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*Toluca is classified because, still they will lose, they have a difference of 11 goals and it's impossible that marathon scores more than 15 goals
*Toluca is classified because, still they will lose, they have a difference of 11 goals and it's impossible that marathon scores more than 15 goals, www.concacaf.com


===Group C===
===Group C===

Revision as of 00:09, 12 October 2009

2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League
Tournament details
DatesJuly 28, 2009 – April 27, 2010
Teams24
Tournament statistics
Matches played78
Top scorer(s)PanamaOrlando Rodríguez (8 goals)
All statistics correct as of On August 11, 2009.

The 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League is the second edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format. The tournament began on July 28, 2009 will run through April 27, 2010.[1] The winner will gain a berth in the 2010 FIFA Club World Cup.

Qualification

24 teams from up to 13 nations were expected to participate in the CONCACAF Champions League 2009–10 from the North American, Central American, and Caribbean zones. However, after problems in the previous year's tournament, CONCACAF decided that teams may be disqualified and replaced if they don't have a stadium for the tournament that CONCACAF deems suitable.[2]

  • Central America: 12 Central American clubs can qualify to the Champions League. If one or more clubs is precluded, it will be supplanted by a club from another Central American federation. The reallocation would be based on results from the Champions League 2008–09.

Also, in response to fixture congestion during the previous year's tournament, the Central American representatives that qualify via split seasons will no longer play-off solely to determine which team will gain entry into the Group Stage. In nations that regularly play a playoff to determine a national champion, these will continue as usual. For those that don't, total points over both seasons, followed by other tiebreakers, will determine which team enters the Group Stage without playing extra matches.[3]

Reallocation of bids

It was announced on May 12, 2009 that Belize had lost their lone qualification to Honduras due to the inability of the Belize federation to meet CONCACAF's minimum requirements in regards to stadium facilities.[4] The spot vacated by Belize was awarded to Honduras, increasing their total to three qualified clubs, due to their association's teams' superior performance in the 2008–09 Champions League.

A second bid was reallocated on June 9 when it was determined that Real Estelí of Nicaragua did not have a suitable venue to host a CONCACAF club match.[5] The Nicaraguan bid was initially intended to be given to a third team from Panama, but Panama only had one stadium pass inspection, which under CONCACAF rules, meant that only two Panamanian clubs could host matches. Thus, the bid was awarded to a third team from Costa Rica, Herediano, the highest non-champion from the combined Invierno 2008 and Verano 2009 seasons. Initially, there was a tie between Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Guatemala, based upon the results of the 2008–09 Champions League, for the reallocated Nicaraguan bid. Therefore, CONCACAF officials drew on results from previous CONCACAF tournaments in order to break the tie, which proved Costa Rica to historically have the strongest representation.

On July 10, 2009 CONCACAF announced that Luís Ángel Firpo of El Salvador was invited to take the place of Chalatenango due to Chalatengo's failure to sign and return the required participation agreement.[6] Firpo was selected as the team with the second-best cumulative record among the runners-up in the El Salvadoran Apertura and Clausura championships.

Nation Club Qualifying method
 Mexico
4 berths
Deportivo Toluca Apertura 2008 winner
UNAM Clausura 2009 winner
Cruz Azul Apertura 2008 runner-up
Pachuca Clausura 2009 runner-up
 United States
4 berths
Columbus Crew MLS Cup 2008 and 2008 MLS Supporters' Shield winner
Houston Dynamo 2008 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up1
New York Red Bulls MLS Cup 2008 runner-up
D.C. United 2008 U.S. Open Cup winner
 Costa Rica
3 berths
Saprissa Invierno 2008 winner
Liberia Mía Verano 2009 winner
Herediano Runner-up with most points in Invierno 2008 and Verano 20093
 Honduras
3 berths
Marathón Apertura 2008 winner
Olimpia Clausura 2009 winner
Real España Runner-up with most points in Apertura 2008 and Clausura 20092
 Guatemala
2 berths
Comunicaciones Apertura 2008 winner
Jalapa Clausura 2009 winner
 El Salvador
2 berths
Isidro Metapán Apertura 2008 and Clausura 2009 winner
Luis Ángel Firpo Runner-up with second-most points in Apertura 2008 and Clausura 20094
 Panama
2 berths
Árabe Unido Clausura 2008 winner
San Francisco Apertura 2009 winner
 Canada
1 berth
Toronto FC 2009 Canadian Championship winner
CFU
3 berths
Trinidad and Tobago W Connection CFU Club Championship 2009 winner
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders CFU Club Championship 2009 runner-up
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh CFU Club Championship 2009 third-place

1 The Columbus Crew were both the 2008 MLS Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup 2008 winner, so the
Houston Dynamo has claimed USA2 as the 2008 MLS Supporters' Shield runner-up.

