2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

The group stage of the 2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League was played from August 6 to October 24, 2013. A total of 24 teams competed in the group stage.^[1]

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on June 3, 2013, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the InterContinental Hotel at Doral in Miami.^[2]

The 24 teams were drawn into eight groups of three, with each group containing one team from each of the three pots. The allocation of teams into pots was based on their national association and qualifying berth. Teams from the same association (excluding "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association) could not be drawn with each other in the group stage, and each group was guaranteed to contain a team from either the United States or Mexico, meaning U.S. and Mexican teams could not play each other in the group stage.^[3]

Seeding

The following were the group stage seeding of the 24 teams which qualified for the Champions League:

Pot A
Tijuana	América	LA Galaxy	San Jose Earthquakes
Herediano	Olimpia	Comunicaciones	Árabe Unido
Pot B
Toluca	Cruz Azul	Houston Dynamo	Sporting Kansas City
Alajuelense	Victoria	Isidro Metapán	Montreal Impact
Pot C
Heredia	Luis Ángel Firpo	Sporting San Miguelito	Real Estelí
Cartaginés	W Connection	Valencia	Caledonia AIA

Format

In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners of each group advanced to the championship stage.

Tiebreakers

In each group, teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[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

The matchdays were August 6–8, August 20–22, August 27–29, September 17–19, September 24–26, and October 22–24, 2013.^[4]

All times U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Group 1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARA	HOU	WCO
Árabe Unido	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9	Advance to championship stage			1–0	3–1
Houston Dynamo	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	7			2–1		2–0
W Connection	4	0	1	3	1	7	−6	1			0–2	0–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 8, 2013

22:00

Árabe Unido	3–1	W Connection
Ward 21', 33' González 53'	Report	Benjamin 76'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

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August 20, 2013

20:00

W Connection	0–0	Houston Dynamo
	Report

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)

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August 27, 2013

20:00

Houston Dynamo	2–1	Árabe Unido
Weaver 23', 76'	Report	Arroyo 8' (pen.)

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 12,694^[5]

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

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September 19, 2013

20:00

W Connection	0–2	Árabe Unido
	Report	Fraiz 28' Arroyo 61'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

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September 25, 2013

20:00

Houston Dynamo	2–0	W Connection
Johnson 39' Boswell 52'	Report

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 11,933^[6]

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

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October 24, 2013

20:00

Árabe Unido	1–0	Houston Dynamo
González 61'	Report

Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Group 2

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KC	OLI	EST
Sporting Kansas City	4	2	2	0	5	1	+4	8	Advance to championship stage			0–0	1–1
Olimpia	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	7			0–2		1–0
Real Estelí	4	0	1	3	1	5	−4	1			0–2	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 7, 2013

22:00

Real Estelí	0–2	Sporting Kansas City
	Report	Opara 33' Dwyer 76'

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

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August 21, 2013

22:00

Real Estelí	0–1	Olimpia
	Report	Méndez 47'

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Attendance: 4,800

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

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August 27, 2013

22:00

Olimpia	0–2	Sporting Kansas City
	Report	Saad 27', 68' (pen.)

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

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September 17, 2013

20:00

Sporting Kansas City	1–1	Real Estelí
Peterson 78'	Report	Calero 54'

Sporting Park, Kansas City

Attendance: 18,467^[7]

Referee: Sandy Vásquez (Dominican Republic)

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September 24, 2013

22:00

Olimpia	1–0	Real Estelí
Lozano 67'	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

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October 23, 2013

20:00

Sporting Kansas City	0–0	Olimpia
	Report

Sporting Park, Kansas City

Attendance: 18,467^[8]

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Group 3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CA	HER	VAL
Cruz Azul	4	4	0	0	10	2	+8	12	Advance to championship stage			3–0	3–0
Herediano	4	2	0	2	11	8	+3	6			1–2		4–2
Valencia	4	0	0	4	4	15	−11	0			1–2	1–6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 8, 2013

20:00

Valencia	1–6	Herediano
R. Joseph 68'	Report	Gómez 39' Ruiz 45' Nuñez 55' Sánchez 71' Porras 81' Duverger 85' (o.g.)

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Referee: William Anderson (Puerto Rico)

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August 22, 2013

20:00

Cruz Azul	3–0	Herediano
Pereira 32' Pavone 42' Torrado 45+1'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

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August 28, 2013

20:00

Valencia	1–2	Cruz Azul
Amy 72'	Report	Amione 17' Lara 86'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Óscar Dávila (Nicaragua)

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September 18, 2013

22:00

Herediano	4–2	Valencia
Vargas 1' Díaz 7' Sánchez 52' Porras 77'	Report	R. Joseph 50' Amy 85'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Erick Andino (Honduras)

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September 24, 2013

20:00

Cruz Azul	3–0	Valencia
Emaná 6', 31', 75'	Report

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Referee: Jeffrey Solís (Costa Rica)

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October 22, 2013

22:00

Herediano	1–2	Cruz Azul
Porras 56'	Report	Emaná 6' Lara 89'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Group 4

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ALA	AME	SM
Alajuelense	4	3	0	1	4	1	+3	9	Advance to championship stage			1–0	2–0
América	4	2	0	2	4	2	+2	6			0–1		3–0
Sporting San Miguelito	4	1	0	3	1	6	−5	3			1–0	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 7, 2013

22:00

Sporting San Miguelito	0–1	América
	Report	Bermúdez 24'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

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August 22, 2013

22:00

Sporting San Miguelito	1–0	Alajuelense
Pretelt 38'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

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August 29, 2013

22:00

Alajuelense	1–0	América
Sánchez 83' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

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September 17, 2013

22:00

América	3–0	Sporting San Miguelito
Jiménez 40', 78' Andrade 81'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

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September 26, 2013

22:00

Alajuelense	2–0	Sporting San Miguelito
Palacios 62' Alpízar 76'	Report

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Juan Guzman (United States)

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October 22, 2013

20:00

América	0–1	Alajuelense
	Report	Palacios 55'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Group 5

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SJ	MTL	HER
San Jose Earthquakes	4	2	0	2	4	2	+2	6[a]	Advance to championship stage			3–0	1–0
Montreal Impact	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6[a]			1–0		2–0
Heredia	4	2	0	2	2	3	−1	6[a]			1–0	1–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. All three teams are tied on points, and so are ranked by overall goal difference, then overall goals scored.

