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2015 CONCACAF Champions League final

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Football match
2015 CONCACAF Champions League final
Event2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League
America Montreal Impact
5 3
on aggregate
First leg
America Montreal Impact
1 1
Date22 April 2015
VenueEstadio Azteca, Mexico City
RefereeHector Rodriguez (Honduras)
Attendance56,783
Second leg
Montreal Impact America
2 4
Date29 April 2015
VenueOlympic Stadium, Montreal
RefereeHenry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
Attendance61,004
- 2014
2016 -

The 2015 CONCACAF Champions League final was the final of the 2014-15 CONCACAF Champions League, the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current format, and overall the 50th edition of the premium football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Mexico's America and Canada's Montreal Impact. The first leg was hosted by America at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on 22 April 2015, while the second leg was hosted by the Montreal Impact at Olympic Stadium in Montreal on 29 April 2015.[1] The winner earned the right to represent CONCACAF at the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarterfinal stage.[2]

After a 1-1 first leg,[3] America won the second leg 4-2 to win 5-3 on aggregate for their record-tying sixth overall CONCACAF club title.[4]

Background

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For only the second time in seven seasons of the CONCACAF Champions League, the final featured a non-Mexican team, with the only previous occasion where it was not an all-Mexican final being in 2011, where Real Salt Lake lost to Monterrey.[5][6]

This was the first final of America in the CONCACAF Champions League era, but they had won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup title five times (1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2006). They were aiming to equal Cruz Azul's record of six CONCACAF club titles which was set in 2014's final.

Montreal Impact was the first Canadian team to reach a CONCACAF club final. They were aiming to become the first non-Mexican team to win in the CONCACAF Champions League era, and the third Major League Soccer team to win the CONCACAF club title after D.C. United (1998) and LA Galaxy (2000).

Road to the final

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Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).

America Round Montreal Impact
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Bye Matchday 1 FAS 1-0 (H)
Puerto Rico Bayamon 6-1 (H) Matchday 2 FAS 3-2 (A)
Comunicaciones 1-1 (A) Matchday 3 Bye
Puerto Rico Bayamon 10-1 (A) Matchday 4 New York Red Bulls 1-0 (H)
Bye Matchday 5 Bye
Comunicaciones 2-0 (H) Matchday 6 New York Red Bulls 1-1 (A)
Group 8 winner

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 America 4 3 1 0 19 3 +16 10 Advance to championship stage
2 Comunicaciones 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 7
3 Puerto Rico Bayamon 4 0 0 4 2 23 -21 0
Source: CONCACAF
 Final standings Group 3 winner

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Montreal Impact 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10 Advance to championship stage
2 New York Red Bulls 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
3 FAS 4 0 1 3 2 6 -4 1
Source: CONCACAF
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Championship stage Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa 5-0 3-0 (A) 2-0 (H) Quarterfinals Pachuca 3-3 (a) 2-2 (A) 1-1 (H)
Herediano 6-3 0-3 (A) 6-0 (H) Semifinals Alajuelense 4-4 (a) 2-0 (H) 2-4 (A)

Rules

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The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule would be used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so the final would be decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg.[2]

Matches

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First leg

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Montreal Impact took the lead in the 16th minute after Ignacio Piatti received a pass from Dominic Oduro to shoot home inside the penalty area. America equalized in the 89th minute, as half-time substitute Oribe Peralta, who was subbed on for Martinez, headed in Rubens Sambueza's free kick. Shortly after the equalizer, Montreal goalkeeper Evan Bush was shown a yellow card for kicking the ball Paul Aguilar, however, replays show that Aguilar jumped in front of the ball as Bush was kicking it away. Aguilar then proceeded to punch Bush in the face, which went unpunished. This yellow card was crucial, as it suspended Bush for the second leg of the final.[3][7][8]

America 1-1 Montreal Impact
Peralta 88' Report Piatti 16'
Attendance: 56,783[9][10][11]
America
Montreal Impact
GK 23 Moises Munoz
DF 22 Paul Aguilar 89'
DF 4 Erik Pimentel
DF 12 Pablo Aguilar
DF 6 Miguel Samudio
MF 5 Cristian Pellerano 70'
MF 10 Osvaldo Martinez 45' 46'
MF 11 Michael Arroyo
MF 14 Rubens Sambueza (c)
FW 3 Darwin Quintero
FW 9 Dario Benedetto 80'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Hugo Gonzalez
MF 8 Moises Velasco
DF 15 Osmar Mares
MF 21 Jose Guerrero 70'
FW 24 Oribe Peralta 46'
FW 28 Martin Zuniga 80'
DF 30 Zaid Veyna
Manager:
Gustavo Matosas
GK 1 Evan Bush 89'
DF 6 Hassoun Camara 66'
DF 5 Bakary Soumare
DF 23 Laurent Ciman
DF 25 Donny Toia
MF 15 Andres Romero 88'
MF 14 Nigel Reo-Coker (c) 75'
MF 16 Calum Mallace
MF 11 Dilly Duka 71' 71'
FW 10 Ignacio Piatti 16'
FW 7 Dominic Oduro
Substitutions:
DF 3 Eric Miller 66'
MF 8 Patrice Bernier 75'
DF 51 Maxim Tissot 71'
MF 55 Wandrille Lefevre
FW 99 Jack McInerney
GK 41 John Smits
FW 13 Kenny Cooper
Manager:
Frank Klopas
Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico, hosted the first leg.

