2018 CONCACAF League

2018 CONCACAF League

2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF League
Tournament details
Dates	31 July – 1 November 2018
Teams	16 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Herediano (1st title)
Runners-up	Motagua
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	76 (2.53 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edwin Aguilar Román Castillo Yendrick Ruiz (5 goals each)
Best player(s)	Yendrick Ruiz
Best young player	Jimmy Marín
Best goalkeeper	Leonel Moreira
Fair play award	Motagua
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The 2018 CONCACAF League (officially the 2018 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the second edition of the CONCACAF League, a football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. ^[1]

Herediano defeated Motagua in the final to win their first CONCACAF League, and qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League to join the 15 direct entrants. ^[2] Olimpia were the title holders, but did not qualify for this tournament and were unable to defend their title, and consequently their streak of participating in all ten editions of the CONCACAF Champions League since 2008 ended.

Qualification

A total of 16 teams participate in the CONCACAF League:

• Central American Zone: 13 teams (from six associations; ordinarily from seven associations, but Guatemalan teams were excluded from this season's tournament)
• Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from two or three associations)

Therefore, teams from either 8 or 9 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.

Central America

The 13 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) are allocated to the seven UNCAF member associations as follows: two berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Nicaragua, and one berth for Belize.

All of the leagues of Central America employ a split season with two tournaments in one season, so the following teams qualify for the CONCACAF League:

• In the league of Costa Rica, the champions with the worse aggregate record, and the non-champions with the best aggregate record, qualify. If there is any team which are champions of both tournaments, the non-champions with the second best aggregate record qualify.
• In the leagues of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, the champions with the worse aggregate record, and the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments), qualify. If there is any team which are finalists of both tournaments, the runners-up with the worse aggregate record qualify. If there are any two teams which are finalists of both tournaments, the semi-finalists with the best aggregate record qualify.
• In the league of Nicaragua, both champions qualify. If there is any team which are champions of both tournaments, the runners-up with the better aggregate record (or any team which are runners-up of both tournaments) qualify.
• In the league of Belize, the champions with the better aggregate record (or any team which are champions of both tournaments) qualify.

If teams from any Central American associations are excluded, they are replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. For this season, the two teams from Guatemala were excluded due to the suspension of their federation by FIFA and were replaced by an additional team each from Costa Rica and Panama. ^[3]

Caribbean

The three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), which consists of 31 member associations, are allocated via the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, the first-tier and second-tier subcontinental Caribbean club tournaments. Since 2018, the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship is open to teams from professional leagues, and the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield is open to teams from non-professional leagues. To qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, teams have to finish as the champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, while to qualify for the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, teams have to finish as the champions of their respective association's league in the previous season. ^[4]

The runners-up and third-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, and the winners of a playoff between the fourth-placed team of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship and the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield, qualify for the CONCACAF League. For the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield to be eligible for the playoff, they must comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League. ^[5]

Teams

The following 16 teams (from eight associations) qualified for the tournament.

Qualified teams from Central America (13 teams)

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App.(last)	Previous best (last)
Costa Rica (2 + 1 berths) [Note GUA]	Pérez Zeledón	Champions with worse aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2017 Apertura)	1st	Debut
	Herediano	Non-champions with best aggregate record in 2017–18 season	1st	Debut
	Santos de Guápiles	Non-champions with 2nd best aggregate record in 2017–18 season	2nd (2017)	Runners-up (2017)
Panama (2 + 1 berths) [Note GUA]	Universitario	Champions with worse aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2017 Apertura)	2nd (2017)	Quarter-finals (2017)
	Árabe Unido	Runners-up with better aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2017 Apertura)	2nd (2017)	Semi-finals (2017)
	Tauro	Runners-up with worse aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2018 Clausura)	1st	Debut
El Salvador (2 berths)	Santa Tecla	2017 Apertura and 2018 Clausura runners-up	1st	Debut
	FAS	Semi-finalists with best aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2017 Apertura)	1st	Debut
Honduras (2 berths)	Real España	Champions with worse aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2017 Apertura)	1st	Debut
	Motagua	2017 Apertura and 2018 Clausura runners-up	1st	Debut
Nicaragua (2 berths)	Walter Ferretti	Champions with better aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2017 Apertura)	2nd (2017)	Quarter-finals (2017)
	Diriangén	Champions with worse aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2018 Clausura)	1st	Debut
Belize (1 berth)	Belmopan Bandits	Champions with better aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2018 Closing)	2nd (2017)	Round of 16 (2017)

