March 18 – After grinding out a 0-0 draw on the road last week at GEODIS Park in Nashville, Inter Miami wanted a fast start against Nashville SC in the 2nd leg of their Concacaf Champions Cup tie, and for the 900th time in his career, the GOAT, Lionel Messi, delivered after just seven minutes to send the Herons on their way.
March 18 – After taking their Cascadia rivals, the Vancouver Whitecaps, to the woodshed last week, the Seattle Sounders returned to the Emerald City with the luxury of a three-goal lead, and their eyes firmly on a potential quarter-final tie with either FC Cincinnati or Tigres UANL.
March 18 – Club América took a 1-0 lead into the second leg against Philadelphia Union in Mexico City and wasted no time in doubling it.
March 18 – The story of the Round of 16 first leg ties was San Diego FC’s comeback from being down against Liga MX champions Toluca, to win 3-2 with just nine men left on the pitch.
March 17 – An equaliser one minute into the second half by Cruz Azul’s José Paradela was enough to secure the Champions Cup holders a 1-1 draw and a 4-3 win on aggregate to send them into the last eight at the expense of CF Monterrey.
March 17 – Standing-only crowds have been a rarity in this season’s Concacaf Champions Cup, but the visit of high-flying LAFC sent fans of Costa Rica’s LD Alajuelense to the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in their thousands, turning the venue into a bear pit for their 2nd leg of their round of 16 clash.
March 12 – Paul Arriola struck twice as the Seattle Sounders delivered a ruthless lesson in efficiency, brushing aside last year’s finalist, the Vancouver Whitecaps, 3–0 in the first leg of their Champions Cup round-of-16 clash Thursday night.
March 12 – Two goals and an assist from Kévin Denkey gave hosts FC Cincinnati a 3-0 lead over Tigres UANL for the second leg of their last 16 Champions Cup series at Estadio Universitario next week.
March 11 – San Diego FC is rapidly becoming the ‘it’ team in Major League Soccer, with their latest dismantling of Mexican royalty, this time in the form of Toluca, simply breathtaking during the 1st leg of their Champions Cup round of 16 game.
March 11 – Road matches are tough at the best of times in the Concacaf region as hostile environments and climates are par for the course, however few teams bargain for US customs and immigration handicapping teams.
March 12 – Not even the genius of Lionel Messi could break the deadlock in the last 16 encounter between Nashville and Inter Miami.
March 10 – Concacaf Champions Cup favourites, LAFC, will be disappointed after 90 minutes of frustration as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Costa Rica’s LD Alajuelense in the 1st leg of the round of 16.
March 10 – It took a goal in the last minute of regular time by Nicolás Ibáñez for Cruz Azul to snatch a 3-2 away win at Monterrey’s Estadio BBVA in Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon.
March 10 – A strike from Brazilian Raphael Veiga was enough for Mexican giants Club América to take a 1-0 lead home for their second leg, last 16 tie, against Philadelphia Union next Wednesday in Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City.
February 27 – Three goals in the first 12 minutes ended any lingering hope of Trinidad and Tobago’s Defence Force had of overcoming an already steep five-goal deficit against Philadelphia Union and qualify for the last 16 of the Champions Cup.