US EditionSan Diego FC Takes 4-1 Lead to Mexico City and 7,500 Feet in Concacaf Champions Cup
San Diego FC pursues an aggressive strategy in the CONCACAF Champions Cup second leg despite a 4-1 aggregate lead, managing high elevation challenges in Mexico City.
- San Diego FC, holding a 4-1 advantage, travels to Mexico City for the return leg at Estadio Olimpico Universitario, televised on FS2 and TUDN.
- Because the competition uses two-leg series and away-goal tiebreakers, road teams often try to score early and then sit back, shaping their approach.
- After Roberto Morales' 11th-minute goal, San Diego FC responded with a four-goal run over 19 minutes, fueled by Manu Duah and Luca Bombino at Snapdragon Stadium.
- Facing a 4-1 deficit, Pumas UNAM must win 3-0 to advance to the round of 16 under the aggregate score rules, while Mikey Varas, coach of San Diego FC, says they will keep attacking despite the lead.
- High altitude and a 2023 comeback precedent make the return leg consequential, as Estadio Olimpico Universitario sits about 7,500 feet above sea level, challenging San Diego FC, which has overturned a 4-1 loss before.
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Mexico, 10 Feb (EFE).- The San Diego de la MLS fell this Tuesday by 1-0 to the Pumas UNAM, but qualified to the eighth final of the Cup of Concacaf champions, winning the series by 4-2. Ecuadorian Pedro Vite converted by the Pumas, who lacked aim in the area repeatedly. After losing 4-1 the one-way match at his rival's home, the Pumas went out to kill, but lacked the strength. The Tanzanian Amahl Pellegrino was close to giving the advantage to t…
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The Pumas beat 1-0 to San Diego FC in CU, but the global favors 4-2 to the American cadre and are eliminated in the Concachampions.
San Diego FC advances past Pumas in Champions Cup
San Diego FC arrived in Mexico City with a considerable advantage over Pumas, and they return home with a spot in the Concacaf Champions Cup round of 16. The second year MLS club suffered a 1-0 loss Tuesday night, but advance 4-2 on aggregate thanks to last week’s 4-1 win at Snapdragon Stadium. Pablo Sisniega was the star for SDFC in his hometown. He stopped eight of the nine shots he faced to keep the Liga MX club from threatening San Diego’s s…
San Diego FC takes 4-1 lead to Mexico City and 7,500 feet in Concacaf Champions Cup
Normally when a soccer team has a three-goal lead entering the return leg of an aggregate-score series, the strategy is simple: Drive the bus onto the field and park it in front of the goal. San Diego FC, however, is not your normal soccer team. “We will never turn away from our convictions for the style of play that we have,” coach Mikey Varas said ahead of Tuesday’s second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup first-round series at Mexico City’s P…
MEXICO.- The UNAM Pumas defeated 1-0 San Diego FC, but they failed to beat the global scoreboard and were eliminated from the Concacaf Champions Cup. The San Diego team had won 4-1 local in the one-way game last week and with that advantage, it was presented in [...] La entrada San Diego FC eliminated the UNAM Pumas aparece primero en PSN Noticias.
CITY OF MEXICO.- San Diego FC assured his pass to the Final Eighths of the Concacaf Champions Cup 2026 after imposing 4-2 on the global scoreboard against Pumas UNAM, despite falling 1-0 in the return match played this Tuesday at the University Olympic Stadium of Mexico City. The U.S. team had built its advantage in the one-way match and managed to sustain it in Mexican territory, in an qualifier that marked the international debut of the club i…
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