Islanders draw with Tauro, and advance to the next round

Puerto Rico held on to a 2:2 draw with Tauro to reach the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League. Despite gaining an early 2-0 lead in the first half, and missing several goal opportunities, the Islanders were not able to defeat the Tauro in their home field at the Road Carew stadium in Panama City.

After the Islanders Osei Teleford and Fabrice Noël scored the first goals of the match in the 16′ and 27′ minutes, the Puertoricans allowed the Tauro to come back and tie the game with a controversial penalty kick by Brunette Hay in the 42′ minute, and Hay’s second goal in the 77′.

Despite Tauro’s comeback effort to tie the match, it was not enough to avoid their elimination from the tournament; as the Islanders moved on to the quarterfinal round, ensuring that both USL-1 teams in the tournament advanced to the next round.

In the remaining game of Group D, if Municipal from Guatemala defeats Santos Laguna from Mexico tomorrow; Municipal, Tauro and the Islanders will all be tied with 8 points in the group standings. They would all three be also tied in the head to head tie breaker with 5 points each. The Islanders would then win the away goals tie breaker with 4 goals versus 3 for Tauro and 2 for Municipal.

If Municipal loses or ties Santos, then the Islanders would classify to the quarterfinals on account of their 2-1 win in Puerto Rico over the Tauro on September 16th.

The Islanders got the 6th spot in the Concacaf League of Champions quarterfinals, leaving only two of the eight spots in the knockout round undetermined.

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Category: CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09, Match Reports, Puerto Rico Islanders, Tauro FC - Panama

Tags: Champions League, CONCACAF, CONCACAF Champions League 2008-09, Islanders, Match Reports, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Islanders, Tauro FC - Panama

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