Assistant referees:[12]
Cristian Ramirez (Honduras)
Oscar Velasquez (Honduras)
Fourth official:
Armando Castro (Honduras)

Second leg

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Montreal Impact took the lead in the 8th minute, after Andres Romero received Ignacio Piatti's pass, dribbled on goal and scored. Dario Benedetto had a golden chance just a few minutes later when he had a seemingly open goal from 4 yards out, but his shot hit the crossbar and the Impact cleared the ball away. Piatti had a great chance to extend the lead for Montreal midway through the first half, but Moises Munoz made a great save for Club America. The lead lasted until the 50th minute, as Dario Benedetto equalized for America with a scissor kick from Osvaldo Martinez's cross. America took the lead in the 65th minute, when Darwin Quintero headed the ball across goal for Oribe Peralta to head it in. Benedetto increased America's lead two minutes later as he stabbed in a cross from Miguel Samudio, and completed his hat-trick in the 81st minute with a curling shot after another assist from Quintero. Jack McInerney added a consolation goal in the 88th minute as he scored from Piatti's pass.[4][13]

Montreal Impact 2-4 America
Romero 8'
McInerney 88'		 Report Benedetto 50', 67', 81'
Peralta 65'
Attendance: 61,004[14]
Montreal Impact
America
GK 30 Kristian Nicht
DF 14 Nigel Reo-Coker (c)
DF 5 Bakary Soumare 25'
DF 23 Laurent Ciman 63'
DF 25 Donny Toia 70'
MF 15 Andres Romero 36'
MF 16 Calum Mallace 78'
MF 10 Ignacio Piatti
MF 33 Marco Donadel 67'
MF 11 Dilly Duka
FW 7 Dominic Oduro 69'
Substitutions:
GK 40 Maxime Crepeau
DF 51 Maxim Tissot 70'
DF 3 Eric Miller
MF 8 Patrice Bernier 78'
MF 55 Wandrille Lefevre
FW 99 Jack McInerney 67'
FW 13 Kenny Cooper
Manager:
Frank Klopas
GK 23 Moises Munoz
DF 22 Paul Aguilar
DF 17 Ventura Alvarado
DF 12 Pablo Aguilar 34'
DF 6 Miguel Samudio
MF 3 Darwin Quintero 82'
MF 21 Jose Guerrero 28'
MF 10 Osvaldo Martinez 36'
MF 14 Rubens Sambueza (c) 87'
FW 24 Oribe Peralta 84'
FW 9 Dario Benedetto 67'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Hugo Gonzalez
DF 4 Erik Pimentel
DF 15 Osmar Mares 87'
MF 5 Cristian Pellerano
MF 11 Michael Arroyo 84'
FW 27 Jose Maduena 82'
FW 28 Martin Zuniga
Manager:
Gustavo Matosas
Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, hosted the second leg.

Assistant referees:[15]
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Octavio Jara (Costa Rica)
Fourth official:
Jefrrey Solis (Costa Rica)

References

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  1. ^ "Scotiabank CCL final dates, times set". CONCACAF.com. 9 April 2015. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  2. ^ a b "CONCACAF Champions League 2014-15 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Peralta lifts Club America to draw with Montreal". CONCACAF.com. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 28 April 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Club America wins SCCL title". CONCACAF.com. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ^ "SCCL finals at a glance". CONCACAF.com. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
  6. ^ "SCCL final facts & figures". CONCACAF.com. 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Champions League: Montreal looking at all options as GK Evan Bush fumes over leg 2 suspension | MLSsoccer.com". Archived from the original on 29 April 2015.
  8. ^ "Club America vs Montreal Impact Highlights". Youtube. 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Articles - Canadian Soccer News". Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  10. ^ "A Bleu-blanc-noir mosaic for Wednesday night". Montreal Impact. 25 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Final de Concachampions impone marca de asistencia". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  12. ^ "Cuarteto arbitral de Honduras designado para el partido de ida de la Final de la SCCL" (in Spanish). UNCAF. April 19, 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  13. ^ "Montreal Impact vs Club America Highlights". Youtube. 29 April 2015. Archived from the original on 24 February 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  14. ^ Gordon, Sean (29 April 2015). "Impact's CONCACAF Champions League trophy chances dashed after home defeat". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020.
  15. ^ "Cuarteto arbitral de Costa Rica designado para el partido final de la SCCL" (in Spanish). UNCAF. April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
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