ARABE UNIDO | AGUILA | |
3 | Wins | 1 |
0 | Draws | 1 |
0 | Losses | 1 |
7 | Goals For | 2 |
1 | Goals Against | 3 |
Match Officials
REFEREE:Hector Rodriguez (Honduras) |
ASSISTANT REFEREE 1:Omar Velasquez (Honduras) |
ASSISTANT REFEREE 2:Omar Leiva(Honduras) |
4TH OFFICIAL:Oscar Moncada(Honduras) |
Suspended
DAU: none |
AGU: Josue OdirFlores |
Single Caution
DAU:Enrico Small, Abdiel Macea |
AGU: James Cabezas, YairIbarguen, Javier Lezcano, Jose Ortiz, Marvin Ramos |
Estadio Rommel Fernandez –Panama City, Panama
August 23, 2017 –10:00 p.m. ET
ARABE UNIDO
• Round of 16 Results v Central FC (agg: 5-1):2-1 away win (Carlos Small 39’; Enrico Small 62’); 3-0 home win (Renan Addles 3’, 23’; Carlos Small 68’) … Quarterfinal Results v Aguila:2-0 away win (Carlos Small 46’, 83’)
• Qualification Method: 2016 AperturaRunner-up, finalist with 2nd best aggregate record
• Scotiabank CONCACAF League appearances (SCL): 1 (2017)
• CONCACAF Club Titles: none
• Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League (SCCL) appearances: 5 (2009/10, 2010/11, 2013/14, 2015/16, 2016/17) … Best SCCL Finish: Quarterfinals-3 (2009/10; 2013/14; 2016/17) … All-Time SCCL Record: W-15; D-2; L-15; GF-45; GA-48 … most matches played, wins and goals scored by a Panamanian team in SCCL history
• Panama league titles: 15 (1994/95 LINFUNA, 1995/96 LINFUNA, 1998/99, 2001 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2002 Apertura, 2004 Apertura, 2004 Clausura, 2008 Clausura, 2009 Apertura, 2010 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2015 Clausura, 2015 Apertura, 2016 Apertura)
• 2017 Panamanian Apertura: (2nd Place): W-3; D-3; L-0; GF-8; GA-4 … Last match: (August 20, 2017) 1-1 home draw v Plaza Amador (Carlos Small 51’) … Carlos Small has scored in two consecutive Aperturagames
• Last three 2017 Aperturagames have ended in 1-1 draws
• Advanced 2016/17 SCCL quarterfinals, before falling to FC Dallas (agg: 2-5) … in group stage, defeated three-time champion Monterrey twice (3-2 away, 2-1 home)
• Jose Gonzalez, Midfielder (26): scored a team-high five goals and added one assist in 2016/17 SCCL … eight career SCCL goals … scored in both 2016/17 SCCL wins over Monterrey
• Enrico Small, Forward (28): scored a goal in 2-0 win over Plaza Amador in 2016 Panamanian Aperturafinal … one goal in 13 all-time SCCL games (goal scored in 79th minute of 3-0 away win v Montego Bay United on August 5, 2015) … top scorer in 2016 Panamanian Apertura(16 goals)
• Roberto Chen, Defender (23): appeared in three games for Panama in 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup … played every minute of Panama’s six games in 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup … competed in two SCCL editions (2011/12: San Francisco; 2016/17: ArabeUnido) … one career SCCL goal (1, 2-1 home win v FC Dallas on March 1, 2017) … played for Malaga in Spain’s La Liga(2 games in 2013)
AGUILA
• Round of 16 Results v Real Esteli(agg: 1-1, 4:3 pens):1-0 home win (Victor Garcia 89’); 0-1 away loss … Quarterfinal Results v ArabeUnido:0-2 home loss
• Qualification Method: non-champion with 2nd best aggregate record in 2016/17 season
• Scotiabank CONCACAF League appearances (SCL): 1 (2017)
• CONCACAF club titles: 1 (1976) … defeated Suriname’s Robinhoodin final (agg: 8-3)
• Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League (SCCL) appearances: 1 (2012/13) … Best SCCL Finish: Group Stage-1 (2012/13) … SCCL all-time record: W-0; D-0; L-4; GF-1; GA-17
• YaikelPerez (37’) scored Aguila’sonly SCCL goal in 1-5 away loss v Toronto FC on August 1, 2012
• Salvadoran league titles: 15 (1959, 1960/61, 1963/64, 1964, 1967/68, 1972, 1975/76, 1976/77, 1983, 1987/88, 1999 Apertura, 2000 Apertura, 2001 Clausura, 2006 Clausura, 2012 Clausura)
• Osvaldo Escuderoreplaced Jorge Daniel Casanova as head coach on August 14, 2017
• 2017 Salvadoran Apertura: (9th Place): W-0; D-3; L-1; GF-5; GA-6 … Last match: (August 19, 2017) 1-1 home draw v FAS (David Rugamas 6’) … Javier Lezcanohas team-best two Aperturagoals; James Cabezas, Jose Ortiz, David Rugamas(one goal each)
• Three of four 2017 Aperturagames have ended in 1-1 draws
• BenjiVillalobos, Goalkeeper (29): El Salvador international (played one game in 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, before suffering injury v Mexico) … appeared in three games for Aguilain 2012/13 SCCL
• Victor Garcia, Midfielder (22): was on El Salvador’s roster for 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, but did not see any action … earned his first cap for El Salvador in a 2-2 draw with Honduras on May 28, 2017
• Edwin Sanchez, Midfielder (27): competed in two SCCL editions (2011/12: Isidro Metapan; 2012/13: FAS) … appeared in one game at 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup (substitute in 0-2 quarterfinal loss v USA)
• James Cabezas, Forward (33): with Venezuela’s Trujillanos, scored two goals in 2016 Copa Libertadores(1, 1-2 away loss v The Strongest; 1, 3-4 away loss v River Plate)