2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Championship Round

The 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League Championship Round was the eight-team, two-legged knockout round of the 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League. The round was played in March and April 2010.

Qualified teams

A total of eight teams participated in the Championship Round. The following teams qualified from the Group Stage:[1]

Group Group winners Group runners-up
A Pachuca Árabe Unido
B Toluca Marathón
C Cruz Azul Columbus Crew
D UNAM Comunicaciones

Bracket

The championship round draw was conducted on November 17.[2]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                   
Marathón 2 1 3  
UNAM 0 6 6  
  UNAM 1 0 1  
  Cruz Azul 0 5 5  
Árabe Unido 0 0 0
Cruz Azul 1 3 4  
  Cruz Azul 2 0 2
  Pachuca (a) 1 1 2
Columbus Crew 2 2 4  
Toluca 2 3 5  
  Toluca 1 0 1
  Pachuca 1 1 2  
Comunicaciones 1 1 2
Pachuca 1 2 3  

Quarterfinals

The first legs of the Quarterfinals were played the week of March 9, 2010, while the second legs were played the week of March 16, 2010.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Comunicaciones 23 Pachuca 11 12
Columbus Crew 45 Toluca 22 23
Marathón 36 UNAM 20 16
Árabe Unido 04 Cruz Azul 01 03

First legs

Columbus Crew 2 2 Toluca
Lenhart  65', 83' Report Sinha  19'
Ríos  44'
Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus
Attendance: 4,402
Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Marathón 2 0 UNAM
Martínez  18' (pen.)
Mejía  53' (pen.)
Report
Attendance: 12,297
Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Comunicaciones 1 1 Pachuca
Fonseca  73' Report Aguilar  1'

Árabe Unido 0 1 Cruz Azul
Report Riveros  70'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Second legs

Pachuca 2 1 Comunicaciones
Aguilar  72'
Montes  88'
Report Fonseca  75' (pen.)
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Pachuca won 32 on aggregate.


Toluca 3 2 Columbus Crew
Mancilla  47' (pen.)
Sinha  57', 72'
Report Schelotto  45' (pen.), 70'
Attendance: 6,946
Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

Toluca won 54 on aggregate.


Cruz Azul 3 0 Árabe Unido
Orozco  50', 75'
Villaluz  64'
Report
Attendance: 3,140
Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Cruz Azul won 40 on aggregate.


UNAM 6 1 Marathón
Barrera  3'
Íñiguez  20', 35'
Bravo  50'
Palencia  63', 90'
Report Chiapas  53' (o.g.)
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

UNAM won 63 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first legs of the Semifinals were played the week of March 30, 2010, while the second legs were played the week of April 6, 2010.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM 15 Cruz Azul 10 05
Toluca 12 Pachuca 11 01

First legs

Toluca 1 1 Pachuca
Dueñas  78' Report Cvitanich  34'

UNAM 1 0 Cruz Azul
Barrera  24' Report
Attendance: 32,177
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto (Mexico)

Second legs

Cruz Azul 5 0 UNAM
Riveros  37'
Cervantes  74'
Cortés  77'
Chávez  84'
Lugo  90'
Report
Attendance: 28,900
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

Cruz Azul won 51 on aggregate.


Pachuca 1 0 Toluca
Brambila  6' Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Roberto García Orozco (Mexico)

Pachuca won 21 on aggregate.

Final

The first leg of the Final was played on April 21, 2010, while the second leg was played on April 28, 2010.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul 22 (a) Pachuca 21 01

First leg

Cruz Azul 2 1 Pachuca
Villa  20'
Rodríguez  24' (o.g.)
Report Álvarez  69'
Attendance: 16,186

Second leg

Pachuca 1 0 Cruz Azul
Benítez  90+3' Report

Aggregate 22. Pachuca won on away goals rule.

References

  1. Butler, Dylan (2009-10-23). "Mexico again leads way into Champions League quarters". concacafchampions.com. CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
  2. "Mexican, U.S. regular season champs to square off in Champions League quarterfinals". concacaf.com. CONCACAF. 2009-11-17. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  3. "Columbus-Toluca to open CCL quarters on March 9". CONCACAF. 2009-11-25. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
  4. "Second-half goal gives Comunicaciones draw". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
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