The CONCACAF Champions League a brand new tournament, replacing the Champions’ Cup which ceased to exist after the 2008 edition. The competition will see a Confederation record number of 24 teams from all sectors of the CONCACAF region participating.
The CONCACAF Champions League will feature four teams from Mexico and USA; three Caribbean sides; two clubs each from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama; and one representative coming from Canada, Belize, and Nicaragua.
The CONCACAF Champions League winner will qualify as the CONCACAF’s representative to the 2009 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup.
Brian Ching scored in the 13th minute, and the Houston Dynamo held on for a 1-0 win over CD Luis Angel Firpo in the CONCACAF Champions League Group B.
With the win, Houston finishes 2-1-3 in Group B play with nine points to finish in second place and advances to the quarterfinal round of the CONCACAF Champions League tournament. Luis Angel Firpo was knocked out from the tournament and finished 2-2-2 with eight points for third place in the group.
The match was physical throughout with Houston whistled for 27 fouls and Firpo for 12 fouls. The two teams combined for eight yellow cards and two red cards. For nine minutes in the second half, Houston actually had to play a man down after Eddie Robinson was issued a straight red card in the 82nd minute, but Firpo's Carlos Calderon was issued his second yellow in the 91st minute and was sent off the field and evened the teams for the rest of the stoppage time.
Brian Ching scored on a header off a corner kick by Dwayne De Rosario. De Rosario kicked the corner from the left side and hit Ching in the middle of the box where Ching headed it off Firpo goalkeeper and into the net.
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I didnt get to see this game, but it sounds like it was pretty physical. I really hate it when they call on so many fouls stopping the pace of the game. Sometimes I think to myself what would have happened if the ref hadnt called a foul there? Would they have scored seconds later? But at the same time after so many fouls having been called I dont think so many cards were given out. I just really like how these teams are fighting for their spots in the Championships.
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