2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage

The 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League championship stage was played from February 24 to April 29, 2015. Eight teams competed in the championship stage to decide the champions of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League.^[1]

Qualified teams

The winners of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the championship stage.

Group	Winners
1	Pachuca
2	Saprissa
3	Montreal Impact
4	D.C. United
5	Olimpia
6	Alajuelense
7	Herediano
8	América

Seeding

The qualified teams were seeded 1–8 in the championship stage according to their results in the group stage.

Seed	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	4	D.C. United	4	4	0	0	6	1	+5	12
2	8	América	4	3	1	0	19	3	+16	10
3	7	Herediano	4	3	1	0	11	4	+7	10
4	3	Montreal Impact	4	3	1	0	6	3	+3	10
5	1	Pachuca	4	3	0	1	17	8	+9	9
6	5	Olimpia	4	3	0	1	12	5	+7	9
7	2	Saprissa	4	2	1	1	7	4	+3	7
8	6	Alajuelense	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Drawing of lots.^[1]

Format

In the championship stage, the eight teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule would be used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after extra time, and so a tie would be decided by penalty shoot-out if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg.^[1]

Bracket

The bracket of the championship stage was determined by the seeding as follows:^[1]

• Quarterfinals: Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 (QF1), Seed 2 vs. Seed 7 (QF2), Seed 3 vs. Seed 6 (QF3), Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 (QF4), with seeds 1–4 hosting the second leg
• Semifinals: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4 (SF1), Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3 (SF2), with winners QF1 and QF2 hosting the second leg
• Finals: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2, with winner SF1 hosting the second leg

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	6	Olimpia	1	0	1
	3	Herediano	1	2	3
								3	Herediano	3	0	3
								2	América	0	6	6
	7	Saprissa	0	0	0
	2	América	3	2	5
															2	América	1	4	5
															4	Montreal Impact	1	2	3
	5	Pachuca	2	1	3
	4	Montreal Impact (a)	2	1	3
								4	Montreal Impact (a)	2	2	4
								8	Alajuelense	0	4	4
	8	Alajuelense	5	1	6
	1	D.C. United	2	2	4

Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on February 24–26, and the second legs were played on March 3–5, 2015.^[2][3]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Alajuelense	6–4	D.C. United	5–2	1–2
Saprissa	0–5	América	0–3	0–2
Olimpia	1–3	Herediano	1–1	0–2
Pachuca	3–3 (a)	Montreal Impact	2–2	1–1

All times U.S. Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5)

First leg

Olimpia	1–1	Herediano
Estupiñán 45'	Report	Lagos 58'

February 24, 2015

20:00

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

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Pachuca	2–2	Montreal Impact
Olvera 57' Nahuelpán 68'	Report	Duka 25', 53'

February 24, 2015

22:00

Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

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Saprissa	0–3	América
	Report	Aguilar 79' Peralta 81', 85'

February 25, 2015

21:00

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

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Alajuelense	5–2	D.C. United
Rodríguez 15' (pen.) Ortiz 22', 54' Venegas 27' McDonald 90'	Report	Espíndola 24' Birnbaum 89'

February 26, 2015

20:00

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)

Second leg

Montreal Impact	1–1	Pachuca
Porter 90+3'	Report	Cano 80' (pen.)

March 3, 2015

20:00

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 38,104^[4]

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

3–3 on aggregate. Montreal Impact won on away goals.

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D.C. United	2–1	Alajuelense
Arrieta 36' Espíndola 89' (pen.)	Report	Venegas 70'

March 4, 2015

20:00

RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 8,167

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Alajuelense won 6–4 on aggregate.

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América	2–0	Saprissa
Guerrero 43' Mares 80'	Report

March 4, 2015

22:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 40,688^[5]

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

América won 5–0 on aggregate.

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Herediano	2–0	Olimpia
Granados 47' Lagos 64'	Report

March 5, 2015

20:00

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Paul Delgadillo (Mexico)

Herediano won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first legs were played on March 17–18, and the second legs were played on April 7–8, 2015.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Montreal Impact	4–4 (a)	Alajuelense	2–0	2–4
Herediano	3–6	América	3–0	0–6

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

First leg

Herediano	3–0	América
Ramírez 54' Ruiz 69' Hansen 81'	Report

March 17, 2015

22:00

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 7,864^[6]

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

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Montreal Impact	2–0	Alajuelense
Piatti 9' Cabrera 14'	Report

March 18, 2015

20:00

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 33,675^[7]

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Second leg

Alajuelense	4–2	Montreal Impact
Gabas 47', 61' Guevara 79' McDonald 90+3'	Report	McInerney 42' Romero 72'

April 7, 2015

22:00

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Attendance: 17,895^[6]

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

4–4 on aggregate. Montreal Impact won on away goals.

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América	6–0	Herediano
Quintero 4' Benedetto 8', 19', 25', 32' A. Díaz 85'	Report

April 8, 2015

22:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 66,208^[8]

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

América won 6–3 on aggregate.

Finals

Main article: 2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final

The first leg was played on April 22, and the second leg was played on April 29, 2015.^[9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	5–3	Montreal Impact	1–1	4–2

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

First leg

América	1–1	Montreal Impact
Peralta 88'	Report	Piatti 16'

April 22, 2015

21:00

Estadio Azteca, Mexico City

Attendance: 56,783^[10]

Referee: Héctor Rodríguez (Honduras)

Second leg

Montreal Impact	2–4	América
Romero 8' McInerney 88'	Report	Benedetto 50', 67', 81' Peralta 65'

April 29, 2015

20:00

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 61,004^[11]

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

América won 5–3 on aggregate.

References

1. "CONCACAF Champions League 2014–15 Regulations" (PDF). CONCACAF.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
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3. "CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinal Schedule Amended". CONCACAF.com. December 3, 2014. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
4. "MATCH REPORT: Impact makes history by qualifying for Champions League semifinals". Montreal Impact. March 4, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
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6. "SCCL: All-Time Semifinal Results & Scorers". CONCACAF. 24 July 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
7. "MATCH REPORT: Impact tops Alajuelense 2-0 in Champions League first leg". Montreal Impact. March 18, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
8. "Club America breaks SCCL attendance record". CONCACAF. 6 February 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
9. "Scotiabank CCL final dates, times set". CONCACAF.com. April 9, 2015. Archived from the original on September 26, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
10. Moffat, Rick. "Twitter @RickMoffat". Twitter. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
11. Moffat, Rick. "Twitter @RickMoffat". Twitter. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

External links

• CONCACAF Champions League Archived 2015-12-12 at the Wayback Machine, CONCACAF.com