2014/15 CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Game Notes WEEK ONE – GROUP 7
Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) v Leon (Mexico) Estadio Cuscatlan – San Salvador, El Salvador August 5, 2014 Isidro Metapan, one of only two teams to qualify for all seven editions of the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL), hosts two-time defending Mexican champion Leon. The visitors are making their CCL debut after appearances in the 2013 and 2014 editions of the Copa Libertadores. The last time Metapan hosted a Mexican side in the competition, it posted a 2-1 win over Pumas in the 2011/12 quarterfinals. REFEREE: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala); AR1: Daniel Williamson (Panama); AR2: Marco Tulio Diaz (Guatemala); 4th: Roberto Moreno (Panama) SUSPENDED: none ALL-TIME CCL SERIES RECORD: first meeting
CCL COMPARISON Isidro Metapan
Leon
28
Games Played
0
8
Wins
0
3
Draws
0
17
Losses
0
35
Goals For
0
69
Goals Against
0
ISIDRO METAPAN
LEON
• Method of Qualification: Salvadoran 2013 Apertura and 2014 Clausura champion
• Method of Qualification: Mexican 2013 Apertura and 2014 Clausura champion
• Previous CCL appearances (6): 2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/2014
• First-ever CCL appearance • Won 7 Mexican league titles (1947/48, 1948/49, 1951/52, 1955/56, 1991/92, 2013 Apertura, 2014 Clausura)
• Best CCL finish: Quarterfinals (2011/12) • Won 9 Salvadoran league titles
• After a final round group, finished as runner-up to Costa Rica’s Saprissa on goal difference in 1993 CONCACAF Champions Cup
• All-Time CCL home record: GP - 14; W - 7; D - 2; L - 5; GF - 27; GA - 24
• Rafael Marquez, Carlos Pena and Jose Juan Vazquez were on Mexico’s roster at the 2014 FIFA World Cup
• 2-1-3 (9 GF, 9 GA) in CCL openers • Reached Round of 16 in 2014 Copa Libertadores, before being eliminated by Bolivar (Bolivia) on the away-goals rule after twolegged series ended in a 3-3 draw
• Scored 2 or more goals in 6 straight CCL home games • Nicolas Muñoz has scored 11 of Isidro Metapan’s last 13 CCL goals, including the last 5
• Eliminated by Iquique (Chile) 4-2 on penalty kicks in first stage of 2013 Copa Libertadores after series ended in a 2-2 draw
• All-Time CCL record v Mexican opposition: GP - 6; W - 2; D - 0; L - 4; GF - 4; GA – 24 • Wins v Mexican teams: 2-0 home v Santos on August 24, 2011; 2-1 home v Pumas on March 8, 2012 • Snapped 6-game CCL winless streak with a 4-0 home win v LA Galaxy in last CCL game on October 24, 2013 • Last 5 in CCL: W(h) L(a) D(a) L(h) L(h) • All-Time leading CCL scorers: Nicolas Muñoz (11 goals); Paolo Suarez (5 goals); Mark Lester Blanco, Allan Kardeck Dos Santos (3 goals each) www.CONCACAF.com