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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

March 9, 2010

20:00

Columbus Crew	2–2	Toluca
Lenhart 65', 83'	Report	Sinha 19' Ríos 44'

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 4,402

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

March 10, 2010

20:00

Marathón	2–0	UNAM
Martínez 18' (pen.) Mejía 53' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 12,297

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

March 10, 2010

22:00

Comunicaciones	1–1	Pachuca
Fonseca 73'	Report	Aguilar 1'

Estadio Cementos Progreso,^[4] Guatemala City

Attendance: 7,438

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

March 11, 2010

20:00

Árabe Unido	0–1	Cruz Azul
	Report	Riveros 70'

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Second legs

March 16, 2010

22:00

Pachuca	2–1	Comunicaciones
Aguilar 72' Montes 88'	Report	Fonseca 75' (pen.)

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

Pachuca won 3–2 on aggregate.

March 17, 2010

20:00

Toluca	3–2	Columbus Crew
Mancilla 47' (pen.) Sinha 57', 72'	Report	Schelotto 45' (pen.), 70'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 6,946

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

Toluca won 5–4 on aggregate.

March 17, 2010

22:00

Cruz Azul	3–0	Árabe Unido
Orozco 50', 75' Villaluz 64'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 3,140

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Cruz Azul won 4–0 on aggregate.

March 18, 2010

22:00

UNAM	6–1	Marathón
Barrera 3' Íñiguez 20', 35' Bravo 50' Palencia 63', 90'	Report	Chiapas 53' (o.g.)

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	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

March 30, 2010

22:00

Toluca	1–1	Pachuca
Dueñas 78'	Report	Cvitanich 34'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 13,898

Referee: Ricardo Arellano (Mexico)

March 31, 2010

22:00

UNAM	1–0	Cruz Azul
Barrera 24'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 32,177

Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza Soto (Mexico)

Second legs

April 6, 2010

22:00

Cruz Azul	5–0	UNAM
Riveros 37' Cervantes 74' Cortés 77' Chávez 84' Lugo 90'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 28,900

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

Cruz Azul won 5–1 on aggregate.

April 7, 2010

20:00

Pachuca	1–0	Toluca
Brambila 6'	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Pachuca won 2–1 on aggregate.

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Cruz Azul	2–2 (a)	Pachuca	2–1	0–1

First leg

April 21, 2010

22:00

Cruz Azul	2–1	Pachuca
Villa 20' Rodríguez 24' (o.g.)	Report	Álvarez 69'

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 16,186

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Second leg

April 28, 2010

20:00

Pachuca	1–0	Cruz Azul
Benítez 90+3'	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 26,500

Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez (Mexico)

2–2 on aggregate. Pachuca won on away goals.

References

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^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "Second-half goal gives Comunicaciones draw". CONCACAF. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved August 7, 2010.