Conquerors
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Águila  6–0  Devonshire Cougars
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Fruta Conquerors  0–1  Águila
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Devonshire Cougars  0–6  Columbus Crew
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Group I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ALA CAG VDA HOP
1   Alajuelense 6 4 1 1 15 8 +7 13 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 1–0 3–1
2   Caguas Sporting 6 3 1 2 11 8 +3 10 3–2 3–0 3–1
3   Vida 6 3 0 3 13 8 +5 9 3–4 2–0 6–0
4   Hoppers 6 1 0 5 4 19 −15 3 0–4 2–1 0–2
Source: CONCACAF.com
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Caguas Sporting  3–2  Alajuelense
Report
Attendance: 1,233
Vida  6–0  Hoppers
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Hoppers  2–1  Caguas Sporting
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Alajuelense  1–0  Vida
Arroyo   76' Report

Hoppers  0–4  Alajuelense
Report
  •   6', 57'
  •   38' (o.g.)
  •   80'
Vida  2–0  Caguas Sporting
  •   53'
  •   88'
Report
Attendance: 10,948

Caguas Sporting  3–0  Vida
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Alajuelense  3–1  Hoppers
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Hoppers  0–2  Vida
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Alajuelense  1–1  Caguas Sporting
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Vida  3–4  Alajuelense
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Caguas Sporting  3–1  Hoppers
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Group J

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ARN AUD NXA VGS
1   Arnett Gardens 6 5 1 0 11 5 +6 16 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 2–1 3–1
2   Árabe Unido 6 3 1 2 12 7 +5 10 2–3 3–0 3–1
3   Necaxa 6 2 2 2 12 6 +6 8 0–0 0–0 4–0
4   Village Superstars 6 0 0 6 6 23 −17 0 1–2 2–4 1–7
Source: CONCACAF.com
Arnett Gardens  2–1  Necaxa
Report
Village Superstars  2–4  Árabe Unido
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Attendance: 368

Árabe Unido  2–3  Arnett Gardens
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Necaxa  4–0  Village Superstars
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Necaxa  0–0  Árabe Unido
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Arnett Gardens  3–1  Village Superstars
  •   63', 77'
  •   74'
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  •   44'

Árabe Unido  3–0  Necaxa
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Village Superstars  1–2  Arnett Gardens
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Árabe Unido  4–1  Village Superstars
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Necaxa  0–0  Arnett Gardens
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Arnett Gardens  2–0  Árabe Unido
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Village Superstars  1–7  Necaxa
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Group K

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAU WCO RBN UBM
1   Tauro (A) 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 13 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 4–1 2–0
2   W Connection 6 4 0 2 17 6 +11 12 1–0 2–1 5–1
3   Robinhood 6 3 1 2 11 11 0 10 2–2 1–0 4–2
4   UB Mingoes 6 0 0 6 6 26 −20 0 0–5 2–8 1–2
Source: CONCACAF.com
(A) Advance to a further round
W Connection  2–1  Robinhood
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UB Mingoes  0–5  Tauro
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Tauro  2–1  W Connection
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Robinhood  4–2  UB Mingoes
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Robinhood  2–2  Tauro
  •   14', 23'
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  •   47'
  •   66'
W Connection  5–1  UB Mingoes
  •   9'
  •   19', 56'
  •   53'
  •   70'
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  •   83'

Tauro  4–1  Robinhood
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UB Mingoes  2–8  W Connection
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Tauro  2–0  UB Mingoes
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Robinhood  1–0  W Connection
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W Connection  1–0  Tauro
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UB Mingoes  2–3  Robinhood
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Group L

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PAC DGN REH NTH
1   Pachuca 6 5 1 0 31 2 +29 16 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 4–0 13–0
2   Diriangén 6 3 0 3 11 12 −1 9 1–3 3–2 4–1
3   Real Hope 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 1–1 2–0 4–0
4   Northern United All Stars 6 0 0 6 3 33 −30 0 0–7 1–3 1–2
Source: CONCACAF.com
Diriangén  4–1  Northern United All Stars
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Real Hope  1–1  Pachuca
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Pachuca  3–0  Diriangén
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Attendance: 9,011
Northern United All Stars  1–2  Real Hope
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Northern United All Stars  0–7  Pachuca
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  •   11', 26', 63'
  •   15', 55'
  •   38'
  •   69'
Attendance: 4,645
Diriangén  3–2  Real Hope
  •   4', 36'
  •   73'
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  •   58'
  •   65'

Pachuca  13–0  Northern United All Stars
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Real Hope  2–0  Diriangén
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Pachuca  4–0  Real Hope
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Northern United All Stars  1–3  Diriangén
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Diriangén  1–3  Pachuca
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See also

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