Islanders vs Cruz Azul – CONCACAF Champions League Semifinal
By: BoriQa | March 11th, 2009The Puerto Rico Islanders will meet Mexico’s Cruz Azul on Tuesday March 17th in the 1st leg of the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals, at Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon.
The Puerto Rico Islanders, 2008 USL First Division regular season champions and playoff runners-up, advanced to the semifinal round with victories in both legs of their quarterfinal series against Honduran league leaders Marathon, downing the winners of the “Group of Death” (Group A) in the Champions League. Puerto Rico won at home rallying from behind for a 2-1 victory in the first leg, and edged Marathon on the road with a strike seconds into stoppage time for a 3-1 aggregate score.
It was Marathon who sent Cruz Azul to the CCL quarterfinals, by eliminating Costa Rica’s Saprissa. Cruz Azul finished second to Marathon in Group A, falling 2-0 on the road and drawing 1-1 at home in their head-to-head encounters. Cruz Azul is the only remaining Mexican club that has not faced USL opposition as the two other, Atlante FC and Santos Laguna, advanced from the groups featuring the two USL sides.
The 2nd leg of the semifinals will be held at Estadio Azul in Mexico City three weeks later on Tuesday, April 7th.
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