Aldo De Nigris (middle), shown while playing for Monterrey, is level with Herculez Gomez for the most goals scored in CONCACAF Champions League semifinal play at four apiece. (Photo: Mexsport)
MEXICO CITY -- The 2013/14 CONCACAF Champions League semifinals conclude on Wednesday, when Cruz Azul hosts Club Tijuana at the Estadio Azul. The series winner will join fellow Liga MX side Toluca in the sixth-ever final.
Match summaries from each of the previous 23 CCL semifinal encounters can be found below:
2008/09
FIRST LEG
March 17, 2009 at Bayamon, Puerto Rico - Estadio Juan Ramon Loubriel (Att: 12,751)
Puerto Rico Islanders 2 (Sandy Gbandi 4’; Nicholas Addlery 36’)
Cruz Azul 0
March 18, 2009 at Torreon, Mexico - Estadio Corona (Att: 7,500)
Santos 2 (Carlos Darwin Quintero 5’, 73)
Atlante 1 (Gabriel Pereyra 33’)
SECOND LEG
April 7, 2009 at Mexico City, Mexico - Estadio Azul (Att: 6,928)
Cruz Azul 3 (Pablo Zeballos 44’; Javier Orozco 85’; Cesar Villaluz 99’)
Puerto Rico Islanders 1 (Sandy Gbandi 92’)
3-3 on aggregate after extra time, Cruz Azul advances 4-2 on penalty kicks
April 8, 2009 at Cancun, Mexico - Estadio Olímpico Andrés Quintana Roo (Att: 12,000)
Atlante 3 (Rafael Marquez Lugo 42’, 90’; Giancarlo Maldonado 73’)
Santos 1 (Matias Vuoso 68’)
Atlante advances 4-3 on aggregate
2009/10
FIRST LEG
March 30, 2010 at Toluca, Mexico – Estadio Nemesio Diez (Att: 13,898)
Toluca 1 (Edgar Dueñas 58’)
Pachuca 1 (Dario Cvitanich 34’)
March 31, 2010 at Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio Olímpico Universitario (Att: 32,177)
Pumas 1 (Pablo Barrera 24’)
Cruz Azul 0
SECOND LEG
April 6, 2010 at Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio Azul (Att: 28,900)
Cruz Azul 5 (Cristian Riveros 36’; Horacio Cervantes 74’; Adrian Cortes 76’; Rogelio Chavez 83’; Edgar Gerardo Lugo 90’)
Pumas 0
Cruz Azul advances 5-1 on aggregate
April 7, 2010 at Pachuca, Mexico – Estadio Miguel Hidalgo (Att: 25,000)
Pachuca 1 (own-goal, Manuel De La Torre 5’)
Toluca 0
Pachuca advances 2-1 on aggregate
2010/11
FIRST LEG
March 15, 2011 at Sandy, Utah, USA – Rio Tinto Stadium (Att: 16,668)
Real Salt Lake 2 (Alvaro Saborio 9’; Fabian Espindola 57’)
Saprissa 0
March 16, 2011 at Monterrey, Mexico – Estadio Tecnológico (Att: 22,469)
Monterrey 2 (Neri Cardozo 9’; Sergio Santana 55’)
Cruz Azul 1 (Adrian Cortes 48’)
SECOND LEG
April 5, 2011 at Tibas, San Jose, Costa Rica – Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Ayma (Att: 21,065)
Saprissa 2 (Luis Diego Cordero 46’; Alonso Solis 87’ pen)
Real Salt Lake 1 (Jamison Olave 60’)
Real Salt Lake advances 3-2 on aggregate
April 6, 2011 at Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio Azul (Att: 24,574)
Cruz Azul 1 (Cesar Villaluz 23’)
Monterrey 1 (Humberto Suazo 81’ pen)
Monterrey advances 3-2 on aggregate
2011/12
FIRST LEG
March 28, 2012 at Toronto, Canada – BMO Field (Att: 18,950)
Toronto FC 1 (Miguel Aceval 37’)
Santos 1 (Herculez Gomez 30’)
March 28, 2012 at Monterrey, Mexico – Estadio Tecnológico (Att: 26,716)
Monterrey 3 (Miguel Morales 7’; Aldo De Nigris 60’, 72’)
Pumas 0
SECOND LEG
April 4, 2012 at Torreon, Mexico – Estadio Corona (Att: 26,843)
Santos 6 (Herculez Gomez 31’, 45’+2; Juan Pablo Rodriguez 56 pen, 64’ pen; Oribe Peralta 66’; Daniel Ludueña 90’+2)
Toronto FC 2 (Joao Plata 15’, 43’)
Santos advances 7-3 on aggregate
April 4, 2012 at Mexico City, Mexico – Estadio Olímpico Universitario (Att: 7,300)
Pumas 1 (Jose Antonio Garcia 71’)
Monterrey 1 (Angel Reyna 35’)
Monterrey advances 4-1 on aggregate
2012/13
FIRST LEG
April 2, 2013 at Seattle, Washington, USA – CenturyLink Field (Att: 21,057)
Seattle Sounders 0
Santos 1 (Herculez Gomez 54’)
April 3, 2013 at Carson, California, USA – The Home Depot Center (Att: 21,745)
LA Galaxy 1 (A.J. DeLaGarza 28’)
Monterrey 2 (Humberto Suazo 82’; Aldo De Nigris 90’)
SECOND LEG
April 9, 2013 at Torreon, Mexico – Estadio Corona (Att: 19,595)
Santos 1 (Carlos Darwin Quintero 21’)
Seattle Sounders 1 (Lamar Neagle 73’)
Santos advances 2-1 on aggregate
April 10, 2012 at Monterrey, Mexico – Estadio Tecnologico (Att: 32,234)
Monterrey 1 (Aldo De Nigris 81’)
LA Galaxy 0
Monterrey advances 3-1 on aggregate
2013/14
FIRST LEG
April 1, 2014 at Alajuela, Costa Rica – Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto (Att: 16,573)
Alajuelense 0
Toluca 1 (Paulo Da Silva 71’)
April 1, 2014 at Tijuana, Mexico – Estadio Caliente (Att: 22,333)
Club Tijuana 1 (Cristian Pellerano 79’ pen)
Cruz Azul 0
SECOND LEG
April 8, 2014 at Toluca, Mexico – Estadio Nemesio Diez (Att: 16,672)
Toluca 2 (Carlos Esquivel 34’; Juan Manuel Salgueiro 62’)
Alajuelense 0
Toluca advances 3-0 on aggregate
