2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage

The championship stage of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League was played from March 5 to May 1, 2013. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage.http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/90/b6/0,,12813~177808,00.pdf CONCACAF Champions League Regulations 2012/2013 CONCACAF.com 2012-10-26 https://www.webcitation.org/6GfzTlMnD?url=http://www.concacaf.com/staticFiles/90/b6/0,,12813~177808,00.pdf 2013-05-17 dead Qualified teams The winners of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the championship stage. GroupWinners1MEX Santos Laguna2CRC Herediano3USA Houston Dynamo4USA Seattle Sounders FC5USA Los Angeles Galaxy6MEX UANL7MEX Monterrey8GUA Xelajú Seeding The qualified teams were seeded 1–8 in the championship stage according to their results in the group stage. main WDL Q Seed MON MEX Monterrey SAN MEX Santos Laguna SEA USA Seattle Sounders FC LA USA Los Angeles Galaxy HER CRC Herediano UANL MEX UANL HOU USA Houston Dynamo XEL GUA Xelajú 4 0 0 15 0 4 0 0 13 1 4 0 0 12 5 3 1 0 12 4 3 1 0 4 1 2 2 0 12 3 2 2 0 9 3 2 1 1 7 6 1. Points; 2. Goal difference; 3. Goals scored; 4. Away goals scored; 5. Wins; 6. Away wins; 7. Drawing of lots. complete Format In the championship stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule was used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so a tie was decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg. Bracket The bracket of the championship stage was determined by the seeding as follows: Quarterfinals: Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 (QF1), Seed 2 vs. Seed 7 (QF2), Seed 3 vs. Seed 6 (QF3), Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 (QF4), with seeds 1–4 hosting the second leg Semifinals: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4 (SF1), Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3 (SF2), with winners QF1 and QF2 hosting the second leg Finals: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2, with winner SF1 hosting the second leg 170 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals 6 MEX UANL 1 1 2 3 USA Seattle Sounders FC 0 3 3 7 USA Houston Dynamo 1 0 1 2 MEX Santos Laguna 0 3 3 5 CRC Herediano 0 1 1 4 USA Los Angeles Galaxy 0 4 4 8 GUA Xelajú 1 1 2 1 MEX Monterrey 3 1 4 3 USA Seattle Sounders FC 0 1 1 2 MEX Santos Laguna 1 1 2 4 USA Los Angeles Galaxy 1 0 1 1 MEX Monterrey 2 1 3 2 MEX Santos Laguna 0 2 2 1 MEX Monterrey 0 4 4 Quarterfinals The first legs were played on March 5–7, 2013, and the second legs were played on March 12–13, 2013.http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~3014393,00.html Champions League quarterfinal schedule announced CONCACAF.com 2012-12-19 2012-12-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20121223083514/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~3014393,00.html 2012-12-23 dead First legs: All times U.S. Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5); Second legs: All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) Xelajú GUA 2–4 Monterrey MEX 1–3 1–1 Houston Dynamo USA 1–3 Santos Laguna MEX 1–0 0–3 UANL MEX 2–3 Seattle Sounders FC USA 1–0 1–3 Herediano CRC 1–4 Los Angeles Galaxy USA 0–0 1–4 First leg Houston Dynamo v Santos Laguna March 5, 2013 20:00 Houston Dynamo USA 1–0 Report MEX Santos Laguna Davis 89 BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston 17,454 Roberto Moreno (Panama) Xelajú v Monterrey March 6, 2013 20:00 Xelajú GUA 1–3 Report MEX Monterrey Estacuy 58 Mier 9De Nigris 43Corona 76 Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango 4,553 Silviu Petrescu (Canada) UANL v Seattle Sounders FC March 6, 2013 22:00 UANL MEX 1–0 Report USA Seattle Sounders FC Pulido 74 Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás de los Garza 32,810 Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica) Herediano v Los Angeles Galaxy March 7, 2013 20:00 Herediano CRC 0–0 Report USA Los Angeles Galaxy Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia 4,314 Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) Second leg Monterrey v Xelajú March 12, 2013 20:00 Monterrey MEX 1–1 Report GUA Xelajú Ayoví 64 Santiago 44 Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey 30,440 Marcos Brea (Cuba) Monterrey won 4–2 on aggregate. Seattle Sounders FC v UANL March 12, 2013 22:00 Seattle Sounders FC USA 3–1 Report MEX UANL Yedlin 53Traoré 60Johnson 75 Hernández 23 CenturyLink Field, Seattle 20,520 Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador) Seattle Sounders FC won 3–2 on aggregate. Santos Laguna v Houston Dynamo March 13, 2013 20:00 Santos Laguna MEX 3–0 Report USA Houston Dynamo Rodríguez 23Gomez 28Crosas 76 Estadio Corona, Torreón 27,563 Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname) Santos Laguna won 3–1 on aggregate. Los Angeles Galaxy v Herediano March 13, 2013 22:00 Los Angeles Galaxy USA 4–1 Report CRC Herediano Gonzalez 18Villarreal 69Keane 83McBean 90+3 Aguilar 85 The Home Depot Center, Carson 8,284 Walter López (Guatemala) Los Angeles Galaxy won 4–1 on aggregate. Semifinals The first legs were played on April 2–3, 2013, and the second legs were played on April 9–10, 2013.http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~3110862,00.html CCL semifinals schedule is set CONCACAF.com 2012-03-15 2013-03-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20130319000327/http://www.concacaf.com/page/CL/NewsDetail/0,,12813~3110862,00.html 2013-03-19 dead All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) Los Angeles Galaxy USA 1–3 Monterrey MEX 1–2 0–1 Seattle Sounders FC USA 1–2 Santos Laguna MEX 0–1 1–1 First leg Seattle Sounders FC v Santos Laguna April 2, 2013 22:00 Seattle Sounders FC USA 0–1 Report MEX Santos Laguna Gomez 54 CenturyLink Field, Seattle 21,057 Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras) Los Angeles Galaxy v Monterrey April 3, 2013 22:00 Los Angeles Galaxy USA 1–2 Report MEX Monterrey DeLaGarza 28 Suazo 82De Nigris 90 The Home Depot Center, Carson 21,745 Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica) Second leg Santos Laguna v Seattle Sounders FC April 9, 2013 20:00 Santos Laguna MEX 1–1 Report USA Seattle Sounders FC Quintero 21 Neagle 73 Estadio Corona, Torreón 19,595 Joel Aguilar (El Salvador) Santos Laguna won 2–1 on aggregate. Monterrey v Los Angeles Galaxy April 10, 2013 22:00 Monterrey MEX 1–0 Report USA Los Angeles Galaxy De Nigris 81 Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey 32,234 Roberto Moreno (Panama) Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate. Finals 2013 CONCACAF Champions League Finals The first leg was played on April 24, 2013, and the second leg was played on May 1, 2013. All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) Santos Laguna MEX 2–4 Monterrey MEX 0–0 2–4 First leg Santos Laguna v Monterrey April 24, 2013 22:00 Santos Laguna MEX 0–0 Report MEX Monterrey Estadio Corona, Torreón 21,401 Roberto García (Mexico) Second leg Monterrey v Santos Laguna May 1, 2013 22:00 Monterrey MEX 4–2 Report MEX Santos Laguna De Nigris 60 87Cardozo 84Suazo 90+1 Quintero 38Baloy 50 Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey 33,667 Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) Monterrey won 4–2 on aggregate. References External links http://www.concacafchampions.com CONCACAF Champions League *2