2 Berth originally awarded to Belize Premier Football League 2009 champion, but Belize failed the
CONCACAF stadium requirements, so the spot vacated by Belize was awarded to Honduras (HON3)
.

3 Berth originally awarded to Real Estelí of the Primera División de Nicaragua, was rescinded after a
failed stadium inspection by CONCACAF officials. The bid was reallocated to Costa Rica, raising
the total of Costa Rican bids to three.

4 Isidro Metapán won both the Apertura 2008 and Clausura 2009. As a result, the second Salvadoran
bid (SLV2) was awarded to the runner-up in the Apertura and Clausura tournaments with the most points,
Chalatenango. When Chalatenango failed to file the required participation agreement, the runner-up
with the second-most points was invited.

Format

There will be a two-legged Preliminary Round for 16 clubs, with the eight winners advancing to the Group Stage. The other eight qualified teams will be seeded directly into the Group Stage. The clubs involved in the Group Stage will be placed into four groups of four with each team playing the others in its group in both home and away matches. The top two teams from each group will advance to the Championship Round, which will consist of two-legged ties. The Final Round, to be held in late April 2010, will also be two-legged. The away goals rule will be used, but will not apply once a tie enters extra time.

Group Stage
Pot A Mexico Deportivo Toluca Mexico UNAM United States Columbus Crew United States Houston Dynamo
Pot B Costa Rica Saprissa Honduras Marathón Guatemala Comunicaciones El Salvador Isidro Metapán
Preliminary Round
Pot A Mexico Cruz Azul Mexico Pachuca United States New York Red Bulls United States D.C. United
Costa Rica Liberia Mía Honduras Olimpia Panama San Francisco Canada Toronto FC
Pot B Honduras Real España El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo Guatemala Jalapa Panama Árabe Unido
Costa Rica Herediano Trinidad and Tobago W Connection Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh

Preliminary Round

The draw for the Preliminary Round was held on June 11, 2009, at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City.[7][8] The first leg of the Preliminary Round was held the week of July 28, 2009, with the second leg the week of August 4, 2009; this is a month earlier than the previous season.[1] The Preliminary Round schedule was announced on June 16, five days after the draw.[9]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
San Francisco Panama 2–3 Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh 2–0 0–3
Pachuca Mexico 10–1 Guatemala Jalapa 3–0 7–1
W Connection Trinidad and Tobago 4–3 United States New York Red Bulls 2–2 2–1
Olimpia Honduras 2–2 (a) Panama Árabe Unido 2–1 0–1
Herediano Costa Rica 2–6 Mexico Cruz Azul 2–6 0–0
D.C. United United States 2–2 (5–4 p) El Salvador Luis Ángel Firpo 1–1 1–1 (aet)
Liberia Mía Costa Rica 3–6 Honduras Real España 3–0 0–6
Toronto FC Canada 0–1 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders 0–1 0–0

Group Stage

The Group Stage will be played in 6 rounds during August–October 2009. The rounds are August 18–20, August 25–27, September 15–17, September 22–24, September 29–October 1, and October 20–22.[10]

Key to colors in group tables
Teams that progressed to the knock-out stage
Teams eliminated in the group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Pachuca 5 4 0 1 13 4 +9 12
Panama Árabe Unido 5 3 1 1 13 7 +6 10
United States Houston Dynamo 5 2 1 2 7 5 +2 7
El Salvador Isidro Metapán 5 0 0 5 0 17 −17 0
  ARA HOU MET PAC
Árabe Unido 1–1 6–0 4–1
Houston Dynamo 5–1 1–0 0–1
Isidro Metapán 0–1 Oct 21 0–4
Pachuca Oct 21 2–0 5–0

