Islanders to take on Marathon in the quarterfinals

By: BoriQa | December 10th, 2008

The Puerto Rico Islanders will take on Marathon from Honduras in the CONCACAF Champions League quaterfinals to start with the first leg at Juan Ramón Loubriel stadium in Bayamón, Puerto Rico on February 26. The Islanders will return Marathon the visit in Honduras on March 5.

The Champions League quarterfinals knockout-round draw took place Wednesday December 10th at the CONCACAF head offices in New York.

In the other quarterfinal pairings Mexico City’s Pumas will meet its local rival Cruz Azul, Mexico’s champion Santos Laguna will go against the USL’s Montreal Impact; and the last Mexican team, Atlante, is set to meet its MLS nemesis Houston Dynamo again to seek for revenge! (Houston trashed Atlante 4-0 in this past summer’s SuperLiga group stage).

Marathon becomes the fourth Central American team the Islanders face in the 2008-09 Champions League tournament.

The Islanders are close to unbeatable at home in the Juan Ramón Loubriel stadium, also known as “La Islandera”, and as the “Central American Cemetery” by some fans!

The Islanders successes at home in the Loubriel include wins over Liga Deportiva Alajuelense from Costa Rica 2-1 in the preliminary round and Tauro FC from Panama by the same score (2-1) in the group stage. A 0-1 loss to Municipal from Guatemala (the only team to “win” at the Loubriel) in a twist of fate was still a success for the Islanders, as the win was not good enough for the Guatemalans who still ended up eliminated from the tournament with that “win” (they needed to score at least 2 goals in Puerto Rico to stay alive, so in a way, Municipal still met its fate at the Loubriel!).

The Islanders biggest success yet at the Loubriel was a 3-1 win over the Mexican Champion Santos Laguna in the group stage.

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• Franck |  December 11th, 2008 at 1:07 am

  
  
  

  This should be exciting. I’m glad Montreal is facing Santos Laguna…not that the other teams would have been any easier, mind you…

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• BoriQa |  December 12th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

  
  
  

  It’s going to be exciting indeed! I’m cheering for Montreal to beat the whiner overated Santos Laguna…

  We beat them 3-1, and heard every single posible excuse in the book… Hope they start practicing with their excuses for the Impact beating they are going to get.

  I was quite upset at this article, where the writer totally discounts the Impact:
  http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1616/concacaf/2008/12/12/1008521/mccarthys-musings-continental-anticipation

  What a suprise they are going to get…

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• Franck |  December 15th, 2008 at 11:37 am

  
  
  

  haha…”out-of-season” Impact side…how about…rested legs Impact side. Montreal is starting up its training again on January 5, with a six-day-per-week training schedule. Montreal will also be heading to Florence (Italy) in early February to compete versus some clubs there. Montreal is trying to be prepared. Here’s hoping the new signings will make a difference.

  Posted from Canada

  

• BoriQa |  December 15th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

  
  
  

  Did you see this interesting article about the MLS vs USL conspiration therory? Enjoy it!
  Dwayne DeRosario and Pattern Recognition
  http://www.worldsoccerdaily.com/?p=1338#comment-476

  Not sure why my flag shows USA. I’m in Canada too (Toronto).

  Posted from United States

  

• Franck |  December 16th, 2008 at 5:44 pm

  
  
  

  Nice article. Not sure how much of conspiracy there is, but hey, I’m sure TFC wants to improve overall anyway, including winning a spot in the CCL.

  You’re in T.O. and you’re not a TFC fan?

  Posted from Canada

  

• BoriQa |  December 17th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

  
  
  

  If they are playing on TV, yes I’ll cheer for TFC. But can’t say that I follow them fulltime (although I do have my TFC Jersey and scarf). Haven’t had the time. I’ll make a point to follow them more closely in 2009. Where in Canada are you?

  Posted from United States

  

• Franck |  December 18th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

  
  
  

  I’m in Montreal.

  Posted from Canada

  

• Imp.pr1 |  December 22nd, 2008 at 7:13 pm

  
  
  

  Islanders Fans are ready for battle!

  Posted from United States

  

• Dafydd |  March 4th, 2009 at 12:54 am

  
  
  

  commenting usually isnt my thing, but ive spent an hour on the site, so thanks for the info

  Posted from United States

  

• Radman |  March 9th, 2009 at 4:09 pm

  
  
  

  I really liked the way they came off

  Posted from United States

  

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