April 17, 2018 MLS Toronto FC--Toronto FC vs CD Guadalajara CONCACAF Champions League Final (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the April 17, 2018 CONCACAF Championship Final series game between Toronto FC and CD Guadalajara
played at BMO Field in Toronto at 8:15pm.
1 min...Guadalajara Rodolfo Pizzarro GOAL...CDG Isaac Brizuela runs to right end line chased by TFC Jonathan Osorio
after receiving short throw-in and from 18 yards sends low cross that CDG Alan Pulido with back to goal who has TFC Drew Moor
behind him lets ball go by and Pizzarro at 7 yards even with right post one-touches shot over sliding TFC Auro into open left
corner of net with goalie Alex Bono trapped on right post.
18 min...TFC Jonathan Osorio GOAL...TFC Sebastian Giovinco appears to stumble cutting in from right at 35 yard line being
chased by Michael Perez leaving ball for TFC Jozy Altidore who immediately rolls ball forward past defender to TFC Marky Delgado
at the top right side of box. Delgado runs forward to 8 yards on right and rolls pass along 5 yard line beyond goalie
Miguel Jimenez diving forward in middle and charging Osorio beatgs retreating defender to slide for ball at 3 yards in alignment
with left post to shoot into left side of open net. The defender slides into post.
32 min...TFC Sebastian Giovinco at 25 yards on left rolls centering pass just a step ahead of outstretched TFC Jonathan Osorio
in center and ball rolls to TFC Auro at 15 yards on right side of box. He one-touches pass back to middle and Osorio backheels
ball at 10 yards over to TFC Jozy Altidore behind defender and his 8 yard shot is caught point blank by sliding goalie on edge
of 6 yard box.
42 min...TFC Jozy Altidore at 22 yards on far right turns to goal and centers ball to TFC Sebastian Giovinco at 15 yards on right
side of box he backheels a nutmeg through defender's legs and charging Altidore who has shaken his defender CDG Oswaldo Alanis
receives ball at 10 yards on right and he running to middle takes 8 yard shot which kneeling goalie at 3 yards on right side of goal
deflcts wide right.
46 min...TFC Sebastian Giovinco runs down left side and rolls pass along 25 yard line and TFC Jozy Altidore and two defenders in middle
have already run past it but charging TFC Marky elgado on edge of box shoots 18 yarder over bar.
53 min...CDG Orbelin Pineda receives short pass as he runs to middle from left.
53 min...CDG Rudolfo Pizarro at 25 yard line on left rolls centering pass to CDG Orbelin Pineda who from 25 yards in middle shields ball
from TFC Michael Bradley and shoots low 18 yarder that diving goalie pushes wide from 4 yards near left post. The ball is past CDG Pizarro
but CDG Jose Godinez gets to it at 15 yards on far leftg and TFC Eriq Zavaleta at 10 yards deflects shot wide left.
70 min...TFC Drew Moor pushes over CDG Jose Godinez near left sideline at 16 yard line.
71 min...CDG Alan Pulido GOAL...Pulido sends freekick from 28 yards on far left side over players in box and waving arms goalie at 2 yards
in center of net and ball drops into open right corner of net.
74 min...TFC Eriq Zavaleta rushes forwarded up middle from 40 yards and from 28 yards rolls pass forward where TFC Jozy Altidore on edge of box
with back to goal to shiled from defender backheels pass and charging TFC Sebastian Giovinco is brought down by retreating defender's sliding
tackle at 12 yards but he got enough ball that no Penalty kick call was made.
76 min...TFC Eriq Zavaleta at 40 yard line on right rolls pass forward to TFC Sebastian Giovinco at 20 yards and his shot from 16 yards has goalie
die left to push ball wide of post.

Final Score:.....Toronto FC.....1.......CD Guadalajara......2........

