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Revolution In Costa Rica For
Second Leg
The New England Revolution play
Costa Rica champions Liga
Deportiva Alajuelense tonight at
8:00 pm local time (9:00pm. ET)
in the second leg of their
quarterfinal series in the
CONCACAF Champions Cup.
The winner of the aggregate
goals series between the
Revolution and Alajuelense, tied
0-0 after the first leg, moves
on to the semifinals to play the
winner of the Club America
(Mexico) vs. Portmore United
(Jamaica) series. Club America
leads Portmore United 2-1 going
into the second leg of their
quarterfinal series this evening
in Mexico City.
The winner of the CONCACAF
Champions' Cup advances to play
in the FIFA Club World
Championship in Japan.
Similar to tournaments such as
the UEFA Champions League
(Europe) and the Copa
Libertadores (South America),
the CONCACAF Champions' Cup pits
the top professional soccer
teams in North America, Central
America and the Caribbean
against one another. The
competition has crowned the
CONCACAF champion since 1962.
The Revs qualified for the
CONCACAF Champions' Cup by
winning the 2005 MLS Eastern
Conference Championship.
LD Alajuelense, a two-time
winner of the CONCACAF Champions
Cup (1986, 2004), is the most
successful club in Costa Rican
soccer history.
Alajuelense holds the record for
the most Costa Rican Primera
División championships with 24
and is also the reigning
champion of the 2005 UNCAF Cup -
the Central American club
championship.
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