Qualified teams from Caribbean (3 teams)

Association	Team	Qualifying method	App.(last)	Previous best (last)
Jamaica	Arnett Gardens	2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship runners-up	1st	Debut
	Portmore United	2018 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship third place	2nd (2017)	Round of 16 (2017)
Martinique	Club Franciscain	2018 Caribbean CONCACAF League playoff winners	1st	Debut

Notes

1. ^
   Guatemala (GUA): On 28 October 2016, FIFA suspended the National Football Federation of Guatemala for political interference by the Government of Guatemala. Until the suspension is lifted, Guatemalan teams are not permitted to participate in international competitions. ^[6] CONCACAF set the deadline of 31 March 2018 for the suspension to be lifted in order for Guatemalan teams to participate in the 2018 CONCACAF League, ^[7] and confirmed on 18 May 2018 that Guatemalan teams were expelled after the federation failed to be reinstated by FIFA. ^[3] The two Guatemalan teams which would have qualified for the CONCACAF League were:

   • Guastatoya, champions with worse aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2018 Clausura champions)
   • Xelajú MC, runners-up with better aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2018 Clausura runners-up)

   Antigua GFC, champions with better aggregate record in 2017–18 season (2017 Apertura champions), would have qualified directly to the Champions League. As a result, the two vacated berths were replaced by teams from Costa Rica (Santos de Guápiles) and Panama (Tauro), all entering the CONCACAF League as "wild card" teams, based on the performance of the Central American associations in the last five years, giving Costa Rica and Panama three berths each. Guatemala were ultimately reinstated by FIFA on 1 June 2018, and it was decided that the representative of Guatemala in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League would be decided by a two-legged playoff between Antigua GFC and Guastatoya. ^[8]

Draw

Pérez Zeledón

Herediano

Santos de Guápiles

Panama

Árabe Unido

Santa Tecla

FAS

Real España

Motagua

Walter Ferretti

Diriangén

Belmopan Bandits

Arnett Gardens

Portmore United

Club Franciscain

Panama teams
Tauro
Universitario

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Location of teams of the 2018 CONCACAF League
Central American Zone Caribbean Zone

The draw for the 2018 CONCACAF League was held on 23 May 2018, 19:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the Pullman Hotel in Miami, Florida, United States. ^{[9] [10]}

The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contained the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replaced a team from another association.

The seeding of teams were based on the CONCACAF Club Index. Each team qualified for the CONCACAF League based on criteria set by the respective associations (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., CRC2, CRC3) for each team. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that have occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF League or CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:

Points per	Participation	Win	Draw	Stage advanced	Champions
CONCACAF Champions League (2013–14 – 2018)	4	3	1	1	2
CONCACAF League (2017)	2	3	1	0.5	1

The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows: ^[11]