August 7, 2013

20:00

Montreal Impact	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes
Camara 17'	Report

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 15,115

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

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August 21, 2013

22:00

Heredia	1–0	Montreal Impact
Córdoba 88'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)

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August 28, 2013

22:00

Heredia	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes
Miranda 68'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City

Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza (Mexico)

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September 17, 2013

22:00

San Jose Earthquakes	3–0	Montreal Impact
Wondolowski 21' Chávez 57' Salinas 84'	Report

Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara

Referee: Armando Castro (Honduras)

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September 24, 2013

20:00

Montreal Impact	2–0	Heredia
Paponi 4' Wenger 54'	Report

Saputo Stadium, Montreal

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

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October 23, 2013

22:00

San Jose Earthquakes	1–0	Heredia
Wondolowski 62'	Report

Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Group 6

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TOL	COM	CAL
Toluca	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	12	Advance to championship stage			5–1	3–1
Comunicaciones	4	2	0	2	7	7	0	6			1–2		2–0
Caledonia AIA	4	0	0	4	2	13	−11	0			1–5	0–3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 6, 2013

20:00

Toluca	3–1	Caledonia AIA
Benítez 24' Almazán 30' Nava 61'	Report	Wade 88'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

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August 22, 2013

22:00

Comunicaciones	1–2	Toluca
López 19'	Report	Nava 17' Cacho 26' (pen.)

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Javier Santos (Puerto Rico)

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August 29, 2013

20:00

Caledonia AIA	0–3	Comunicaciones
	Report	Suárez 11', 62', 90+4'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Referee: Erick Andino (Honduras)

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September 18, 2013

20:00

Caledonia AIA	1–5	Toluca
Bain 46'	Report	Nava 18', 67' Muhammad 28' (o.g.) Brambila 41' Sinha 72'

Hasely Crawford Stadium, Port of Spain

Attendance: 500

Referee: Valdin Legister (Jamaica)

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September 25, 2013

22:00

Comunicaciones	2–0	Caledonia AIA
Arreola 30' Benítez 42'	Report

Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City

Referee: Marcos Brea (Cuba)

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October 23, 2013

20:00

Toluca	5–1	Comunicaciones
Nava 5', 89' Benítez 23', 72' Trejo 67'	Report	Márquez 54'

Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Group 7

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TIJ	FIR	VIC
Tijuana	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	10	Advance to championship stage			1–0	6–0
Luis Ángel Firpo	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7			0–0		2–1
Victoria	4	0	0	4	4	15	−11	0			2–3	1–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 6, 2013

22:00

Luis Ángel Firpo	0–0	Tijuana
	Report

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

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August 20, 2013

22:00

Victoria	2–3	Tijuana
Crisanto 48' (pen.) Elvir 86'	Report	Arriola 12' Olsina 41' Pellerano 69'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba

Referee: Marlon Mejía (El Salvador)

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August 28, 2013

22:00

Tijuana	1–0	Luis Ángel Firpo
Martínez 82'	Report

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

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September 19, 2013

22:00

Luis Ángel Firpo	2–1	Victoria
Guevara 72' Rivera 82'	Report	Hoyos 19'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Jafeth Perea (Panama)

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September 26, 2013

22:00

Tijuana	6–0	Victoria
Olsina 17' Arriola 32' Cerda 35' Gomez 60', 68', 85'	Report

Estadio Caliente, Tijuana

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Elmer Bonilla (El Salvador)

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October 23, 2013

22:00

Victoria	1–4	Luis Ángel Firpo
Vuelto 50'	Report	García 45+2' (pen.) Canales 68', 81' Guevara 86'

Estadio Nilmo Edwards, La Ceiba

Referee: Oscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Group 8

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LA	CAR	MET
LA Galaxy	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9	Advance to championship stage			2–0	1–0
Cartaginés	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4[a]			0–3		0–0
Isidro Metapán	4	1	1	2	6	5	+1	4[a]			4–0	2–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Cartaginés and Isidro Metapán are ranked on head-to-head record.

August 8, 2013

22:00

Isidro Metapán	2–4	Cartaginés
Sirias 45' (o.g.) Muñoz 56'	Report	Herrera 41', 69', 80' Flores 45+2'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Juan Guzman (United States)

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August 20, 2013

22:00

LA Galaxy	2–0	Cartaginés
Keane 66', 90+4'	Report

StubHub Center, Carson

Attendance: 9,474

Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

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August 27, 2013

22:00

Cartaginés	0–0	Isidro Metapán
	Report

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

Referee: Trevor Taylor (Barbados)

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September 18, 2013

22:00

LA Galaxy	1–0	Isidro Metapán
Courtois 7'	Report

StubHub Center, Carson

Attendance: 6,211^[9]

Referee: Hugo Cruz (Costa Rica)

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September 25, 2013

22:00

Cartaginés	0–3	LA Galaxy
	Report	McBean 6' Hoffman 18' Courtois 29'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

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October 24, 2013

22:00

Isidro Metapán	4–0	LA Galaxy
Muñoz 30', 31', 33', 41'	Report

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)