CONCACAF Champions League

2022 - 4 - 27

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Seattle Sounders earn dramatic 2-2 draw at Pumas in CCL Final Leg 1 (MLSsoccer.com)

Behind two second-half penalty kicks from Nicolas Lodeiro, Seattle Sounders FC secured a 2-2 draw in Leg 1 of the their Concacaf Champions League Final ...

They still need to take care of business in Leg 2, but returning home to the friendly confines of Lumen Field, Seattle have a strong outlook. That advantage was extended to 2-0 shortly after the second-half kickoff, as Dinenno struck for his brace. Dinenno drilled the ensuing opportunity, affording the hosts a 1-0 first-half lead.

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Concacaf Champions League, D.C. United signings, & more ... (Black And Red United)

Bill Hamid remains out for at least of a couple of weeks, so D.C. United has shored up their goalkeeping staff with the signing of Rafael Romo. If Jon Kempin ...

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Concacaf Champions League final: 'An interesting game,' to say the ... (Soccer America)

The Sounders, who had not trailed in their first six games in the 2022 tournament, were in big trouble when Dinenno made it 2-0 shortly after halftime by ...

The problem is, they've lost all four other games in the final, losing in 2011, 2015 and 2018 at home and in 2020 when the final stages of the tournament were held in Orlando due to Covid-19 restrictions. The Sounders held UNAM even until late in the first half when Pumas was awarded a penalty kick. “It might take me until we're halfway back home to really understand what happened in the game.

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VAR to rescue as Seattle stun Pumas in CONCACAF Champions ... (FRANCE 24)

Nicolas Lodeiro scored two second-half penalties as the Seattle Sounders stunned Mexican side Pumas UNAM to snatch a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the ...

VAR then prompted referee Ivan Barton to award a second Seattle penalty deep into stoppage time after Cristian Roldan was adjudged to have been fouled in the box. Until that point, Pumas had looked to be cruising to a victory after two goals from Argentine striker Juan Dinenno left the Mexican club in control of the tie. Uruguay international Lodeiro had handed Seattle a lifeline in the 77th minute after slotting the Sounders' first penalty.

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Seattle Sounders escape with 2-2 draw in first leg of CONCACAF ... (KOMO News)

Sounders captainNicolás Lodeiro unfurled his second penalty kick of the match just past the outstretched hands of the keeper in the 99th minute, ...

Away goals are not a tiebreaker in the final, meaning the two sides will have extra time and possibly penalty kicks if they remain tied on aggregate after 90 minutes. Pumas' Juan Ignacio Dinenno missed his initial penalty kick but was granted a second chance and lifted Pumas to a 1-0 lead in the 38th minute. Sounders captain Nicolás Lodeiro unfurled his second penalty kick of the match just past the outstretched hands of the keeper in the 99th minute, lifting the Sounders to a pivotal 2-2 draw Wednesday night in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final.

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Who has won the most CONCACAF Champions League titles? (AS English)

Pumas host Seattle Sounders in the opening leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final, a competition in which Mexico has traditionally dominated.

In the CONCACAF Champions League, that hegemony is absolute. The return leg will be held at Lumen Field in Seattle on May 4. Pumas have three CONCACAF Champions’ Cup wins to their name (1980, 1982 and 1989), the previous iteration of the continental tournament providing a more eclectic mix of champions than the current format.

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Pumas vs. Seattle Sounders result: Lodeiro, Sounders claw back to ... (Sporting News)

The Seattle Sounders, battered and bruised, emerged from Mexico City and the first 90 minutes of the CONCACAF Champions League final unscathed. Somehow.

Most recently, the club blew a 3-1 lead to San Jose to lose 4-3, with Morris and Lodeiro scoring in vain. The issue for the Sounders is putting offense and defense together in the same match. 60 mins to kick: Pumas lineup is in, and there's a double surprise for Pumas as leading scorer Juan Dinenno and Leonel Lopez both make the starting lineup after missing multiple matches with injuries. Both are regular starters for the club when healthy, and their absence has been felt on the field in league play. Then, with the Sounders taking a corner, the referee runs over and aggressively points to his watch. Schmetzer has come into this match clearly wanting to match the Mexicans' intensity on the road, but the players might be a little too amped up. Seattle incredibly unlucky, but Pumas has a chance to go in front at home, with Dinenno stepping up...AND ITS SAVED BY FREI! IT'S AN INCREDIBLE SAVE!! Frei goes flying into the air, and gets his fingertips to the ball! This would be a soft penalty to concede, but it does seem like it would be a foul in the normal run of play. 56th min: There's a VAR check for a possible red card as Efrain Velarde and Alex Roldan come together, with Roldan tackling the ball off Velarde, and the Pumas defender stepped on Roldan's ankle. Both need time to recover, and in the aftermath, Cristian Roldan is yellow carded for dissent, and then the official has another chat with Frei, who seems like he's on thin ice. The attack was quality in spurts, and Dinenno's brace puts him on nine goals in the competition, second all-time in a single CONCACAF Champions League campaign and two off the all-time record. A draw that feels like a win for the visiting Sounders. After falling down 2-0 thanks to a Juan Dinenno brace, Nicolas Lodeiro responds with one of his own.

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MATCH RECAP: Sounders FC draw with Pumas UNAM 2-2 in first ... (SoundersFC.com)

Seattle Sounders FC drew 2-2 with Pumas UNAM at Estadio Olímpico Universitario in the first leg of the 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Final.

SEA – Nico Lodeiro (penalty) 90’+9’ SEA – Nico Lodeiro (penalty) 77’ • Tonight’s match marked Yeimar’s first start since March 12 at Austin after suffering a high ankle sprain. • This year marks the Rave Green's best run in SCCL play, with the club advancing to at least the Quarterfinals in four of its previous six appearances. It is the latest goal ever scored in club history, breaking the record held by Brad Evans, when he scored in the 97th minute against CD Olimpia on August 19, 2015. Pumas opened the scoring first in the 38th minute when striker Juan Ignacio Dinenno drew a foul on Sounders FC defender Xavier Arreaga inside the area and converted the ensuing penalty.

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