CONCACAF Champions League 2009/10

The CONCACAF Champions League in the 2009/10 season was the second edition of the competition.

The tournament began with the qualification at the end of July 2009 and ended with the final second leg on April 28, 2010. The Mexican club CF Pachuca defeated their compatriots from CD Cruz Azul with 1: 2 and 1: 0 due to the away goals rule . For Pachuca this was the first success in the CONCACAF Champions League; the club is thus also qualified for the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup .

Field of participants

24 teams took part in the CONCACAF Champions League 2008/09. The teams come from North America, the Caribbean and Central America.

Mexico ( Primera División ) Deportivo Toluca UNAM Pumas CD Cruz Azul CF Pachuca  USA ( Major League Soccer - 2008 ) Columbus crew Houston Dynamo New York Red Bulls DC United  Honduras ( Liga Nacional ) CD Marathon CD Olimpia Real España 1  Costa Rica ( Primera División ) Deportivo Saprissa Municipal Liberia CS Herediano 2

El Salvador ( Primera Divisíon ) AD Isidro Metapán CD Luis Ángel Firpo 3  Guatemala ( Liga Nacional ) CSD Comunicaciones CD Jalapa  Panama ( ANAPROF ) CD Árabe Unido San Francisco FC  Canada ( Canadian Championship - 2009 ) Toronto FC Caribbean ( CFU Club Championship - 2009 )  W Connection  Puerto Rico Islanders FC  San Juan Jabloteh

¹ As Belize did not have a suitable stadium, Honduras was awarded a third place on the grid as the best Central American country of the previous year.
² Costa Rica got a third place on the grid because the stadium of the Nicaraguan club Real Estelí did not meet the CONCACAF requirements. Originally the starting place was supposed to go to Panama, the second best Central American country last year, but Panama did not have a third suitable stadium itself.
³ The second best team in the Salvadoran Championships after Apertura and Clausura winner AD Isidro Metapán, CD Chalatenango , did not submit the registration papers on time, so that El Salvador's third best team, Luis Ángel Firpo, moved up.

Tournament course

Qualifying round: (16 teams)

• 2 teams each from the USA and Mexico.
• 2 teams each from Panama, Costa Rica and Honduras.
• one team each from El Salvador, Guatemala and Canada.
• 3 clubs from the Caribbean zone .

Group stage: (16 teams)

• The 8 winners of the Preliminary Round.
• 2 teams each from the USA and Mexico.
• One team each from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.

Group stage
Pot A		Pot B
Deportivo Toluca	Columbus crew	Deportivo Saprissa	CSD Comunicaciones
UNAM Pumas	Houston Dynamo	CD Marathon	AD Isidro Metapán
qualification
Pot C		Pot D
CD Cruz Azul	Municipal Liberia	Real España	CS Herediano
CF Pachuca	CD Olimpia	CD Luis Ángel Firpo	W Connection
New York Red Bulls	San Francisco FC	CD Jalapa	Puerto Rico Islanders FC
DC United	Toronto FC	CD Árabe Unido	San Juan Jabloteh

Preliminary Round (Qualifying Round)

The pairings for the qualifying round were drawn on June 11, 2009 . The first legs will take place between July 28th and 30th, the second legs between August 4th and 6th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
San Francisco FC	2: 3	San Juan Jabloteh	2-0	0: 3
CF Pachuca	10: 10	CD Jalapa	3-0	7: 1
W Connection	4: 3	New York Red Bulls	2: 2	2: 1
CD Olimpia	(a)2: 2 (a)	CD Árabe Unido	2: 1	0: 1
CS Herediano	2: 6	CD Cruz Azul	2: 6	0-0
DC United	2: 2 (5: 4 on account)	CD Luis Ángel Firpo	1: 1	1: 1
Municipal Liberia	3: 6	Real España	3-0	0: 6
Toronto FC	0: 1	Puerto Rico Islanders FC	0: 1	0-0

After the qualifying round, the winners from the individual matches will be assigned to the teams already seeded. There are four groups with four teams each.

Group Stage (main round)

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CF Pachuca	6th	5	0	1	015: 400	+11	15th
2.	CD Árabe Unido	6th	3	1	2	013: 900	+4	10
3.	Houston Dynamo	6th	2	1	3	009: 800	+1	07th
4th	AD Isidro Metapán	6th	1	0	5	003:190	−16	03

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Deportivo Toluca	6th	4th	1	1	015: 400	+11	13
2.	CD Marathon	6th	4th	0	2	012:140	−2	12
3.	DC United	6th	3	1	2	012: 800	+4	10
4th	San Juan Jabloteh	6th	0	0	6th	004:170	−13	00

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	CD Cruz Azul	6th	5	1	0	016: 400	+12	16
2.	Columbus crew	6th	2	2	2	005: 900	−4	08th
3.	Deportivo Saprissa	6th	1	2	3	006: 800	−2	05
4th	Puerto Rico Islanders FC	6th	0	3	3	006:120	−6	03

Group D

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	UNAM Pumas	6th	4th	1	1	015: 600	+9	13
2.	CSD Comunicaciones	6th	3	0	3	006: 800	−2	09
3.	W Connection	6th	2	1	3	010: 900	+1	07th
4th	Real España	6th	2	0	4th	006:140	−8	06th

Championship Round (Knockout Round)

The entire betting plan for the Championship Round was drawn on November 17, 2009.

