By Mariana Smithfield
Match Notes:
- The Crew earned a 1-1 draw against Tigres UANL Tuesday evening in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup Quarterfinals at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio.
- The Black & Gold are unbeaten through their first three 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup matches.
- With the draw, the Crew possess a 2-0-4 record in first legs of knockout round matches of the Concacaf Champions Cup.
- Columbus has scored at least one goal in 22 of its past 23 matches across all competitions, netting 44 goals in the stretch.
- Dating back to the 2023 season, the Black & Gold hold an overall unbeaten streak of 21 matches (16-0-5) across all competitions. Additionally, the Club has only lost one of their past 34 home matches in all competitions (23-1-10) since Aug. 2022.
- With tonight’s result, the Crew also extended their unbeaten streak to 10 home matches in Concacaf Champions Cup play (4-0-6), dating back to Sept. 2009.
- Forward Diego Rossi leveled the scoring in the 43rd minute with his first goal of the 2024 season across all competitions.
- Rossi registered his second goal against Tigres UANL. His first occurred with LAFC in the 2020 Concacaf Champions Cup Final on December 22, 2020.
- Midfielder Aidan Morris recorded the assist to Rossi’s score, his second assist of the season across all competitions
- The Crew face Tigres UANL in the second leg of the quarterfinals at Estadio Universitario on Tuesday, April 9 at 8:45 p.m. ET. Based on tonight’s result, the Club can advance to the Concacaf Championship Cup Semifinals for the first time in franchise history with:
- A Crew victory by any margin.
- A draw with both teams scoring two or more goals.
- In the event the match is tied 1-1 at the end of regulation, the contest will proceed to extra time and potentially penalty kicks.
- With a Tigres UANL win or 0-0 draw, Tigres would advance to the next round.
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