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Toluca 5 4 0 1 14 3 +11 12
United States D.C. United 5 3 0 2 11 7 +4 9
Honduras Marathón 5 3 0 2 8 12 −4 9
Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh 5 0 0 5 2 13 −11 0
  DCU MAR SJJ TOL
D.C. United 3–0 5–1 1–3
Marathón 3–1 3–1 2–0
San Juan Jabloteh 0–1 Oct 22 0–1
Toluca Oct 20 7–0 3–0
  • Toluca is classified because, still they will lose, they have a difference of 11 goals and it's impossible that marathon scores more than 15 goals, www.concacaf.com

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico Cruz Azul 5 4 1 0 14 3 +11 13
United States Columbus Crew 5 2 1 2 4 8 −4 7
Costa Rica Saprissa 5 1 2 2 5 6 −1 5
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Islanders 5 0 2 3 5 11 −6 2
  CLB CRU PRI SAP
Columbus Crew 0–2 2–0 1–1
Cruz Azul 5–0 2–0 2–0
P. R. Islanders Oct 20 3–3 1–1
Saprissa 0–1 Oct 20 3–1

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Mexico UNAM 5 4 1 0 14 4 +10 13
Guatemala Comunicaciones 5 2 0 3 4 5 −3 6
Honduras Real España 5 2 0 3 4 11 −7 6
Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 5 1 1 3 7 7 0 4
  COM RES UNAM WCO
Comunicaciones 2–0 Oct 22 0–3
Real España 2–0 1–5 1–0
UNAM 1–0 4–0 2–1
W Connection 1–2 Oct 21 2–2

Championship Round

Bracket

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Each of the Championship rounds will be played over two legs.[1]

Quarterfinals

The first legs of the Quarterfinals will be played the week of March 9, 2010, while the second legs will be played the week of March 16, 2010.[1]

Semifinals

The first legs of the Semifinals will be played from March 30 to April 1, 2010, while the second legs will be played from April 6 to April 8, 2010.[10]

Final

The first leg of the Final will be played the week of April 20, 2010, while the second leg will be played the week of April 27, 2010.[1]

Top Goalscorers

Bold indicates a player whose club is still active in the competition.

Rank Name Club Goals
1 Panama Orlando Rodríguez Panama Árabe Unido 8
2 Mexico Ulises Mendivil Mexico Pachuca 7
3 Dominican Republic Jonathan Fana Frias Trinidad and Tobago W Connection 5
4 Paraguay Pablo Zeballos Mexico Cruz Azul 4
Paraguay Edgar Benítez Mexico Pachuca 4
Honduras Carlos Pavón Honduras Real España 4
7 Mexico Paúl Aguilar Mexico Pachuca 3
Costa Rica Rolando Fonseca Guatemala Comunicaciones 3
Paraguay Dante López Mexico UNAM 3
Mexico Javier Orozco Mexico Cruz Azul 3
Mexico Alejandro Vela Mexico Cruz Azul 3
Brazil Douglas Matosso Honduras Real España 3
Mexico Raúl Nava Mexico Toluca 3
Brazil Luciano Emilio United States D.C. United 3
Argentina Christian Gómez United States D.C. United 3

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Next season's CONCACAF Champions League to begin last week of July" (Press release). CONCACAF. 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
  2. ^ CONCACAF Executive Committee tightens stadium standards for next year’s Champions League, New York: CONCACAF, 2008-11-07, retrieved 2008-11-13
  3. ^ Champions League qualifying simplified for Central America, New York: CONCACAF, 2008-12-02, retrieved 2008-12-03
  4. ^ "Honduras gets 3rd CONCACAF team; Belize out". Sports Illustrated. Associated Press. 2009-05-11. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
  5. ^ Costa Rica awarded third berth in Champions League, given Nicaragua’s place in 24-team field, New York: CONCACAF, 2009-06-09, retrieved 2009-06-09
  6. ^ Firpo invited to replace fellow Salvadoran club Chalatenango in CONCACAF Champions League, New York: CONCACAF, 2009-07-10, retrieved 2009-07-10
  7. ^ Bell, Jack (2009-06-01). "M.L.S. Recap: Chicago's Streak Ends". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  8. ^ Champions League draw set for June 11, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-05-28, retrieved 2009-06-02
  9. ^ written at Miami, D.C. United-Chalatenango to open 2009-2010 CONCACAF Champions League, New York City: CONCACAF, 2009-06-16, retrieved 2009-06-17
  10. ^ a b "2009-2010 Schedule". CONCACAF. Retrieved 2009-02-22.

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