The Columbus Crew can make some serious headway in reaching the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals in its Group B match against Santos Laguna (8 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel).
Columbus trails Santos by one point in the group, and both have created separation from third-place Municipal and fourth-place Joe Public. With a victory at Crew Stadium, the Major League Soccer side would take control of the group and put itself in a very advantageous spot.
Toronto FC is in a less favorable position, facing Cruz Azul (10 p.m., FSC) and needing a win in Mexico – which would be a first in the CCL for an MLS side – to keep pace in Group A. In order to do so, the Reds will have to find a way to contain Cruz Azul striker Javier Orozco, who has scored 10 goals in four Champions League matches (qualifiers included).
If you will be watching either or both of these matches, please feel free to share any thoughts, opinions and play-by-play in the comments section below. Enjoy the action!
Toronto brings their anti-football and you all are complaining about a horn? Get real. The only thing that makes this game hard to watch is Toronto’s total lack of abilities and the balls to come out and play football.
Yikes, that was clearly intended to injure.
I agree wholeheartedly. It made me stop watching. Not that Cruz Azul care about me watching their online feed.
The horn is unacceptable. This is 10x worse than vuvuzelas.
That kid who play acted is a teenager just signed from the academy. Kid still hasn’t been taught to play with integrity
Let’s be clear, it would be cool if TFC could hold on. I don’t like the team but still.
Toronto are acting like a bunch of thugs and bush league players.
I would have red carded that moron refusing to leave the field of play, that’s out of control.
The difference in skills between CA and TFC is beyond embarrassing. When are MLS teams going to understand that big, fast and strong does not equal football players?
They’ve had that foghorn at Cruz Azul’s stadium for several years. Don’t know if its brought by fans or a permanent part of their stadium sound system. But it is annoying.
WIT= Whatever It Takes (especially for toronto)
Announcers said it’s actually the fans, I thought it was the PA system too.
It’s ridiculous.
That horn cannot be legal. It just seems so unsporting. TFC is playing like Arabe Unido, lots of time wasting…. well kinda, at least they aren’t diving and acting like they’ve been hit by a sniper. I expect more class from an MLS team
As an aside, the ref has been spot on tonight. For all the abuse heaped on the CCL officials, in this one, they have been very sharp on some close calls. Letting the game run for the most part too which is generally desirable.
The problem for TFC has been that their first touch has been truly awful. That ain’t the crowd, the smog, or anything other than lack of skill under pressure.
The other problem for TFC is that friggin horn.
I see Toronto brought nothing but defenders for this game.
Dude it’s Aden, pathetic to him is usually decent to everyone else… Toronto without a head coach in Mexico city…. Hmmm besides the injuries they look as good as expected.
This TFC-Cruz Azul game is a real snoozer. Cruz Azul is dominating, but they’re really not doing much in the final third.
You know the announcers are so confident that Cruz Azul will score at any moment and they might… but they haven’t created a chance yet.
And ANOTHER injury to TFC. Tough times using two in the first 29 minutes.
And Toronto isn’t great but pathetic is tough…Cruz Azul came into this game really hot.
Toronto is pathetic.
Yeah, the poor attendance is a drag. Then again, take a look at Cruz Azul’s stadium tonight. Midweek is tough for group stage CCL games.
I’ll be heading back for work to Ohio right after the MLS playoffs…..sigh.
Mig,
That is the story of my life, though it sounds like you are there more often than me. As an Ohioan who doesn’t live there anymore, I seem to have the worst luck getting to games. It makes me especially mad after looking at so many empty seats.
This is going to be a chippy game. And Toronto has touched the ball for about 1 out of 9 minutes….and they had to sub already due to injury.
This could be bad.
The horn at the Cruz Azul stadium cannot be legal, can it?
Mendoza has an impressive resume.
1/3 or better strike rate in Belgium, Ukraine, Mexico and Turkey
WOW, Cruz Azul has a rather spicy starting horn of their own. Sounds like dockside there with that freighter horn they sound.
LOL, yeah, I had forgotten about that one too. So three home games.
I’m not a Crew fan other than they are always field a good product and I spent enough time with Crew fans there to appreciate their fervor.
Cheers!
I hope one of the games you missed was against Seattle (if you’re a Crew fan that is).
Huh? I don’t see how it was random. It was certainly as well deserved as the goal Santos had 3 minutes into stoppage time in the first match.
Good on the Crew. Figures I just left Columbus last week and missed two games I could have went to see. I’ve been out and back there all year and have had almost no overlap with their home games.
MENDOZA ACCEPTED!!!!!!!
What a random goal.
GOOOOLLLL!
thank you.
MENDOZA DENIED!!!!!!!!!!
wow, garey is awful!
Santos has played much better the second half. Chad Marshall just took a boot to the face, and was down for about 2 minutes before being walked off the field.
columbus is getting ole’d in their own stadium.
It’s all inclusive.
Entertaining first half. I thought the Crew made the better chances and looked more dangerous. I think they can get 3 points tonight.
Everyone new to Crew Stadium is probably thinking “wtf was that train-whistle that blew at half time?”
Crew looking strong, but can’t find that finishing touch.
Joe Public is an outstanding name.
Well….
I am of the opinion that Renteria needs shorter shorts.
firstrow.net Then scroll down to the Crew game and click on whatever link, language and broadcast works for you.
can someone please give me a website feed?
Sounders fan here, rooting for the Crew tonight. I think they are MLS’ best hope in this competition and I’d love to see them do well.
Let’s get this out of the way: It’s the referees fault we lost. They are freaking disgraceful and they hate American teams.
There..
Henry’s out for the Galaxy game.