Pot	Rank	Slot	2013–14 CCL	2014–15 CCL	2015–16 CCL	2016–17 CCL	2017 CL or 2018 CCL	Total	Team
Pot 1	1	CRC2	10	18	9	14	5	56	Pérez Zeledón
	2	PAN2	7	8	10	8	13	46	Universitario
	3	SLV2	11	5	6	5	11.5	38.5	Santa Tecla
	4	HON2	4	8	11	11	2	36	Real España
	5	CCC2	4	10	7	5	2	28	Arnett Gardens
	6	NCA1	5	6	4	6	5	26	Walter Ferretti [NCA]
	7	CCC3	4	4	5	4	5	22	Portmore United
	8	BLZ1	0	0	8	4	2	14	Belmopan Bandits
Pot 2	9	PAN3	0	0	0	0	11	11	Árabe Unido
	10	NCA2	0	0	0	0	9.5	9.5	Diriangén [NCA]
	11	SLV3	0	0	0	0	8.5	8.5	FAS
	12	HON3	0	0	0	0	2	2	Motagua
	13	CRC3	0	0	0	0	2	2	Herediano
	14	CCC4	0	0	0	0	2	2	Club Franciscain
	15	CRC4	Wildcard team, automatically placed in Pot 2						Santos de Guápiles
	16	PAN4	Wildcard team, automatically placed in Pot 2						Tauro

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b}
   ^NCA The identity of the teams qualifying for the two slots for Nicaragua (NCA1 and NCA2) was not known at the time of the draw.

Format

In the CONCACAF League, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

• In the round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the away goals rule would be applied if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article F). ^[2]
• In the final, the away goals rule would not be applied, and extra time would be played if the aggregate score was tied after the second leg. If the aggregate score was still tied after extra time, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner (Regulations II, Article G). ^[2]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

	First leg	Second leg
Round of 16	31 July – 2 August 2018	7–9 August 2018
Quarter-finals	21–23 August 2018	28–30 August 2018
Semi-finals	18–20 September 2018	25–27 September 2018
Final	23–25 October 2018	30 October – 1 November 2018

All times are Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC−4, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses).

Bracket

	Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Herediano (a)	1	1	2
	Santa Tecla	0	2	2
							Herediano	3	2	5
							Universitario	0	1	1
	Diriangén	0	1	1
	Universitario	4	3	7
													Herediano	2	0	2
													Árabe Unido	0	1	1
	FAS	2	1	3
	Pérez Zeledón	1	1	2
							FAS	0	1	1
							Árabe Unido	1	3	4
	Árabe Unido	3	1	4
	Arnett Gardens	0	2	2
																			Herediano	2	1	3
																			Motagua	0	2	2
	Tauro	1	1	2
	Real España	0	1	1
							Tauro	3	4	7
							Walter Ferretti	1	0	1
	Club Franciscain	1	0	1 (1)
	Walter Ferretti (p)	0	1	1 (4)
													Tauro	2	0	2
													Motagua	1	2	3
	Motagua	2	1	3
	Belmopan Bandits	0	0	0
							Motagua	3	2	5
							Portmore United	2	0	2
	Santos de Guápiles	1	2	3 (6)
	Portmore United (p)	2	1	3 (7)

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 31 July – 2 August, and the second legs were played on 7–9 August 2018. ^[12]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Santos de Guápiles	3–3 (6–7 p)	Portmore United	1–2	2–1
Motagua	3–0	Belmopan Bandits	2–0	1–0
Club Franciscain	1–1 (1–4 p)	Walter Ferretti	1–0	0–1
Tauro	2–1	Real España	1–0	1–1
Árabe Unido	4–2	Arnett Gardens	3–0	1–2
FAS	3–2	Pérez Zeledón	2–1	1–1
Diriangén	1–7	Universitario	0–4	1–3
Herediano	2–2 (a)	Santa Tecla	1–0	1–2

Matches

1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Santos de Guápiles	1–2	Portmore United
Arboine 80' (pen.)	Report	East 14' Foster 18'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

Referee: Trevester Richards (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09)

19:30 (18:30  UTC−5)

Portmore United	1–2	Santos de Guápiles
Foster 45'	Report	Dinolis 30' López 42'
Penalties
Foster Johnson Solomon Evans Morris East Willis Harriott	7–6	Azofeifa Arboine Rodríguez Matarrita Madrigal Solórzano Barquero Salas

National Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Fernando Hernández (Mexico)

3–3 on aggregate. Portmore United won 7–6 on penalties.

