The first finalist of the CONCACAF Champions League will be revealed after tonight. Live updates of tonight's match are below: Cruz Azul - Puerto Rico Islanders 2000 (0-2 agg.) Commentary after the jump. Live updates will be inserted here. I should be getting started around 1930 or so.

There are no suspensions for the first leg of the semifinal round. The following players will be suspended for the return leg if they receive a yellow card in their first leg match: Santos - Walter Jiménez, Daniel Ludueña Cruz Azul - Gerardo Torrado, Christián Riveros Puerto Rico Islanders - James Marcelín, Nicholas Addlery, Cristián Arrieta Atlante - Federico Vilar, Fernando Navarro, Clemente Ovalle, Ráfael Márquez Lugo, Gabriel Pereyra, Daniel Arreola, Gerardo Espinoza, Luis Venegas

The semifinals of the Champions League get started tonight with the first leg between the Puerto Rico Islanders and Cruz Azul. I'm not sure if I'll be able to liveblog due to work obligations, but I know that Medio Tiempo and (perhaps) Fútbol Boricua will have live updates. Kickoff times are in Arizona time, which now resides in the Pacific time zone (Arizona has no daylight savings time).

When Grêmio of Porto Alegre won the Copa Libertadores in 1995, World Soccer magazine had a story on the final entitled, "Gremio, weakest of the strongest". It referred to the fact that Grêmio had mediocre campaigns in 1994 and 1995 and was only able to win a Copa Libertadores spot by winning the Copa do Brasil.

After eight months and 76 matches, we've come to the end of the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League. Atlante have a 2-0 aggregate lead over Cruz Azul and will seek to wrap up the series and secure their place in Abu Dhabi for the FIFA Club World Cup later this year. I won't be able to liveblog the match, but consider this to be an open thread on the match.

Below are collated results for the knockout phase of the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League. The current phase is highlighted in red bold lettering. Ties are a two-match, home-and-away series, higher aggregate score wins, and away goals count. If aggregate and away goals are level, a 30-minute extra time period is played with penalties if necessary.

I wasn't planning on liveblogging tonight's match, but I'm here and it's on, so let's go: Atlante 0-0 Santos 18' (1-2 agg.) Commentary after the jump. 1924: Great movement again on the right from Atlante, and Pereyra's strike crashes against the crossbar! 1918: That could be a huge moment, as the goal would have given Atlante the lead in the tie.

Below are collated results for the knockout phase of the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League. The current phase is highlighted in red bold lettering. Ties are a two-match, home-and-away series, higher aggregate score wins, and away goals count. If aggregate and away goals are level, a 30-minute extra time period is played with penalties if necessary.

Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images Atlante are the new champions of North America, the first winners of the CONCACAF Champions League, and the recipients of an oversized fern and a trip to the UAE. The Mexican clubs dominated this tournament, as all four entrants progressed to the knockout stage and were only knocked out by each other.

There are no suspensions for the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final to be played on Tuesday. Yellow card accumulations and red cards will incur a suspension to be carried over to the following Champions League season. The following players would miss their next CCL match if they receive another yellow card: Atlante - Federico Vilar, Fernando Navarro, Clemente Ovalle, Ráfael Márquez Lugo, Gabriel Pereyra, Gerardo Espinoza, José Guerrero, Miguel Ángel Martínez Cruz Azul - Rogelio Chávez, Gerardo Lugo, Fausto Pinto, Júlio César Domínguez, Carlos Bonet, Pablo Zeballos, Gabino Velasco

[This is the third and final part of a review series of the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League.] I'm not the best at selecting a complete Best XI...well, goalkeeper and the midfield positions forward are relatively easy, but the defensive positions are more difficult. But given the amount of coverage I've devoted to the Champions League, I should at least attempt to give my best eleven for the sake of completeness.

[This is the second of a three-part review of this season's CONCACAF Champions League.] The Champions League represented not only a new frontier for the clubs in the region, but also for CONCACAF. Never before had it organized a competition of such scope, complexity, and length before. There were a few hiccups, but overall the competition went very well for an inaugural edition.

The second semifinal of the CONCACAF Champions League is underway. Here we go: Santos Laguna 1-1 Atlante 65' 2028: I thought I had missed the entire match after leaving work late, but in fact I was able to listen to the first half in my car. Santos started strongly and scored an early goal, but faded as the half wore on.

There is only one player suspended for the second leg due to yellow card accumulation: Daniel Arreola of Atlante. The following players will be suspended for their next CCL match if they receive a yellow card during the second leg: Santos - Walter Jiménez, Daniel Ludueña, Fernando Arce, Matías Vuoso Cruz Azul - Gerardo Torrado, Christián Riveros, Rogelio Chávez, Gerardo Lugo, Fausto Pinto, Júlio César Domínguez Puerto Rico Islanders - James Marcelín, Nicholas Addlery, Cristián Arrieta, Joshua Hansen Atlante - Federico Vilar, Fernando Navarro, Clemente Ovalle, Ráfael Márquez Lugo, Gabriel Pereyra, Gerardo Espinoza, Luis Venegas

After a two-week hiatus, it's time to decide who will advance to the first Champions League final. Puerto Rico and Cruz Azul meet in the first semifinal tomorrow night, with Puerto Rico holding a 2-0 lead from the first leg in Bayamón. The Islanders have drawn the best possible Mexican opponent as far as they're concerned -- Cruz Azul are bottom of their group in the Clausura and have been especially suspect in defense.

[This is the start of a three-part review of this season's CONCACAF Champions League. The first part will deal with the competition itself. The second part will give my impressions of the tournament organization and execution. The third will be my attempt at a Best XI for this year's competition.] This year, CONCACAF became the last of the worldwide football confederations to transform its regional club championship into a league-type competition.

The New York Red Bulls are having an absolutely wretched MLS season. They are rock bottom on 10 points from 21 matches, 17 points behind the eighth and final playoff place. What makes the Red Bulls' situation more precarious is that the eighth placed team, Colorado Rapids, have three matches in hand and could stretch that gap to at least 20 points or more.