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. 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
Attendance: 12,297
Comunicaciones 1–1 Pachuca
Fonseca  73' Report Aguilar  1'
Attendance: 7,438
Árabe Unido 0–1 Cruz Azul
Report Riveros  70'
Attendance: 2,500

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. 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'
Attendance: 13,898
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
Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

Cruz Azul won 5–1 on aggregate.

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

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2010 CONCACAF Champions League 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. 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
Attendance: 26,500

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.
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