CONCACAF Champions League 2018

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CONCACAF Champions League 2018
Cup winners MexicoMexico Deportivo Guadalajara (2nd title)
Beginning 20th February 2018
final H : April 17, 2018
R : April 25, 2018
Final stadium H : BMO Field , Toronto
D : Estadio Chivas , Zapopan
Teams 16
Games 30th
Gates 84  (ø 2.8 per game)
Top scorer CanadaCanada Jonathan Osorio
( Toronto FC , 4 goals)
Yellow card.svg yellow cards 104  (ø 3.47 per game)
Yellow-red card.svg Yellow and red cards 1  (ø 0.03 per game)
Red card.svg Red cards 0  (ø 0 per game)
CONCACAF Champions League 2016/17

The CONCACAF Champions League 2018 was the 10th season of the most important competition for club teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean in football under this name. The tournament began on February 20, 2018 with the round of 16 and ended with the finals in April 2018. The defending champion was the Mexican club CF Pachuca , but they did not qualify.

The Mexican club Deportivo Guadalajara won the competition for the second time after 1962 with a 4-2 win on penalties against Toronto FC and qualified as CONCACAF representative for the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates .

Toronto FC's Jonathan Osorio was the top scorer with four goals. The Italian Sebastian Giovinco was named the best player in the competition .

mode

16 teams from 8 nations took part in the CONCACAF Champions League 2018. Unlike in previous years, when the game was initially played in a group stage, the competition was only held in the knockout system . Starting from the round of 16 up to and including the final, each round was played with a return leg . If there was a tie after both games, the away goals rule was applied and therefore no winner could be determined, there was a penalty shoot-out .

Field of participants

On October 28, 2016, FIFA suspended the Guatemalan Football Association because of political interference by the government. As a result, all clubs from Guatemala were excluded from participating in international competitions. The CONCACAF then awarded the vacated space to the association from Costa Rica. The following 16 teams had qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League 2018.

   

Round of 16

The matches were drawn on December 18, 2017. The first legs took place from February 20 to 22, 2018, the second legs were played from February 27 to March 1, 2018.

total First leg Return leg
Cibao FC  Dominican RepublicDominican Republic 0: 7 MexicoMexico  Deportivo Guadalajara 0: 2 0: 5
Santa Tecla FC  El SalvadorEl Salvador 2: 5 United StatesUnited States  Seattle Sounders 2: 1 0: 4
CD Olimpia  HondurasHonduras 1: 3 United StatesUnited States  New York Red Bulls 1: 1 0: 2
CD Motagua  HondurasHonduras 1: 2 MexicoMexico  Club Tijuana 0: 1 1: 1
CS Herediano  Costa RicaCosta Rica 3: 5 MexicoMexico  UANL Tigres 2: 2 1: 3
Colorado Rapids  United StatesUnited States 0: 2 CanadaCanada  Toronto FC 0: 2 0-0
Tauro FC  PanamaPanama ( a ) 3: 3(a) United StatesUnited States  FC Dallas 1-0 2: 3
CD Saprissa  Costa RicaCosta Rica 2: 6 MexicoMexico  Club America 1: 5 1: 1

Quarter finals

The first legs took place on March 6 and 7, 2018, the second legs were played on March 13 and 14, 2018.

total First leg Return leg
Seattle Sounders  United StatesUnited States 1: 3 MexicoMexico  Deportivo Guadalajara 1-0 0: 3
Club Tijuana  MexicoMexico 1: 5 United StatesUnited States  New York Red Bulls 0: 2 1: 3
Toronto FC  CanadaCanada ( a ) 4: 4(a) MexicoMexico  UANL Tigres 2: 1 2: 3
Club America  MexicoMexico 7: 1 PanamaPanama  Tauro FC 4-0 3: 1

Semifinals

The first legs took place on April 3 and 4, 2018, the second legs were played on April 10, 2018.

