2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

Main article: 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League

The group stage was played in 6 rounds from August to October 2009.

Tie-breaking criteria

The tie breaking procedures follow the same rules as the 2008–09 Champions League. If two teams are tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria shall be applied, in order, to determine the ranking of teams:^[1]

1. Greater number of points earned in matches between the teams concerned
2. Greater goal difference in matches between the teams concerned
3. Greater number of goals scored away from home in matches between the teams concerned
4. Reapply first three criteria if two or more teams are still tied
5. Greater goal difference in all group matches
6. Greater number of goals scored in group matches
7. Greater number of goals scored away in all group matches
8. Drawing of lots

Groups

All times EDT (UTC-4)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Pachuca	6	5	0	1	15	4	+11	15
Árabe Unido	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	10
Houston Dynamo	6	2	1	3	9	8	+1	7
Isidro Metapán	6	1	0	5	3	19	−16	3

August 19, 2009

20:00

Houston Dynamo	1–0	Isidro Metapán
Ching 68'	Report

Robertson Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 7,997

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

August 19, 2009

20:00

Árabe Unido	4–1	Pachuca
Rodríguez 24' Mendieta 45' Mosquera 72' Lewis 88'	Report	Aguilar 78'

Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

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August 25, 2009

20:00

Pachuca	5–0	Isidro Metapán
Álvarez 14' Mendivil 21', 55' J. Torres 85' Montes 90'	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

August 26, 2009

20:00

Árabe Unido	1–1	Houston Dynamo
Rodríguez 86'	Report	Kamara 69'

Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

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September 15, 2009

22:00

Isidro Metapán	0–1	Árabe Unido
	Report	Rodríguez 90'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

September 16, 2009

22:00

Pachuca	2–0	Houston Dynamo
Benítez 25' Aguilar 74'	Report

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

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September 22, 2009

22:00

Houston Dynamo	5–1	Árabe Unido
Robinson 11' Weaver 50' Ashe 70' Holden 74', 90'	(Report)	Rodríguez 69'

Robertson Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 6,938

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)

September 22, 2009

22:00

Isidro Metapán	0–4	Pachuca
	(Report)	Mendivil 10', 82' Brambila 35' Benítez 60'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

Attendance: 2,268

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

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September 29, 2009

22:00

Árabe Unido	6–0	Isidro Metapán
Aguirre 29', 71' O. Rodríguez 52', 73', 88' McTaggar 80'	(Report)

Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón

Attendance: 2,250

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

September 30, 2009

22:00

Houston Dynamo	0–1	Pachuca
	(Report)	Benítez 23'

Robertson Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 10,130

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

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October 21, 2009

20:00

Pachuca	2–0	Árabe Unido
Mendivil 44', 55'

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

October 21, 2009

22:00

Isidro Metapán	3–2	Houston Dynamo
Montes 7' Canales 8' Umaña 56'	(Report)	Cameron 28' Hall 45'

Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Toluca	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13
Marathón	6	4	0	2	12	14	−2	12
D.C. United	6	3	1	2	12	8	+4	10
San Juan Jabloteh	6	0	0	6	4	17	−13	0

August 18, 2009

22:00

Marathón	3–1	D.C. United
Martínez 23' Palacios 83' Berrios 88' (pen.)	Report	Emilio 48'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 3,658

Referee: Edward Bonilla (El Salvador)

August 20, 2009

20:00

San Juan Jabloteh	0–1	Toluca
	Report	Nava 8'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 700

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

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August 26, 2009

20:00

D.C. United	1–3	Toluca
Pontius 47'	Report	Marín 5' Mancilla 79', 86'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 8,834

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

August 26, 2009

22:00

Marathón	3–1	San Juan Jabloteh
Berríos 10' Sabillón 86' Martínez 90+2'	Report	Williams 45' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Paúl Delgadillo (Mexico)

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September 15, 2009

20:00

San Juan Jabloteh	0–1	D.C. United
	Report	Gómez 14' (pen.)

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

September 17, 2009

20:00

Toluca	7–0	Marathón
Brizuela 13' De la Torre 14', 67' Nava 48', 90+1' Marín 82' Esquivel 88'	(Report)

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

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September 23, 2009

22:00

Toluca	3–0	San Juan Jabloteh
Brizuela 28' Zarate 65' Calderón 77'	(Report)

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Luis Rodríguez (Panama)

September 24, 2009

20:00

D.C. United	3–0	Marathón
Emilio 47', 71' Moreno 55'	(Report)

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 5,280

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

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September 30, 2009

20:00

D.C. United	5–1	San Juan Jabloteh
Gómez 13', 68' Fred 30' Khumalo 43', 90'	(Report)	Britto 83'

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 3,411

Referee: German Arredondo (Mexico)

October 1, 2009

22:00

Marathón	2–0	Toluca
Martínez 9' (pen.) Mejía 35'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 1,483

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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October 20, 2009

