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11/09/2011 Signals: November 8, 2011
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CONCACAF Champions League Championship Round draw held in New York City
In a draw conducted today at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, match-ups for the Championship Round of the 2011/12 CONCACAF Champions League were determined.
Monterrey, the defending Champions League champion, will face fellow Mexican side Morelia in one quarterfinal, while the LA Galaxy will play Toronto FC in another. The USA's Seattle Sounders were drawn to meet Santos of Mexico, with El Salvador's Isidro Metapan and Pumas of Mexico squaring off in the other quarterfinal.
Group winners Monterrey, LA Galaxy, Santos and Pumas are assured of playing the second leg, March 13-15, at home and have drawn against the four runners-up, with the only restriction being that they cannot face the same team that it played in the Group Stage.
Morelia, Toronto FC, Seattle Sounders and Isidro Metapan will be home for the first leg, March 6-8.
The semifinal pairings also pit the LA Galaxy-Toronto FC winner against the Seattle Sounders-Santos winner, while the survivor of the Monterrey-Morelia quarterfinal will play either Pumas or Isidro Metapan.
The LA Galaxy or Toronto FC will host the first leg of its semifinal against Santos or the Seattle Sounders March 27-29, with Monterrey or Morelia being at home against Pumas or Isidro Metapan the same week.
Santos or Seattle, and either Pumas or Isidro Metapan host the second leg of the semifinals April 3-5.
The first leg of the final will be hosted in either Mexico or El Salvador April 17-19. The second leg will be either in the USA, Mexico or Canada April 24-26.
Three spots remain undecided in CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying
With three spots in the next round still undecided, the second round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying will resume on Friday with a set of 11 games around the region before 11 more are played over November 14 and 15.
El Salvador, which has already wrapped up first place in Group A, will face Suriname on Friday , while the Dominican Republic takes on the Cayman Islands. On November 14 the Cayman Islands will host the Dominican Republic. One day later, El Salvador meets visiting Suriname.
With first place up for grabs, Friday's match between Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago is the highlight of Group B as the Soca Warriors are currently one point behind the Guyanese. Elsewhere last-place Barbados travels to Bermuda earlier in the day. On November 14, Bermuda will host Barbados once again, while Trinidad entertains Guyana a day later in a match that could decide the group winner.
In Group C, the one three team group, Nicaragua will host Dominica on Friday. On November 15 already qualified Panama hosts Dominica.
Canada will look to qualify from Group D when it travels to St. Kitts & Nevis on Friday needing only a draw to advance. Elsewhere, third-place Puerto Rico will host St. Lucia on November 11 and 14 at home. On November 15 Canada hosts St. Kitts & Nevis.
Guatemala has already wrapped up first place in Group E and the Chapines will face Grenada on Friday before traveling to meet the Spice Boyz on November 15. Belize will host St. Vincent and the Grenadines before facing them away on November 15.
Group F is down to two teams vying for the group title as Antigua & Barbuda leads Haiti by two points. The two sides will face off in Antigua on November 11 before traveling to Port-au-Prince four days later. Also, Curacao goes on the road to face the U.S. Virgin Islands on Friday before the teams meet in Willemstad the following week.
Four advance in Under-20 Women's qualifying
Haiti, Puerto Rico, Guyana and the Dominican Republic advanced this weekend to the second round of Caribbean qualifying for the 2012 CONCACAF Under-20 Women's Championship.
In Group C, played in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the host and runner-up Puerto Rico topped the standings with six points and three points, respectively.
The Haitians completed group play on Friday with 4-0 win over St. Kitts & Nevis, while Puerto Rico finished second on the strength of a 4-0 win over St Kitts on November 2.
In Group D, Guyana won its three matches with a +13 goal differential to top the table, while the Dominican Republic grabbed second place.
The eight Caribbean qualifying survivors -- Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago -- will play in two second-round groups next month with the group winners qualifying for the CONCACAF finals.
Panama advances to CONCACAF Olympic finals
Panama secured Central America's third and final spot in next year's CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament following a 1-1 draw in Costa Rica to win their two-leg playoff 3-2 on aggregate.
For the Panamanians, it will be a fourth-consecutive trip to the finals. Panama joins automatic North American qualifiers Canada, Mexico and the United States, Central American sides El Salvador and Honduras, plus two Caribbean teams, to be determined November 24-28, in next year's eight-team finals.
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