He Toluca It became the first team to seal its pass to the quarterfinals of the Leagues Cup After imposing 2-1 on New York City, while UANL tigers life was complicated by falling by the same marker before the LAFC. The Toluca began losing to an opponent who advanced with a goal in the 10th minute of Costa Rican Alonso Martínez. But the ‘Red Devils’ traced before the break with so many of Ricardo Angulo and Paulinho in 37 and 40.
This Toluca-New York City opened the last day of the group phase of the Leagues Cup, which is played until Thursday to decide. Tigres also started behind on the scoreboard against the FC with a penalty goal by Venezuelan David Martínez. Tigres managed to tie around the break thanks to Édgar López, but Martínez signed a double to give the victory to the Angels.
Everardo López (Toluca) disputes a ball with Nico Fernández
The first half would end with a huge tangan that the referee solved with two yellow on each side. Both tigers and LaFC now add up to 6 points and, although they are not yet mathematically eliminated, their pass to rooms is complicated, especially for angels.
For its part, Columbus Crew won the Lion with a lonely goal by Maximilian Arfsten in the 53rd minute. The current champion provisionally heads the MLS group with 7 points, but he must wait for the results of this Wednesday and Thursday to know if he continues in the defense of the title. James Rodríguez’s lion says goodbye to the competition with a sad balance of a single point in three games. The Pachuca beat Houston Dynamo 1-2. He advanced with a goal in the 25th minute of the Colombian Luis Quiñones, but the Houston equaled as a penalty in 82. Argentine Gastón Togni in the 85th minute gave the victory to Pachuca, with options to move to quarters.
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In other matches played on Tuesday, Puebla traced 1-2 to Montreal with goals from Uruguayan Emiliano Gómez and Mexican Ricardo Marín in the second half, while San Diego defeated Mazatlan 0-2 with a double of Onni Valakari. Montreal, Mazatlan and San Diego say goodbye to the Leagues Cup with these results, while the Puebla is pending a carambola. Toluca, Pachuca, Tigres and Puebla provisionally occupy the first four positions of the Mexican Leagues Cup group, while Columbus Crew, Seattle, Portland and LAFC lead the MLS group.
