2022 Concacaf Champions League

2022 CONCACAF Champions League

2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League
Lumen Field in Seattle hosted the second leg of the final
Tournament details
Dates	15 February – 4 May
Teams	15 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Seattle Sounders FC (1st title)
Runners-up	UNAM
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	74 (2.64 per match)
Attendance	564,188 (20,150 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan Dinenno (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Stefan Frei
Best young player	Talles Magno
Best goalkeeper	Stefan Frei
Fair play award	Seattle Sounders FC
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Monterrey was the title holder but did not qualify for this tournament and was unable to defend its title. American team Seattle Sounders FC won its first CONCACAF Champions League title, defeating Mexican club UNAM 5–2 on aggregate in the final. The Sounders thus became the first team from Major League Soccer to win the title under its current format. It was the first time since the 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, that a non-Mexican team won the Champions' Cup or Champions League, and the first time since 2000 that an American team won the Champions' Cup or League.

The following 16 teams (from seven associations) qualified for the tournament.

• North American Zone: 10 teams (from three associations), including one of them which qualified through the 2021 CONCACAF League
• Central American Zone: 5 teams (from three associations), all of them qualified through the 2021 CONCACAF League
• Caribbean Zone: 1 team (from one association), qualified through the 2021 Caribbean Club Championship

In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).

Direct entrants (10 teams)

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Mexico (4 berths)	León	2020 Guardianes champions	4th (2021)	Round of 16 (2021)
	Cruz Azul	2021 Guardianes champions	8th (2021)	Champions (2013–14)
	UNAM	2020 Guardianes runners-up	5th (2016–17)	Semi-finals (2011–12)
	Santos Laguna	2021 Guardianes runners-up	7th (2019)	Runners-up (2012–13)
United States (4 berths)	New York City FC	2021 MLS Cup champions	2nd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)
	New England Revolution	2021 MLS Supporters' Shield champions	2nd (2008–09)	Preliminary round (2008–09)
	Colorado Rapids	2021 MLS Western Conference regular season champions	3rd (2018)	Round of 16 (2018)
	Seattle Sounders FC	Highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2021 MLS regular season record) not already qualified.[Note USA]	7th (2020)	Semi-finals (2012–13)
Canada (1 berth)	CF Montréal	2021 Canadian Championship champions	5th (2020)	Runners-up (2014–15)
Haiti (CFU berth)	Cavaly	2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship champions	1st	Debut

Qualified teams from CONCACAF League (6 teams)

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App. (last)	Previous best (last)
Guatemala	Comunicaciones	2021 CONCACAF League champions (1st overall)	7th (2020)	Quarter-finals (2009–10)
	Guastatoya	2021 CONCACAF League worse-ranked losing semi-finalists (4th overall)	2nd (2019)	Round of 16 (2019)
Honduras	Motagua	2021 CONCACAF League runners-up (2nd overall)	6th (2020)	Round of 16 (2020)
Canada	Forge FC	2021 CONCACAF League better-ranked losing semi-finalists (3rd overall)	1st	Debut
Costa Rica	Saprissa	2021 CONCACAF League best-ranked losing quarter-finalists (5th overall)	10th (2021)	Semi-finals (2010–11)
	Santos de Guápiles	2021 CONCACAF League second-ranked losing quarter-finalists (6th overall)	1st	Debut

Notes;

 

 

Mexico City

 

León

 

Santos Laguna

 

Colorado

 

New England Revolution

 

Seattle

 

New York City

 

Montréal

 

Cavaly

 

Guastatoya

 

Comunicaciones

 

Forge

 

Saprissa

 

Santos de Guápiles

 

Motagua

 

Mexico City teams
  Cruz Azul
  UNAM

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Location of teams of the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
  North American Zone   Central American Zone   Caribbean Zone

The draw for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League was held on 15 December 2021, in Miami, Florida, United States.

The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contains the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 are assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association.

The seeding of teams were based on the CONCACAF Club Index. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:

The slots were assigned by the following rules:

• For teams from North America, nine teams qualified based on criteria set by their association (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., MEX1, MEX2) for each team. If a team from Canada qualified through the CONCACAF League, they were ranked within their association, resulting in an assigned slot (i.e., CAN2) for them.
• For teams from Central America, they qualified through the CONCACAF League, and were ranked per association by their CONCACAF League ranking, resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., CRC1, CRC2) for each team.
• For teams from the Caribbean, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship champions were assigned the Caribbean champion slot (i.e., CCC1). If teams from the Caribbean qualified through the CONCACAF League, they were ranked per association by their CONCACAF League ranking, resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., JAM1, SUR1) for each team.