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31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Motagua	2–0	Belmopan Bandits
López 47' Galvaliz 78'	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Belmopan Bandits	0–1	Motagua
	Report	Moreira 56'

Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

Motagua won 3–0 on aggregate.

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1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)

20:00 (20:00  UTC−4)

Club Franciscain	1–0	Walter Ferretti
Marajo 69'	Report

Stade Pierre-Aliker, Fort-de-France

Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Walter Ferretti	1–0	Club Franciscain
Chávez 79'	Report
Penalties
Zúñiga Aguirre Espinoza Montiel	4–1	Ephestion Jougon Etinof

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia (Costa Rica) ^{[note 1]}

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

1–1 on aggregate. Walter Ferretti won 4–1 on penalties.

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2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Tauro	1–0	Real España
Aguilar 71'	Report

Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera

Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Real España	1–1	Tauro
Velásquez 45'	Report	Polo 9'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)

Tauro won 2–1 on aggregate.

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31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Árabe Unido	3–0	Arnett Gardens
Hormechea 58', 81' Murillo 90+7'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Rubiel Vazquez (United States)

9 August 2018 (2018-08-09)

22:00 (21:00  UTC−5)

Arnett Gardens	2–1	Árabe Unido
Morgan 5' Neil 64'	Report	Heráldez 29'

National Stadium, Kingston

Referee: Gladwyn Johnson (Guyana)

Árabe Unido won 4–2 on aggregate.

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31 July 2018 (2018-07-31)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

FAS	2–1	Pérez Zeledón
Montaño 57' Stradella 80'	Report	Cazal 2'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Pérez Zeledón	1–1	FAS
López 62'	Report	Soto 90+5' (o.g.)

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

FAS won 3–2 on aggregate.

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1 August 2018 (2018-08-01)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Diriangén	0–4	Universitario
	Report	Moreno 54' (pen.), 79' Villarreal 66' Núñez 77'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia (Costa Rica) ^{[note 1]}

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Universitario	3–1	Diriangén
Villarreal 5', 30' Moreno 77'	Report	Ruiz 86'

Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Universitario won 7–1 on aggregate.

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2 August 2018 (2018-08-02)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Herediano	1–0	Santa Tecla
Díaz 20'	Report

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Yadel Martínez (Cuba)

8 August 2018 (2018-08-08)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Santa Tecla	2–1	Herediano
Torres 16' Ricardinho 34'	Report	Ruiz 41'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

2–2 on aggregate. Herediano won on away goals.

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

• QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
• QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
• QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
• QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5, 7 hosted the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 21–23 August, and the second legs were played on 28–30 August 2018. ^[15]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	5–2	Portmore United	3–2	2–0
Tauro	7–1	Walter Ferretti	3–1	4–0
FAS	1–4	Árabe Unido	0–1	1–3
Herediano	5–1	Universitario	3–0	2–1

Matches

23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Motagua	3–2	Portmore United
Montes 6', 90+5' Castillo 25'	Report	Morris 67' East 81'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: José Kellys (Panama)

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30)

22:00 (21:00  UTC−5)

Portmore United	0–2	Motagua
	Report	Castillo 31', 90+2'

National Stadium, Kingston

Referee: David Gantar (Canada)

Motagua won 5–2 on aggregate.

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23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Tauro	3–1	Walter Ferretti
González 12' Polo 43' Aguilar 84' (pen.)	Report	Morais 22' (pen.)

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Melvin Matamoros (Honduras)

30 August 2018 (2018-08-30)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Walter Ferretti	0–4	Tauro
	Report	Aguilar 9' Anderson 33' Small 77' Polo 90+3' (pen.)

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia (Costa Rica) ^{[note 1]}

Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)

Tauro won 7–1 on aggregate.

