Club America's Rubens Sambueza (yellow jersey) had four assists during the 2015-16 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals. (Photo: Mexsport)

For the second time in Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League history, the final four consists entirely of teams from Mexico, after they eliminated four United States sides in the quarterfinals.

CONCACAF.com takes a look at the quarterfinal, second-leg matches.

TOP GAME
Real Salt Lake 1, Tigres 1: Joao Plata opened the scoring in the 22nd minute to cut Real Salt Lake’s aggregate deficit in half. Javier Morales then had the chance to double RSL’s lead on the night, only to see his penalty saved. Andre-Pierre Gignac’s stoppage-time equalizer completed Tigres’ 3-1 total-goals triumph.

TOP GOALS
Andre-Pierre Gignac, Tigres: With Real Salt Lake pressing to level the aggregate score, Gignac capitalized in stoppage time. After reaching Israel Jimenez’s diagonal ball from the right, Liga MX’s scoring leader touched first around goalkeeper Nick Rimando and then across the retreating Jamison Olave. His finish into the empty net sealed a 1-1 tie on the night and a 3-1 aggregate win.

Martin Bravo, Santos: After the LA Galaxy managed only a half-clearance of a Santos corner kick, Jesus Molina reached the ball on the right and looped a short cross to Bravo, who leaped to send a side volley past Dan Kennedy to open the scoring. Bravo later added his second goal of the match and the tournament to ice Santos’ 4-0 win.

Angel Sepulveda, Queretaro: Four minutes after the opening whistle, Sepulveda’s first goal of the tournament gave Queretaro the lead on a sequence sparked by Sinha’s cross from the right to Edgar Benitez on the back post. Benitez headed back across the penalty area for Sepulveda, whose crisp, right-footed finish helped Queretaro earn a 1-1 draw in the match and a 3-1 aggregate victory.

Julian Buescher, D.C. United: Ten minutes after entering as a substitute, Buescher scored his first professional goal on a stunning, 30-yard, right-footed strike that swerved away from the sprawling Queretaro goalkeeper Tiago Volpi. The goal, which skimmed off the inside of the right post first, leveled the match at 1-1.

TOP SAVES
Nahuel Guzman, Tigres: With a chance to even the aggregate score at 2-2, Real Salt Lake’s Javier Morales stepped to the penalty spot and tried to chip over the diving Guzman. Instead, the goalkeeper reached up his trailing left hand to push the ball away.

Tiago Volpi, Queretaro: With a 1-0 lead in the match, a 3-0 lead on aggregate and a crucial away goal in hand, Queretaro offered D.C. a lifeline with a 55th-minute penalty. But Volpi guessed correctly, diving right to deny Chris Rolfe’s spot kick. The Gallos Blancos advanced thanks in part to Volpi’s 16 saves over two legs.

TOP TEAM PERFORMANCE
Santos: After holding the LA Galaxy to a scoreless draw in the series opener, Santos wasted no time establishing its superiority in the second leg. The host led 3-0 by the 36th minute before Martin Bravo completed his brace in the second half to help the Guerreros to their fourth semifinal berth in five SCCL appearances.

TOP INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
Martin Bravo, Santos: The 29-year-old striker scored his first two goals of the current tournament (nine for his SCCL career) and also spotted Ulises Davila for his deflected goal in a 4-0 second-leg victory over the LA Galaxy. The goals marked just Bravo’s second and third in all competitions since joining Santos before the start of the 2016 Liga MX Clausura.

QUARTERFINAL KING
Rubens Sambueza, Club America: Defending champion Club America scored five goals during its two-leg quarterfinal triumph over the Seattle Sounders. Sambueza played the role of provider on four of those tallies, including precise crosses onto the heads of Carlos Darwin Quintero and Oribe Peralta during the Aguilas’ 3-1 victory in the second leg at the Estadio Azteca.

ONE LAST THING
All three penalties awarded during the quarterfinal round were saved by goalkeepers. It evened out between Tigres and Real Salt Lake, with RSL’s Nick Rimando saving Andre-Pierre Gignac in the first leg and Tigres’ Nahuel Guzman thwarting Javier Morales in the second. Elsewhere, Tiago Volpi denied D.C. United’s Chris Rolfe in the second leg.