20:00

Toluca	1–1	D.C. United
López 62' (pen.)		Pontius 6'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 9,909

Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

October 22, 2009

22:00

San Juan Jabloteh	2–4	Marathón
Glen 42' Mulraine 74'		Martínez 25' Palacios 47', 69', 81'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 500

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cruz Azul	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12	16
Columbus Crew	6	2	2	2	5	9	−4	8
Saprissa	6	1	2	3	6	8	−2	5
Puerto Rico Islanders	6	0	3	3	6	12	−6	3

August 18, 2009

20:00

Columbus Crew	2–0	Puerto Rico Islanders
Lenhart 58' Rogers 79'	Report

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 6,161

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

August 19, 2009

22:00

Cruz Azul	2–0	Saprissa
Riveros 14' Huiqui 36'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 9,217

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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August 25, 2009

22:00

Saprissa	3–1	Puerto Rico Islanders
Arrieta 34' Centeno 40' Alonso 49'	(Report)	Mediate 25'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Luis Rodríguez (Panama)

August 26, 2009

22:00

Cruz Azul	5–0	Columbus Crew
Lozano 4', 82' (pen.), 87' Núñez 9' Marshall 47' (o.g.)	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 2,669

Referee: Óscar Moncada (Honduras)

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September 15, 2009

20:00

Puerto Rico Islanders	3–3	Cruz Azul
Arrieta 28' Noel 40' Addlery 45+'	Report	Zeballos 34', 68' Vela 85'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Stanley Lancaster (Guyana)

September 16, 2009

22:00

Saprissa	0–1	Columbus Crew
	(Report)	Gaven 5'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás

Attendance: 5,600

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

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September 22, 2009

20:00

Puerto Rico Islanders	1–1	Saprissa
Hansen 72'	(Report)	Waston 90+3'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 3,100

Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

September 23, 2009

20:00

Columbus Crew	0–2	Cruz Azul
	(Report)	Zeballos 14' Vela 39'

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 7,921

Referee: Geoffrey Hospedales (Trinidad and Tobago)

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September 29, 2009

20:00

Columbus Crew	1–1	Saprissa
Rogers 26' (pen.)	(Report)	Robinson 90+2'

Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus

Attendance: 5,715

Referee: Mauricio Morales (Mexico)

September 29, 2009

20:00

Cruz Azul	2–0	Puerto Rico Islanders
Ortiz 6' Villa 52'	(Report)

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 2,521

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

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October 20, 2009

20:00

Puerto Rico Islanders	1–1	Columbus Crew
Delgado 34'	(Report)	Rentería 74'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 300

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

October 20, 2009

20:00

Saprissa	1–2	Cruz Azul
Waston 41'		Núñez 56' Zeballos 82'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Ricardo Zelaya (Honduras)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
UNAM	6	4	1	1	15	6	+9	13
Comunicaciones	6	3	0	3	6	8	−2	9
W Connection	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7
Real España	6	2	0	4	6	14	−8	6

August 18, 2009

22:00

UNAM	1–0	Comunicaciones
Fuentes 71'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: José Pineda (Honduras)

August 20, 2009

22:00

Real España	1–0	W Connection
Martínez 12'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

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August 27, 2009

20:00

W Connection	1–2	Comunicaciones
Leon 75'	Report	Montepeque 31' Fonseca 80' (pen.)

Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Attendance: 2,300

Referee: Ricardo Salazar (United States)

August 27, 2009

22:00

Real España	1–5	UNAM
Mattoso 52'	Report	Barrera 12' Chiapas 45' López 64', 68', 83'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 6,288

Referee: Ricardo Cerdas (Costa Rica)

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September 16, 2009

20:00

W Connection	2–2	UNAM
Faña 21' Pereira 89'	Report	Rosales 87' Palencia 90+2'

Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Attendance: 1,600

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

September 17, 2009

22:00

Comunicaciones	2–0	Real España
Fonseca 36', 89'	Report

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 8,078

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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September 23, 2009

22:00

Comunicaciones	0–3	W Connection
	Report	Faña 47', 55', 77'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 6,662

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

September 24, 2009

22:00

UNAM	4–0	Real España
Íñiguez 21' Rosales 40' Martínez 61' (o.g.) Cortés 82'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 5,321

Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)

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September 30, 2009

20:00

UNAM	2–1	W Connection
Palencia 68' Rojas 85'	Report	Viveros 62'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 3,614

Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)

September 30, 2009

22:00

Real España	2–0	Comunicaciones
Thompson 9' (o.g.) Pavón 15'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 800

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

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October 21, 2009

20:00

W Connection	3–2	Real España
Diaz 6', 8' Zé Luiz 65'	Report	Matosso 45' Pavón 57'

Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

October 22, 2009

22:00

Comunicaciones	2–1	UNAM
González 5' (o.g.) Montepeque 23'		González 36'

Estadio Mateo Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 6,070

Referee: Luís Rodríguez (Panama)