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COUVA, Trinidad - Caledonia AIA survived a shot off the post in the second half and settled for a 0-0 draw with Marathon on Wednesday for its first point in the CONCACAF Champions League.
The result left both with one point, two behind the Seattle Sounders in Group 4. Caledonia has played two of its four group matches while Seattle and Marathon have played one each.
In a match with few quality chances until late in the second half, Mitchell Brown - who scored three goals in Saturday's 3-2 win over Real Espana, Marathon's first victory of the season - had the best opportunity of the night. He reacted to a deflected ball quickly and dived to put a header off the right post in the 58th minute.
Caledonia also had its best chances in the second half, twice in the first five minutes on plays that developed off the left side. Walter Moore ran onto a diagonal ball from the top of the defensive third, touched it into the area but pulled his left-footed effort wide of the far post in the 48th.
Two-and-a-half minutes later, Trevin Caesar similarly had a touch just inside the area before sending his drive wide of the left post.
Kerlon Ferguson came even closer in the 74th, volleying a cross from the middle of the area and sending it wide of the left post by centimeters.Caledonia had three more chances, two by Cornelious Stewart and one by Conrad Smith that went just high or wide.
The match was the first for Marathon's new manager Manuel Koesseian, who was announced on Friday as the replacement for Ramon Maradiaga.
Maradiaga was replaced after Marathon lost the first four matches of the Honduran Apertura season and even with Saturday's win is last in the league standings.
Conversely, Caledonia is two-and-a-half weeks from start of TT Pro League season.
Caledonia played without Trinidad international midfielder Densill Theobald, who reportedly has returned to the club for a fifth time but is awaiting paperwork to become eligible. He is expected for next week's home match against Seattle.
For Marathon, Honduran Olympic keeper Jose Mendoza, who played in all four games in London, made his second start of season and first since a 4-0 loss to Olimpia on August 12.
