GAME NOTES
Toluca (Mexico) v San Jose Earthquakes (USA)
Quarterfinals, 2nd Leg
Toluca, Mexico – Estadio Nemesio Diez
Wednesday – March 19, 2014
(1st leg: 1-1 draw, on March 11, 2014)
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Tied CCL quarterfinal, 1st leg, 1-1 on March 12, 2014 in Santa Clara, California (Goal: Raul Nava 67’)
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Won Group 6 to advance to quarterfinals (Toluca, 12 points; Comunicaciones, 6; Caledonia AIA, 0)
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Group 6 record: GP – 4; W – 4; D – 0; L – 0; GF – 15; GA – 4 … 1 of 2 teams to have a perfect group stage record (Cruz Azul)
• Group 6 results: 3-1 home win v Caledonia AIA (Goals: Edgar Benitez 24’, Miguel Almazan 30’, Raul Nava 61’); 2-1 away win v Comunicaciones (Goals: Raul Nava 16’, Juan Carlos Cacho 25’); 5-1 away win v Caledonia AIA (Goals: Raul Nava 17’, 67; Carlos Esquivel 28’; Edy Brambila 41’; Antonio Naelson Matias - Sinha 72’); 5-1 home win v Comunicaciones (Goals: Raul Nava 6’, 89’; Edgar Benitez 23’, 72’; Erbin Trejo 67’)
Toluca
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CCL appearances (3): 2009-10, 2010-11, 2013-14
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Best CCL finish: Semifinals (2009-10), eliminated by Pachuca, 2-1 on aggregate
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CONCACAF Champions Cup champion (2): 1968, 2003
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All-Time CCL record: GP – 23; W – 12; D – 5; L – 6; GF – 52; GA – 22
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All-Time CCL home record: GP – 11; W – 8; D – 2; L – 1; GF – 35; GA – 7 … only loss v Monterrey in 1st leg of 2010-11 quarterfinals (1-0)
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All-Time CCL quarterfinal record: GP – 5; W – 1; D – 2; L – 2; GF – 6; GA – 7
• CCL quarterfinal results: (2009-10) v Columbus Crew, 2-2 away draw, 3-2 home win; (2010-11) v Monterrey, 1-0 home loss, 1-0 away loss; (2013-14) v San Jose Earthquakes, 1-1 away draw •
All-Time CCL record v U.S. opposition: GP – 5; W – 2; D – 3; L – 0; GF – 10; GA – 7
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Raul Nava has scored in all five of team’s 2013-14 CCL games and is the tournament’s top scorer with 7 goals
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Scored 3 goals or more in 8 of 12 all-time CCL home games
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Conceded 1 goal or less in 8 straight CCL games, but has allowed exactly 1 in each of the last 7
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Conceded 1 goal or less in 10 of 11 all-time CCL home games
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All-Time leading CCL scorers: Raul Nava (10 goals), Hector Mancilla (9)
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Tied CCL quarterfinal, 1st leg, 1-1, at home on March 12, 2014 (Goal: Alan Gordon 90’+4)
• Won Group 5 on goal difference to advance to quarterfinals after all three teams finished level on 6 points each (Goal difference -- San Jose Earthquakes, +2; Impact de Montreal, -1; Heredia, -1) •
Group 5 record: GP – 4; W – 2; D – 0; L – 2; GF – 4; GA – 2
• Group 5 results: 1-0 away loss v Impact de Montreal; 1-0 away loss v Heredia; 3-2 home win Impact de Montreal (Goals: Chris Wondolowski 21’, Marvin Chavez 58’, Shea Salinas 84’); 1-0 home win v Heredia (Goal: Chris Wondolowski 62’)
San Jose Earthquakes
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CCL appearances (1): 2013-14
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All-Time CCL record: GP – 5; W – 2; D – 1; L – 2; GF – 5; GA – 3
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All-Time CCL away record: GP – 2; W – 0; D – 0; L – 2; GF – 0; GA – 1
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Conceded 1 goal or less in each of 5 all-time CCL games
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While with the Houston Dynamo, Wondolowski scored v Mexico’s Pachuca in the first leg of the 2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals
• Wondolowski was joint-top scorer at the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup with U.S. teammate Landon Donovan and Panama’s Gabriel Torres (5 goals each) •
Wondolowski was team’s top MLS scorer in 2013 (11 goals) and has 1 MLS goal in 2014
• Steven Lenhart has 4 career CCL goals, all scored as a member of the Columbus Crew (including 2 in a 2-2 draw v Toluca in the 2009-10 quarterfinals) … Chris Wondolowski has 3 career CCL goals (including 1 with the Houston Dynamo)
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