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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Comunicaciones 2–3 Pachuca 1–1 1–2
Columbus Crew 4–5 Toluca 2–2 2–3
Marathón 3–6 UNAM 2–0 1–6
Árabe Unido 0–4 Cruz Azul 0–1 0–3

First legs

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

Marathón 2–0 UNAM
Martínez 18' (pen.)
Mejía 53' (pen.)
Report

Comunicaciones 1–1 Pachuca
Fonseca 73' Report Aguilar 1'

Árabe Unido 0–1 Cruz Azul
Report Riveros 70'

Second legs

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

Pachuca won 3–2 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 5–4 on aggregate.


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

Cruz Azul won 4–0 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 6–3 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
UNAM 1–5 Cruz Azul 1–0 0–5
Toluca 1–2 Pachuca 1–1 0–1

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

Cruz Azul won 5–1 on aggregate.


Pachuca 1–0 Toluca
Brambila 6' Report
Attendance: 25,000

Pachuca won 2–1 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.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cruz Azul 2–2 (a) Pachuca 2–1 0–1

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

2–2 on aggregate. Pachuca won on away goals.

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 June 10, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2010.