2012's first competitive match will be on 7 March at 7 PM Pacific as the Seattle Sounders face
Santos Laguna at home. Their next match in the CONCACAF Champions League will be a week later down
in Torreon, Mexico at 5 PM Pacific on the 14th. The 7th will in fact be MLS night in the CCL as the
early match will be the Los Angeles Galaxy at Toronto FC.
Cuartos de Final Concachampions 2011/2012
6 al 8 de Marzo 2012 juegos de IDA13 al 15 de Marzo 2012 juegos de vuelta
Morelia (MEX) vs Monterrey (MEX)Toronto FC (CAN) vs LA Galaxy (USA)Isidro Metapan (SLV) vs Pumas
UNAM (MEX)Seattle Sounders (USA) vs Santos Laguna (MEX) Gracias por tu visita Estadísticas de
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The odds were that two MLS teams would go up against each other in the CONCACAF Champions League
quarterfinals, and that scenario unfolded during Tuesday's quarterfinal draw in New York.
The Los Angeles Galaxy drew Toronto FC for the first round of the knockout stage, which
commences in March.
Colorado went to Mexico hoping that they could steal a win. Santos obliged them by starting their
reserves. Then we found out the Rapids started half of their reserves and that was the end of that
hope.
Colorado controlled play for much of the first half, but every time the ball got to the attackers
it died.
Tomorrow night the Rapids play their final group stage game of the Champions League in Torreon,
Mexico against Santos Laguna. With a win Colorado will clinch 2nd place in the group and a spot in
the quarterfinals. With an extremely unlikely 4 goal win they will win the group. A draw or loss
does not eliminate them, but it leaves their fate in the hands of Real Espana and Isidro Metapan
who play on Thursday.
Teams earn a share of the points in a tie, but rarely do they toil for it like the Colorado
Rapids did on Saturday night.
The record book will show that Chris Wondolowski scored an unassisted goal for San Jose in the
18th minute, and Drew Moor delivered an unassisted equalizer in the 71st. What the stats line will
fail to show is the frenzy and oddity on display at Dick's Sporting Goods Park.
Photo by Nick Turchiaro/ISIphotos.com
The Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas have a couple of things in common these days.
Both 2010 MLS Cup finalists are looking to avoid backing into the playoffs after recent dips in
form, and both are seeking CONCACAF Champions League victories Wednesday night that would set them
up in a decent position heading into the final games of the group stage.
STARTERSBob Bradley is scheduled to be in Cairo on Wednesday. Will this seal the deal?
-Andrew Das of the New York Times looks at the situation Bradley will face.
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Holy Gasperini Batman! Inter Milan has now started their new season with a 2nd loss in 3 games,
this time 3-1 to newly promoted Novara.
STARTERSStuart Holden is said to be in the starting 11 for Bolton tomorrow in the English League Cup.
Hooray hooray hooray! Oh Yeah!
-The team website has words from the man himself.
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Javier Morales is traveling with Real Salt Lake this week for the first time since suffering a
severely broken ankle back in May.
The Colorado Rapids entered Tuesday night sitting atop their CONCACAF Champions League group
with a chance to move themselves in pole position for a quarterfinal place.
Santos Laguna had other plans.
The visitors from Mexico turned Dick's Sporting Goods Park into their own personal playground,
demolishing a make-shift Rapids defense with speedy wing play and precise passing on their way to a
4-1 victory.
While much has been made of Major League Soccer teams' recent success in Mexico and Central
America during the CONCACAF Champions League, MLS teams have done fine for themselves on home soil,
as well.
None of the five MLS clubs in the tournament has lost to non-MLS opposition at home so far
during the CCL group stage, and the Colorado Rapids will look to maintain that streak when they
welcome Mexican club Santos Laguna to Dick's Sporting Goods Park (10 p.
Isidro Metapan's Alfredo Pacheco (left), watches as Colorado Rapids Andre Akpan (top), uses the
back of Pacheco's teammate Alex Escobar during the CCL opener, Aug. 17. (Photograph by Jessica
Taves/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)
The Colorado Rapids players have to stop thinking about the three points at home that got away
in the 86th minute on Saturday and turn their attention to a Honduran champion.
Colorado Rapids Andre Akpan (center) is surrounded by Isidro Metapan Jorge Luis Moran (left),
and Alfredo Pacheco during the CCL opener Aug. 17. (Photograph by Jessica
Taves/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)
With a Rapids squad in Honduras for CONCACAF Champions League play tonight, The Tuesday List
takes a look at travel distances for the Rapids, and what the team faces in some away games that
are truly far away.
Isidro Metapan and the Colorado Rapids combined for five goals on Wednesday night, but it was a
brace from Macoumba Kandji that made the difference in the home side's first CONCACAF Champions
League match.
Kandji's goals, in the 16th minute and first-half stoppage time, rescued a discombobulated
Rapids side and paved the way for Andre Akpan's second half winner at Dick's Sporting Goods
Park.
Tomorrow night Colorado plays its first meaningful international match since facing Leon in the
preliminary round of the old CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1998. The first opponent is El Salvador's
Isidro Metapan, who qualified for the Champions League by winning the El Salvadorian 2010 Apertura.
Kickoff at the Dick tomorrow is an unusual 8pm for TV, which means the kegs will be breached at
5:30 and the grills fired up at 6 for the tailgate.
