2021 CONCACAF League

2021 CONCACAF League

2021 Scotiabank CONCACAF League
Tournament details
Dates	3 August – 14 December
Teams	22 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Comunicaciones (1st title)
Runners-up	Motagua
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	106 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Juan Anangonó (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Juan Anangonó
Best young player	Oscar Santis
Best goalkeeper	Kevin Moscoso
Fair play award	Comunicaciones
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The 2021 CONCACAF League (officially the 2021 Scotiabank CONCACAF League for sponsorship purposes) was the 5th 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]

Comunicaciones defeated Motagua in the final to win their first CONCACAF League title. As winners, they and the next best five teams qualified for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League. ^{[2] [3]} Alajuelense were the title holders but were eliminated by Guastatoya in the Round of 16.

Qualification

A total of 22 teams participated in the CONCACAF League:

• North American Zone: 1 team (from one association)
• Central American Zone: 18 teams (from seven associations)
• Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from two or three associations)

Therefore, teams from either 10 or 11 out of the 41 CONCACAF member associations may participate in the CONCACAF League.

North America

The one berth for the North American Zone (NAFU) was allocated to the Canadian Soccer Association through the previous year's Canadian Premier League, where the champions, decided by the Canadian Premier League Finals contested between the top two teams of the group stage, qualified. ^[4] They are the second Canadian representative included in CONCACAF competitions, besides the Canadian Championship champions which qualify for the CONCACAF Champions League.

Central America

The 18 berths for the Central American Football Union (UNCAF), which consists of seven member associations, were allocated as follows: three berths for each of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, two berths for 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 qualified for the CONCACAF League:

• In the league of Costa Rica, both champions, and the non-champions with the best Clausura record, qualified. If there was any team which were champions of both tournaments, the non-champions with the second best Clausura record qualified.
• In the leagues of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama, both champions, 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 were excluded, they would be replaced by teams from other Central American associations, with the associations chosen based on results from previous CONCACAF League and CONCACAF Champions League tournaments. ^[5]

Caribbean

The three berths for the Caribbean Football Union (CFU), which consists of 31 member associations, were 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, where they can qualify as champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, while the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield is open to teams from non-professional leagues, where they can qualify as champions of their respective association's league in the previous season. ^[6]

Besides the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship which qualified for the CONCACAF Champions League, 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, qualified for the CONCACAF League. For the champions of the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield to be eligible for the playoff, they were required to comply with the minimum CONCACAF Club Licensing requirements for the CONCACAF League. ^[7]

Teams

The following 22 teams (from eleven associations) qualified for the tournament. ^[2]

• Ten teams entered in the round of 16: two each from Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama, and one each from El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, and the Caribbean.
• Twelve teams entered in the preliminary round: two each from El Salvador, Guatemala, and the Caribbean, and one each from Canada, Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Belize.

Qualified teams from North America (1 team: entering in preliminary round)

Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App.(last)	Previous best (last)
Canada (1 PR berth)	Forge FC	Preliminary round	2020 Canadian Premier League champions	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)

Qualified teams from Central America (18 teams: 9 entering in round of 16, 9 entering in preliminary round)

Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App.(last)	Previous best (last)
Costa Rica (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Alajuelense	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Apertura)	3rd (2020)	Champions (2020)
	Saprissa	Round of 16	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	3rd (2020)	Champions (2019)
	Santos de Guápiles	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best regular season record in 2021 Clausura	3rd (2018)	Runners-up (2017)
Honduras (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Olimpia	Round of 16	2020 Apertura and 2021 Clausura champions	4th (2020)	Champions (2017)
	Motagua	Round of 16	Non-champions with best 2020–21 aggregate record	4th (2020)	Runners-up (2019)
	Marathón	Preliminary round	Non-champions with 2nd best 2020–21 aggregate record	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)
Panama (3 berths: 2 R16 + 1 PR)	Independiente	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Clausura)	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2019)
	Plaza Amador	Round of 16	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Apertura)	2nd (2017)	Semi-finals (2017)
	Universitario	Preliminary round	Runners-up with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Apertura)	3rd (2018)	Quarter-finals (2018)
El Salvador (3 berths: 1 R16 + 2 PR)	Alianza	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Apertura)	4th (2020)	Semi-finals (2019)
	FAS	Preliminary round	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2018)
	Once Deportivo	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best 2020–21 aggregate record	1st	Debut
Guatemala (3 berths: 1 R16 + 2 PR)	Guastatoya	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Apertura)	2nd (2019)	Round of 16 (2019)
	Santa Lucía	Preliminary round	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	1st	Debut
	Comunicaciones	Preliminary round	Non-champions with best 2020–21 aggregate record	3rd (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)
Nicaragua (2 berths: 1 R16 + 1 PR)	Real Estelí	Round of 16	Champions with better 2020–21 aggregate record (2020 Apertura)	4th (2020)	Quarter-finals (2020)
	Diriangén	Preliminary round	Champions with worse 2020–21 aggregate record (2021 Clausura)	2nd (2018)	Round of 16 (2018)
Belize (1 PR berth)	Verdes	Preliminary round	2019 Opening champions [Note BLZ]	2nd (2020)	Preliminary round (2020)