total First leg Return leg
Deportivo Guadalajara  MexicoMexico 1-0 United StatesUnited States  New York Red Bulls 1-0 0-0
Toronto FC  CanadaCanada 4: 2 MexicoMexico  Club America 3: 1 1: 1

final

First leg

Toronto FC Deportivo Guadalajara Lineup
Toronto FC
April 17, 2018 at 8:15 pm ( EDT ) in Toronto ( BMO Field )
Result: 1: 2 (1: 1)
Spectators: 29,925
Referee: Ricardo Montero ( Costa Rica ) Costa RicaCosta Rica 
Match report
Deportivo Guadalajara
Line-up between Toronto FC and Deportivo Guadalajara
Alex Bono - Gregory van der Wiel , Drew Moor , Chris Mavinga (46th Eriq Zavaleta ) - Auro , Marky Delgado (81st Ager Aketxe ), Michael Bradley , Jonathan Osorio , Ashtone Morgan (67th Justin Morrow ) - Jozy Altidore , Sebastian Giovinco Trainer: Greg Vanney ( USA ) (C)Captain of the crew
United StatesUnited States 
Miguel Jiménez - Isaác Brizuela , Carlos Salcido , Oswaldo Alanís , Alejandro Mayorga (71st Eduardo López ) - Orbelín Pineda , Michael Pérez - Carlos Cisneros , Alan Pulido (90th + 4 ' José Macías ), Rodolfo Pizarro - Jesús Godínez (77th) Ángel Zaldívar ) Coach: Matías Almeyda ( Argentina ) (C)Captain of the crew
ArgentinaArgentina 

goal 1: 1 Jonathan Osorio (19th)
goal0: 1 Rodolfo Pizarro (2nd)

goal1: 2 Alan Pulido (72.)
yellow cards Isaác Brizuela (64th)

Return leg

Deportivo Guadalajara Toronto FC Lineup
Deportivo Guadalajara
April 25, 2018 at 8:30 p.m. ( CDT ) in Zapopan ( Estadio Chivas )
Result: 1: 2 (1: 2); 4: 2 i. E.
Spectators: 60,000
Referee: Óscar Moncada ( Honduras ) HondurasHonduras 
Match report
Toronto FC
Deportivo Guadalajara line-up against Toronto FC
Rodolfo Cota - Isaác Brizuela (68th Eduardo López ), Jair Pereira , Oswaldo Alanís , Edwin Hernández - Carlos Salcido (55th José Godínez ), Michael Pérez (68th Ángel Zaldívar ) - Carlos Cisneros , Orbelín Pineda , Rodolfo Pizarro - Alan Pulido Coach: Matías Almeyda ( Argentina ) (C)Captain of the crew
ArgentinaArgentina 
Alex Bono - Auro , Gregory van der Wiel , Michael Bradley , Ashtone Morgan - Nicolas Hasler (57th Jordan Hamilton ), Marky Delgado , Jonathan Osorio , Víctor Vázquez (71st Jay Chapman ) - Jozy Altidore (85th Ager Aketxe ), Sebastian Giovinco Trainer: Greg Vanney ( USA ) (C)Captain of the crew
United StatesUnited States 
goal 1-0 Orbelín Pineda (19th)
goal1: 1 Jozy Altidore (25th)
goal1: 2 Sebastian Giovinco (44th)
penalties shoot
Penalty converted1-0 Oswaldo Alanís

Penalty converted2-1 José Godínez

Penalty converted3-1 Alan Pulido

Penalty converted4-2 Ángel Zaldívar

Penalty converted1: 1 Sebastian Giovinco

Penalty missed2: 1 Jonathan Osorio

Penalty converted3: 2 Marky Delgado

Penalty missed4: 2 Michael Bradley
yellow cards Sebastian Giovinco (43.), Auro (84.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Draw Delivers Electrifying Matchups for the SCCL Round of 16 Matches . In: CONCACAF.com . December 18, 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 20, 2017. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.concacaf.com