Sanna Nyassi maneuvers past an Isidro Metapan defender during a CCL match in Seattle on July 28,
2010. Nyassi and the Colorado Rapids face Metapan on Wednesday. (Photograph by Jane
Gershovich/Prost Amerika Soccer)
Nearly nine months after winning the team's first title, the Colorado Rapids finally start the
group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League on Wednesday night.
Mais um jogo da Copa Ouro, foi realizado no dia 12/06/2011, na cidade de Chicago-USA, no Soldier´s
Field, onde jogaram as seleções de El Salvador (87º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção de Cuba
(81º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo1998San Salvador 01/12/1996 SLV3:0 (2:0)CUB Semi-finals1998San Salvador 08/09/1996 CUB0:5 (0:1)SLV
Semi-finals1982Tegucigalpa 11/11/1981 CUB0:0SLV Final round
Eliminatórias Continentais2000Los Angeles 10/10/1999 CUB3:1SLV
AmistososHavana 24/03/2011 CUB0:1 (0:0)SLV 1966San Juan 20/06/1966 CUB0:0SLV 1955Tegucigalpa 20/08/1955
SLV2:1CUB 1954Mexico City 14/03/1954 SLV3:1CUB 1935San Salvador 24/03/1935 SLV4:1CUB
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Neal Brizan-TTO
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Rodolfo Zelaya, aos 13 minutos do primeiro tempo, ele que é jogador
do Alania-RUS, e marcou seu 9º gol pela seleção nacional.
The full schedule for the CONCACAF Champions League was released today. The Rapids schedule is (all
game times are 8pm MDT except for the final game):
August 17th - Isidro Metapan - DSG Park
August 23rd - @Real Espana - San Pedro Sula, Honduras
September 13th - Santos Laguna - DSG Park
September 21st - Real Espana - DSG Park
September 28th - @Isidro Metapan -Metapan, El Salvador
October 19th - @Santos Laguna - Torreon, Mexico - 6pm MDT
A tough draw with the final two games on the road.
Brian Mullan made the most of a Friday night game, launching a goal of the week nominee, and
Sanna Nyassi turned provider as the Colorado Rapids downed the Columbus Crew 2-0 at Dick's Sporting
Goods Park in Commerce City.
Colorado improved to 9-6-10 (37 points) and dispatched the third Eastern Conference leading team
in the past four games.
Monterrey hopes to defend their CCL crown. (Getty Images)
The 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League groups are all set. The play-in round is over after last
night and we can now shift focus to what the five Major League Soccer sides need to do to advance
out of their respective groups.
For the most part we should hope to see at least one, if not two MLS sides advance out of the
group stage.
CONCACAF Champions League groups were finally set after the second legs were completed this week.
There weren't too many surprises as all MLS and Mexico teams went through - although Olimpia of
Honduras made things interesting with Santos Laguna.
Each group looks difficult and each group has its challenges but perhaps the most challenging group
is.
Tonight the Rapids final opponents in the CONCACAF Champions League were settled. Along with
Colorado, Real Espana qualified directly into the group stage as the Honduran 2010 Apertura
champion. We will be joined by Isidro Metapan, the El Salvadoran 2010 Apertura champion after they
defeated the Puerto Rico Islanders due to away goals 3-3 in the qualification round, and Santos
Laguna, the Mexican 2010 Apertura 2010 runner-up after they defeated Olimpia 4-3 in the
qualification round.
STARTERS
2012 NSC Minnesota Star's season tickets go on sale today. Check out the benefits of being a STH
and buy 'em now.
KLINSMANN
The MLS Insider has a video clip of our FIF Henrik Lonne talking about the hiring of Jurgen
Klinsmann.
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Ridge Mahoney of Soccer America sees Klinsmann's personality as being one his most important
assets.
The Colorado Rapids will host its first match of the 2011-2012 CONCACAF Champions League on Aug.
17 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, taking on either Isidro Metapan of El Salvador or the Puerto Rico
Islanders in the competitions Group Stage.
CONCACAF announced on Thursday the first two matches of the Group Stage, with the Rapids
traveling to face Real España of Honduras on Aug.
Seattle Sounders FC will have a pre-sale to season ticket holders who will have right of first
refusal on their seats. This is similar to last year's CONCACAF Champions League run. As always
stay tuned to your official season ticket email for notifications as to when these go on sale
tomorrow. The tickets will be in three tiers at 30, 22 and 15 dollars.
The Colorado Rapids learned on Wednesday that the team will face a Honduran squad and two teams
to be determined in the opening round of the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League.
The Rapids learned their group stage opponents following a draw held at the confederation's
headquarters in New York City.
On Wednesday, CONCACAF announced the preliminary round and group stages for the 2011-12 Champions
League. CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round First Leg: July 26-28 Second Leg: August 2-4
(Teams on left host first leg) Motagua (HON) vs. Municipal (GUA) Mexican Clausura runner-up
(Morelia or Pumas) vs.
The draw for the next tournament was announced today and once again the MLS road to CONCACAF
glory runs through Mexico.
The Preliminary Round matches will be played on July 16-28 (1st Leg) and August 2-4 (2nd Leg).
The Group Stage is tentatively scheduled to begin the second week of August.