Attendance was announced as 29925. It looked good—the fullest its been for any game in the series. The north end zone stands were sold for this game. A lot of tickets were sold or transferred to fans I hadn't seen before including Chivas fans. They made themselves known early when the visitors scored one minute into the game. The weather got colder as they night wore on. Still getting snowed on tonight was the rain which fell on us last game in the front rows when the wind changed direction. We're just getting over an icestorm over the weekend which is unusual for halfways through April. A new trophy was unveiled after the players came out onto the field. Like the other CCL rounds, there are no national anthems played. There was only one Yellow given out tonight by referee Ricardo Montero from Costa Rica. Montero had been to Toronto before as he was the referee on March 7 for the game against Tigres UANL and the fourth official for the Club America game. This was the third series in row for referee's assistant Ainsley Rochard of Trinidad & Tobago! Both teams had Yellow card warned players but everyone was well behaved this game and the referee only gave out one tonight and that was to Chivas Isaac Brizuela who did not have a previous Yellow. Chivas defenders Jair Pereira and Edwin Hernandez, regular goalie Rodolfo Cota were all missing from this game for suspensions. I almost expected to see some of their 'three digit' players—guys with numbers in the hundreds but for this game they were wearing more of what we're used to—but unused midfield sub Fernando Beltran wore '23' instead of '288' and forward Jose Macias who did get into the game wore '18' not '292'. Chris Mavinga returned as a defender for TFC after missing games through injury but he only last one half before Eriq Zavaleta replaced him. Winger Justin Morrow who had also been out with injuries was a 66 minute substitute. He replaced Canadian starter Ashton Morgan leaving Osorio as the only Canadian on the field. Forwards Tosaint Ricketts and Jordan Hamilton were the Canadians who stayed on the bench. I didn't like the Chivas uniforms because they had navy numbers written directly on their red and white striped back rather than being written on a solid coloured box and then on their backs. I cound't read them so was watching for shoe colours. TFC gave up a goal in the second minute on the weekend in league play as well against Colorado but that was a team made of benchwarmers and USL callups. They made themselves known early when the visitors scored one minute into the game. Jonathan Osorio's goal means he has scored in every round of the CCL Championship. The winning Chivas goal was from a freekick and at a tougher angle then Giovinco's usual Goal of the Week winners. I didn't know if Jozy Altidore was sick or injured when I saw him limping then he shook it off later and had two great chances that had the goalie make two point blank saves. The guy in front of me says he was squating and throwing up. Yes the papers did say that's what he was doing which happened when TFC played in the series against Colorado. All the media sources that I saw listed TFC as strong favourites to win this series. Since they had beaten 'stronger and better' teams from Mexico in the last two rounds I could see where they would get that idea. Not much mention was given to the fact that Guadalajara had beaten MLS teams Seattle then New York Red Bulls to get this far. The result means TFC has a tough task ahead as not only have they lost this game but they have allowed Chivas to score two away goals which could be a tiebreaker. They will now have to win in Mexico next Wednesday and score at least two goals. My camera wouldn't work tonight with some kind of memory card error. I used my cell phone but my pictures are poor quality. I now put a spare memory card along with the spare battery I always carry so it won't happen again. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca twitter @RocketRobin0

stats from MLSsoccer.com
Match Information

Goals and Assists
 2' CDG  Rodolfo Pizarro             Assisted By: Isaác Brizuela
19' TFC  Jonathan Osorio             Assisted By: Marco Delgado, Jozy Altidore
72' CDG  Alan Pulido

Disciplinary
64' CDG  Isaác Brizuela              Reason: Time wasting

Lineup

Toronto FC
17 F Jozy Altidore
10 F Sebastian Giovinco
25 G Alexander Bono
 9 D Gregory Van der Wiel
 3 D Drew Moor
23 D Chris Mavinga         (HT)
96 M Auro
18 M Marco Delgado         (81')
 4 M Michael Bradley
21 M Jonathan Osorio
 5 M Ashtone Morgan         (67')

Bench
 1 G Clint Irwin
15 D Eriq Zavaleta          (HT)
 2 M Justin Morrow          (67')
 8 M Ager Aketxe            (81')
87 F Tosaint Ricketts
22 F Jordan Hamilton
26 M Nicolas Hasler

Manager  Greg Vanney

CD Guadalajara
89 F José de Jesús Godínez  (77')
34 G Miguel Jiménez
11 D Isaác Brizuela
 3 D Carlos Salcido
 2 D Oswaldo Alanís
88 D Alejandro Mayorga      (71')
 7 M Orbelín Pineda
25 M Michael Pérez
24 M Carlos Cisneros
 9 M Alan Pulido             (90'+4')
20 M Rodolfo Pizarro

Bench
 1 G José Rodríguez
28 D Juan Basulto
10 D Javier López           (71')
13 M Gael Sandoval
18 M José Macías             (90'+4')
23 M Fernando Beltrán
14 F Ángel Zaldívar          (77')

Manager  Matías Almeyda

Officials
Referee                       Ricardo Montero
Assistant Referee             Juan Carlos Mora
Assistant Referee             Ainsley Rochard
Fourth Official               Héctor Said Martínez

Match Information
CONCACAF Champions League at BMO Field
Toronto, ON
Attendance 29925
Weather Clear

Team Statistics

TFC                            CDG 
 18    Shots                    15    
  7    Shots on Target           7     
  7    Shots off Target          6     
  4    Blocked Shots             2     
 11    Corners                   4     
 23    Crosses                  10     
  1    Offsides                  5      
 12    Fouls                    13      
  0    Yellow Cards              1         
  0    Red Cards                 0      
426    Total Passes            368     
 77 %  Passing Accuracy         77 %    
 54.4 % Possession              45.6 %      
 71     Duels Won               62      
 28     Tackles Won             14     
  5     Saves                    6     
  6     Clearances              25

Toronto FC starters