The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:

Pot	Rank	Slot	2016–17	2018	2019	2020	2021	Total	Team
Pot 1	1	MEX2	30	25	21	24	16	116	Cruz Azul
	2	MEX1	27	12	20	11	28	98	León
	3	MEX3	15	17	26	11	20	89	UNAM
	4	USA3	20	17	11	11	10	69	Colorado Rapids
	5	USA2	14	7	15	16	16	68	New England Revolution
	6	CAN1	22	21	5	10	9	67	CF Montréal
	7	USA1	11	11	11	6	12	51	New York City FC
	8	USA4	8	5	11	12	12	48	Seattle Sounders FC
Pot 2	9	MEX4	10	9	4	7	5	35	Santos Laguna
	10	CRC2	14	5	7	4	4	34	Santos de Guápiles
	11	HON1	11	5	4	5	7	32	Motagua
	12	CRC1	8	5	7	6	4	30	Saprissa
	13	CCC1	5	4	4	4	4	21	Cavaly
	14	GUA1	9	0	4	6	0	19	Comunicaciones
	15	GUA2	6	0	0	0	0	6	Guastatoya
	16	CAN2	0	0	0	0	0	0	Forge FC

Each tie, including the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing on a home-and-away basis.

• In the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals, the away goals rule was applied if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If still tied, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.7).
• In the final, extra time was played if the match was tied after regulation time of the second leg. The away goals rule was not applied. If the score was still tied after extra time in the second leg, a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.8).

All matches were played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Times are Eastern Time, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses):

• Times on 15 March 2022 – 4 May 2022 are Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC−4.
• Times otherwise are Eastern Standard Time, i.e., UTC−5.

In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 15–17 February, and the second legs were played on 22–24 February 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guastatoya	0–3	León	0–2	0–1
Motagua	0–5	Seattle Sounders FC	0–0	0–5
Comunicaciones	1–1 (4–3 p)	Colorado Rapids	1–0	0–1
Santos de Guápiles	0–6	New York City FC	0–2	0–4
Saprissa	3–6	UNAM	2–2	1–4
Cavaly	w/o	New England Revolution	Cancelled	Cancelled
Santos Laguna	1–3	CF Montréal	1–0	0–3
Forge FC	1–4	Cruz Azul	0–1	1–3

Matches

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)

18:00 (17:00 UTC−6)

Guastatoya	0–2	León
	Report	Fernández   24' E. Hernández   34'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 4,814

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

22 February 2022 (2022-02-22)

22:15 (21:15 UTC−6)

León	1–0	Guastatoya
E. Hernández   11'	Report

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 8,438

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

León won 3–0 on aggregate.

17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

21:00 (20:00 UTC−6)

Motagua	0–0	Seattle Sounders FC
	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 0

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

24 February 2022 (2022-02-24)

22:45 (19:45 UTC−8)

Seattle Sounders FC	5–0	Motagua
Lodeiro   33' Roldan   47' Morris   56' Rowe   62' Léo Chú   74'	Report

Lumen Field, Seattle

Attendance: 28,954

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Seattle Sounders FC won 5–0 on aggregate.

17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)

19:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	1–0	Colorado Rapids
Espino   89'	Report

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 7,230

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23)

20:15 (18:15 UTC−7)

Colorado Rapids	1–0	Comunicaciones
Max   29'	Report
Penalties
Rubio   Acosta   Price   Mezquida   Lewis   Rosenberry   Shinyashiki	3–4	Contreras   Aparicio   Larín   Santis   Corena   López   Samayoa

Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City

Attendance: 7,116

Referee: Diego Montaño (Mexico)

1–1 on aggregate. Comunicaciones won 4–3 on penalties.

15 February 2022 (2022-02-15)

20:00 (19:00 UTC−6)

Santos de Guápiles	0–2	New York City FC
	Report	Castellanos   5' (pen.), 30'

Estadio Nacional, San José

Attendance: 3,435

Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23)

18:00 (15:00 UTC−8)

New York City FC	4–0	Santos de Guápiles
Morales   32' Chanot   36' Talles Magno   80', 86'	Report

Banc of California Stadium, Los Angeles

Attendance: 100

Referee: Fernando Guerrero (Mexico)

New York City FC won 6–0 on aggregate.

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−6)

Saprissa	2–2	UNAM
C. Bolaños   45+3' (pen.), 75'	Report	Corozo   28' Dinenno   71'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Attendance: 6,243

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23)

22:30 (21:30 UTC−6)

UNAM	4–1	Saprissa
Ortiz   12' Dinenno   75', 82' Rogério   90+4'	Report	R. Bolaños   51'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 30,368

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

UNAM won 6–3 on aggregate.

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)

17:30

Cavaly	Cancelled (w/o)	New England Revolution
	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

22 February 2022 (2022-02-22)

18:00

New England Revolution	Cancelled	Cavaly
	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

New England Revolution advanced to the quarter-finals after Cavaly withdrew from the competition on 15 February 2022.

15 February 2022 (2022-02-15)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−6)

Santos Laguna	1–0	CF Montréal
Ocejo   88'	Report

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 5,253

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

23 February 2022 (2022-02-23)

20:15

CF Montréal	3–0	Santos Laguna
Quioto   10' Mihailovic   22' Koné   61'	Report

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 13,193

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

CF Montréal won 3–1 on aggregate.

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)

20:00

Forge FC	0–1	Cruz Azul
	Report	Otero   30'

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Attendance: 4,600

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

24 February 2022 (2022-02-24)

20:30 (19:30 UTC−6)

Cruz Azul	3–1	Forge FC
Romero   5' Baca   21' Escobar   44'	Report	Choinière   26'

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 24,576

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Cruz Azul won 4–1 on aggregate.

