2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League championship round

The 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League championship round began on 24 February 2009. The draw for the championship round was held on 10 December 2008. In each round, teams will play their opponent once at home and once away. The four group winners from the group stage will play the second leg at home in the quarterfinals. The order of the home and away matches for the semifinals and finals were determined in the draw.

In all rounds, if two teams are tied after both legs the team with the most away goals is the winner. If the two teams are also tied in away goals, then two fifteen-minute halves of extra time are played. If the two teams are still tied in total goals after extra time, a penalty shootout determines the winner.

Bracket

Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Finals

Puerto Rico Islanders	2	1	3

Marathón	1	0	1
				Puerto Rico Islanders	2	1	3 (2)

				Cruz Azul (p)	0	3	3 (4)
Cruz Azul	1	1	2

UNAM	0	0	0
								Cruz Azul	0	0	0

								Atlante	2	0	2
Montreal Impact	2	2	4

Santos Laguna	0	5	5
				Santos Laguna	2	1	3

				Atlante	1	3	4
Houston Dynamo	1	0	1

Atlante	1	3	4

Quarterfinals

The first legs of the quarterfinals were played from 24 February 2009 to 26 February 2009, while the second legs were played from 3 March 2009 to 5 March 2009.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Houston Dynamo	1–4	Atlante	1–1	0–3
Montreal Impact	4–5	Santos Laguna	2–0	2–5
Puerto Rico Islanders	3–1	Marathón	2–1	1–0
Cruz Azul	2–0	UNAM	1–0	1–0

First leg

24 February 2009

21:00 (UTC-6)

Houston Dynamo	1–1	Atlante
Boswell 30'	(Report)	Pereyra 82'

Robertson Stadium, Houston

Attendance: 10,203

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

25 February 2009

20:00 (UTC-5)

Montreal Impact	2–0	Santos Laguna
Sebrango 5', 77'	(Report)

Olympic Stadium, Montreal

Attendance: 55,571

Referee: Terry Vaughn (United States)

25 February 2009

21:00 (UTC-6)

Cruz Azul	1–0	UNAM
Lozano 5'	(Report)

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

26 February 2009

21:00 (UTC-4)

Puerto Rico Islanders	2–1	Marathón
Addlery 74' Jagdeosingh 80'	(Report)	Palacios 41'

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica)

Second leg

3 March 2009

21:00 (UTC-6)

Atlante	3–0	Houston Dynamo
Navarro 24' Márquez 37' Maldonado 90'	(Report)

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

Atlante won 4–1 on aggregate.

4 March 2009

19:00 (UTC-6)

Marathón	0–1	Puerto Rico Islanders
	(Report)	Addlery 90'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)

Puerto Rico Islanders won 3–1 on aggregate.

4 March 2009

21:00 (UTC-6)

UNAM	0–1	Cruz Azul
	(Report)	Riveros 86'

Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City

Attendance: 19,721

Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

Cruz Azul won 2–0 on aggregate.

5 March 2009

21:00 (UTC-6)

Santos Laguna	5–2	Montreal Impact
Benítez 16' Vuoso 52', 75' Quintero 90+2', 90+5'	(Report)	Brown 24' Sebrango 38'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)

Santos Laguna won 5–4 on aggregate.

Semifinals

The first legs of the semifinals were played on 17 March and 18 March 2009, while the second legs were played on 7 April and 8 April 2009.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Puerto Rico Islanders	3–3 (2–4 p)	Cruz Azul	2–0	1–3 (a.e.t.)
Santos Laguna	3–4	Atlante	2–1	1–3

First leg

17 March 2009

20:00 (UTC-4)

Puerto Rico Islanders	2–0	Cruz Azul
Gbandi 4' Addlery 37'	(Report)

Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón

Attendance: 12,751

Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

18 March 2009

20:00 (UTC-6)

Santos Laguna	2–1	Atlante
Quintero 6', 75'	(Report)	Pereyra 35'

Estadio Corona, Torreón

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)

Second leg

7 April 2009

21:00 (UTC-5)

Cruz Azul	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Puerto Rico Islanders
Zeballos 44' Orozco 84' Villaluz 99'	(Report)	Gbandi 92'
Penalties
Zeballos Andrade Torrado Lugo Orozco	4–2	Arrieta Delgado Jagdeosingh Krause

Estadio Azul, Mexico City

Attendance: 6,928

Referee: Paul Ward (Canada)

3–3 on aggregate. Cruz Azul won 4–2 on penalties.

8 April 2009

21:00 (UTC-5)

Atlante	3–1	Santos Laguna
Rey 41' Maldonado 73' Márquez 90+4' (pen.)	(Report)	Vuoso 67'

Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

Atlante won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

The two-legged final was played on 22 April and 12 May 2009. The second leg was originally scheduled for 29 April, but was postponed until 12 May by CONCACAF due to concerns over an outbreak of swine flu in Mexico.