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21 August 2018 (2018-08-21)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

FAS	0–1	Árabe Unido
	Report	Gil 88'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Kimbell Ward (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28)

22:00 (21:00  UTC−5)

Árabe Unido	3–1	FAS
Pérez 51', 62' Gil 76'	Report	Morán 45'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Árabe Unido won 4–1 on aggregate.

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22 August 2018 (2018-08-22)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Herediano	3–0	Universitario
Marín 20' Ruiz 78', 85'	Report

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Erick Miranda (Mexico)

29 August 2018 (2018-08-29)

22:00 (21:00  UTC−5)

Universitario	1–2	Herediano
Brown 58' (o.g.)	Report	Brown 62' Ortiz 74'

Estadio Agustín Sánchez, La Chorrera

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Herediano won 5–1 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

• SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
• SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1 (SF1)	Motagua	4	4	0	0	8	2	+6	12	2nd leg
2 (SF1)	Tauro	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10	1st leg
1 (SF2)	Árabe Unido	4	3	0	1	8	3	+5	9	2nd leg
2 (SF2)	Herediano	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4	9	1st leg

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations II, Article H). ^[2]

Summary

The first legs were played on 20 September, and the second legs were played on 27 September 2018. ^[16]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Tauro	2–3	Motagua	2–1	0–2
Herediano	2–1	Árabe Unido	2–0	0–1

Matches

20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Tauro	2–1	Motagua
Aguilar 12', 55' (pen.)	Report	Montes 84'

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Motagua	2–0	Tauro
Moreira 42' (pen.) López 73'	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

Motagua won 3–2 on aggregate.

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20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Herediano	2–0	Árabe Unido
Ruiz 28' (pen.), 90+2'	Report

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Árabe Unido	1–0	Herediano
Palacios 20'	Report

Estadio Rommel Fernández, Panama City

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Herediano won 2–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 2018 CONCACAF League Final

In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalists which had the better performance in previous rounds hosted the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Motagua	6	5	0	1	11	4	+7	15	2nd leg
2	Herediano	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12	1st leg

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations II, Article H). ^[2]

Summary

The first leg was played on 25 October, and the second leg was played on 1 November 2018. ^[17]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Herediano	3–2	Motagua	2–0	1–2

Matches

25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Herediano	2–0	Motagua
Marín 23' Cruz 62'	Report

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortiz (Mexico)

1 November 2018 (2018-11-01)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Motagua	2–1	Herediano
Castillo 45+1', 58'	Report	Marín 85'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Herediano won 3–2 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
				1R1	1R2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2
1	Edwin Aguilar	Tauro	5	1		1	1	2
	Román Castillo	Motagua				1	2				2
	Yendrick Ruiz	Herediano			1	2		2
4	Jimmy Marín	Herediano	3			1				1	1
	Juan Pablo Montes	Motagua				2		1
	S. Moreno	Universitario		2	1
	Armando Polo	Tauro			1	1	1
	Óscar Villarreal	Universitario		1	2
9	Jovan East	Portmore United	2	1		1
	Maalique Foster	Portmore United		1	1
	Faber Gil	Árabe Unido				1	1
	Chin Hormechea	Árabe Unido		2
	Kevin López	Motagua		1					1
	Roberto Moreira	Motagua			1				1
Blas Pérez	Árabe Unido				2

Source:CONCACAF ^[18]

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament: ^[19]

Award	Player	Team
Golden Ball	Yendrick Ruiz	Herediano
Golden Boot	Román Castillo	Motagua
Golden Glove	Leonel Moreira	Herediano
Best Young Player	Jimmy Marín	Herediano
Fair Play Award	—	Motagua

See also

• 2019 CONCACAF Champions League

Notes

1. All home matches of Nicaraguan teams Walter Ferretti and Diriangén are required to be played outside of their country due to security concerns caused by civil unrest in Nicaragua. ^{[13] [14]}

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External links

• Official website