In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

• QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
• QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
• QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
• QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5 and 7 hosted the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 8–9 March, and the second legs were played on 15–17 March 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Seattle Sounders FC	4–1	León	3–0	1–1
New York City FC	5–5 (a)	Comunicaciones	3–1	2–4
New England Revolution	3–3 (3–4 p)	UNAM	3–0	0–3
Cruz Azul	2–1	CF Montréal	1–0	1–1

Matches

8 March 2022 (2022-03-08)

22:00 (19:00 UTC−8)

Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	León
Montero   31' (pen.), 39' Morris   90+1'	Report

Lumen Field, Seattle

Attendance: 29,196

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

17 March 2022 (2022-03-17)

20:30 (18:30 UTC−6)

León	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC
Ambríz   90+1'	Report	Montero   45+3' (pen.)

Estadio León, León

Attendance: 23,572

Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

Seattle Sounders FC won 4–1 on aggregate.

8 March 2022 (2022-03-08)

20:00

New York City FC	3–1	Comunicaciones
Castellanos   29' Moralez   65' Rodríguez   71'	Report	Gamboa   60'

Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, East Hartford

Attendance: 15,642

Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

15 March 2022 (2022-03-15)

20:00 (18:00 UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	4–2	New York City FC
Lezcano   45' Samayoa   69' L. García   72' Contreras   88'	Report	Castellanos   32' Talles Magno   53'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Attendance: 17,165

Referee: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)

5–5 on aggregate. New York City FC won on away goals.

9 March 2022 (2022-03-09)

20:00

New England Revolution	3–0	UNAM
Lletget   19' Buksa   72', 90+2'	Report

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough

Attendance: 25,874

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

16 March 2022 (2022-03-16)

22:15 (20:15 UTC−6)

UNAM	3–0	New England Revolution
Dinenno   33', 49' Saucedo   59'	Report
Penalties
Ortiz   Mozo   Velarde   Freire   Dinenno	4–3	Gil   Jones   McNamara   Lletget   Altidore

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 32,851

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

3–3 on aggregate. UNAM won 4–3 on penalties.

9 March 2022 (2022-03-09)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−6)

Cruz Azul	1–0	CF Montréal
Antuna   20'	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 21,367

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

16 March 2022 (2022-03-16)

20:00

CF Montréal	1–1	Cruz Azul
Camacho   79'	Report	Antuna   44'

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 21,388

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.

In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

• SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
• SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance across all previous rounds hosted the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1 (SF1)	New York City FC	4	3	0	1	11	5	+6	9	Second leg
2 (SF1)	Seattle Sounders FC	4	2	2	0	9	1	+8	8	First leg
1 (SF2)	Cruz Azul	4	3	1	0	6	2	+4	10	Second leg
2 (SF2)	UNAM	4	2	1	1	9	6	+3	7	First leg

Summary

The first legs were played on 5–6 April, and the second legs were played on 12–13 April 2022.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Seattle Sounders FC	4–2	New York City FC	3–1	1–1
UNAM	2–1	Cruz Azul	2–1	0–0

Matches

6 April 2022 (2022-04-06)

22:00 (19:00 UTC−7)

Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	New York City FC
Rusnák   16' Morris   34' Lodeiro   68' (pen.)	Report	Thiago Andrade   27'

Lumen Field, Seattle

Attendance: 31,074

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

13 April 2022 (2022-04-13)

21:00

New York City FC	1–1	Seattle Sounders FC
Rodríguez   51'	Report	Ruidíaz   28'

Red Bull Arena, Harrison

Attendance: 6,413

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Seattle Sounders FC won 4–2 on aggregate.

5 April 2022 (2022-04-05)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

UNAM	2–1	Cruz Azul
Dinenno   37', 45+2'	Report	Tabó   83'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 37,875

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

12 April 2022 (2022-04-12)

22:00 (21:00 UTC−5)

Cruz Azul	0–0	UNAM
	Report

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 56,094

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

UNAM won 2–1 on aggregate.

In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalist which had the better performances in previous rounds hosted the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Seattle Sounders FC	6	3	3	0	13	3	+10	12	Second leg
2	UNAM	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11	First leg

Summary

The first leg was played on 27 April, and the second leg was played on 4 May 2022. Unlike previous rounds, the away goals rule did not apply in the final round.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UNAM	2–5	Seattle Sounders FC	2–2	0–3

Matches

27 April 2022 (2022-04-27)

22:30 (21:30 UTC−5)

UNAM	2–2	Seattle Sounders FC
Dinenno   38' (pen.), 48'	Report	Lodeiro   77' (pen.), 90+9' (pen.)

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 42,617

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)

22:00 (19:00 UTC−7)

Seattle Sounders FC	3–0	UNAM
Ruidíaz   45', 80' Lodeiro   88'	Report

Lumen Field, Seattle

Attendance: 68,741

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Seattle Sounders FC won 5–2 on aggregate.

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