The quarter-final first leg took place from March 9 to 11, 2010; the second legs were played from March 16 to 18, 2010. The semi-finals took place on March 30 and 31, and April 6 and 7; the two finals on April 21st and 28th.

	Quarter finals						Semifinals						final
	CSD Communicaciones	1	1	2
	CF Pachuca	1	2	3
							CF Pachuca	1	1	2
							Deportivo Toluca	1	0	1
	Columbus crew	2	2	4th
	Deportivo Toluca	2	3	5
													CF Pachuca *	1	1	2
													CD Cruz Azul	2	0	2
	CD Marathon	2	1	3
	UNAM Pumas	0	6th	6th
							UNAM Pumas	1	0	1
							CD Cruz Azul	0	5	5
	CD Árabe Unido	0	0	0
	CD Cruz Azul	1	3	4th

* CF Pachuca wins due to more away goals scored

Statistics for the final

First leg

CD Cruz Azul		CF Pachuca
	April 21, 2010 in Mexico City ( Estadio Azul ) Result: 2: 1 (2: 0) Spectators: 16,186 Referee: Benito Archundia ( Mexico )
	Jesús Corona - Melvin Brown , Julio Domínguez , Rogelio Chávez (88th Alejandro Castro ), Horacio Cervantes - Jaime Lozano , Cristian Riveros ( c ), Héctor Gutiérrez - Emanuel Villa , Maxi Biancucchi (67th César Villaluz ), Javier Orozco (74th ) Mario Ortiz ) Trainer: Enrique Meza	Miguel Calero ( c ) - Leobardo López , Carlos Rodríguez , Gregorio Torres (80th Luis Montes ), Juan Rojas - Damián Álvarez , Raúl Martínez , Edy Brambila (60th Juan Carlos Cacho ), José Francisco Torres - Ulises Mendivil (32nd Damián Manso ), Edgar Benítez Coach: Guillermo Rivarola
	1-0 Emanuel Villa (20th) 2-0 Carlos Rodríguez (24th, ET )	2: 1 Damián Álvarez (69.)
	César Villaluz (83rd)	Edy Brambila (36.), Leobardo López (61.), Raúl Martínez (74.)

Return leg

CF Pachuca		CD Cruz Azul
	April 28, 2010 in Pachuca ( Estadio Hidalgo ) Result: 1: 0 (0: 0) Spectators: 26,500 Referee: Marco Rodríguez ( Mexico )
	Miguel Calero ( c ) - Marco Pérez , Javier Muñoz , Carlos Rodríguez , Juan Rojas (87th Pedro Cortéz ) - Damián Álvarez , Raúl Martínez , José Francisco Torres (80th Víctor Mañon ), Damián Manso - Darío Cvitanich (55th Ulises Mendivil ), Edgar Benítez Coach: Guillermo Rivarola	Jesús Corona - Fausto Pinto , Melvin Brown , Horacio Cervantes , Alejandro Castro (77th Rogelio Chávez ) - Jaime Lozano , Cristian Riveros ( c ), Héctor Gutiérrez - Emanuel Villa , Maxi Biancucchi (60th Edgar Lugo ), Javier Orozco (68th ) Alejandro Vela ) Coach: Enrique Meza
	1: 0 Edgar Benítez (90 '+ 2')
	Darío Cvitanich (8th), Edgar Benítez (90th + 3 ')

List of goalscorers

space	Surname	society	Gates
1	Ulises Mendivil	CF Pachuca	9
2	Orlando Rodríguez	CD Árabe Unido	8th
3	Javier Orozco	Cruz Azul	6th
4th	Jonathan Faña Frías	W Connection	5
	Carlos Pavón	Real CD España	5
	Edgar Benítez	CF Pachuca	4th
	Pablo Zeballos	Cruz Azul	5
8th	Douglas Matosso	Real CD España	4th
	Paúl Aguilar	CF Pachuca	4th
	Francisco Palencia	UNAM	4th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Complete schedule of the CONCACAF Champions League 2009/10 ( Memento from March 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Honduras gets 3rd CONCACAF team; Belize out ( September 14, 2011 memento in the Internet Archive ) May 12, 2009
3. ↑ Costa Rica awarded third berth in Champions League, given Nicaragua's place in 24-team field ( Memento from June 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) June 6, 2009
4. ↑ Firpo invited to replace fellow Salvadoran club Chalatenango in CONCACAF Champions League ( Memento from July 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) July 10, 2009