Qualified teams from Caribbean (3 teams: 1 entering in round of 16, 2 entering in preliminary round)

Association	Team	Entry round	Qualifying method	App.(last)	Previous best (last)
Suriname	Inter Moengotapoe	Round of 16	2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship runners-up (2nd overall) [Note CFU]	1st	Debut
Puerto Rico	Metropolitan	Preliminary round	2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship better ranked losing semi-finalists (3rd overall) [Note CFU]	1st	Debut
Martinique	Samaritaine	Preliminary round	2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship worse ranked losing semi-finalists (4th overall) [Note CFU]	1st	Debut

Notes

1. ^
   Belize (BLZ): The 2020–21 Premier League of Belize was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belize. The team that qualified to represent the Football Federation of Belize in the 2021 CONCACAF League was Verdes (entering in the preliminary round), the 2019 Opening tournament champions (also the team with the best 2019–20 aggregate record at the time of suspension), which was the last title awarded. ^[8]
2. ^
   Caribbean (CFU): The 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield was cancelled by CONCACAF due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Caribbean. A number of teams from non-professional leagues in the Caribbean Football Union originally set to participate in the 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield instead participated in the expanded 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship, and the runners-up (entering in the round of 16) and both losing semi-finalists (entering in the preliminary round) would qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF League. ^[9]

Draw

Forge FC

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Location of teams of the 2021 CONCACAF League
North American Zone

Alajuelense

Saprissa

Santos de Guápiles

Olimpia

Motagua

Marathón

Independiente

Plaza Amador

Universitario

Alianza

FAS

Once Deportivo

Guastatoya

Santa Lucia

Comunicaciones

Real Estelí

Diriangén

Verdes

Inter Moengotapoe

Metropolitan

Samaritaine

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Location of teams of the 2021 CONCACAF League
Central American Zone Caribbean Zone
Teams in bold enter in the round of 16

The draw for the 2021 CONCACAF League was held on 16 June 2021, 20:00 EDT (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States. ^{[10] [11]}

For the preliminary round, the draw determined each tie (numbered 1 through 6) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing six teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association.

For the round of 16, the draw determined each tie (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 3 and a team from Pot 4, each containing eight teams. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association. The six preliminary round winners, whose identity is not known at the time of the draw, are in Pot 4 and can be drawn into the same tie with another team from the same association.

The seeding of teams was based on the CONCACAF Club Index. The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, is 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 uses the following formula:

Points per	Participation	Win	Draw	Stage advanced	Champions
CONCACAF Champions League (2016–17 – 2019)	4	3	1	1	2
CONCACAF League (2017 – 2020)	2	3	1	0.5	1

Teams qualified for the CONCACAF League based on criteria set by their association (e.g., tournament champions, runners-up, cup champions), resulting in an assigned slot (e.g., CRC1, CRC2) for each team.

The 22 teams were distributed in the pots as follows: ^[12]

Teams in preliminary round draw

Pot	Rank	Slot	2016–17 CCL	2017 CL or 2018 CCL	2018 CL or 2019 CCL	2019 CL	2020 CL	Total	Team
Pot 1	1	CRC3	0	2	19.5	27	18	66.5	Santos de Guápiles
	2	SLV3	0	8.5	6.5	16.5	2	33.5	Once Deportivo
	3	HON3	0	2	21.5	3	6	32.5	Marathón
	4	SLV2	5	11.5	5	7.5	3	32	FAS
	5	PAN3	0	11	15	2	3	31	Universitario
	6	CCC3	4	5	5.5	4	10.5	29	Metropolitan
Pot 2	7	NCA2	0	9.5	2	5	3.5	20	Diriangén
	8	CAN2	0	0	0	9.5	10	19.5	Forge FC
	9	GUA3	0	0	0	12	4.5	16.5	Comunicaciones
	10	CCC4	0	2	5	5.5	2	14.5	Samaritaine
	11	GUA2	6	0	0	3	3	12	Santa Lucia
	12	BLZ1	4	2	2	2	2	12	Verdes

Teams in round of 16 draw

Pot	Rank	Slot	2016–17 CCL	2017 CL or 2018 CCL	2018 CL or 2019 CCL	2019 CL	2020 CL	Total	Team
Pot 3	1	PAN1	20	8	12	5	2	47	Independiente
	2	HON1	11	5	4	16.5	10	46.5	Olimpia
	3	CRC1	8	5	7	7.5	12.5	40	Alajuelense
	4	PAN2	8	13	8.5	6.5	2	38	Plaza Amador
	5	HON2	11	2	3	13	6.5	35.5	Motagua
	6	SLV1	9	7	5	5	3	29	Alianza
	7	CRC2	14	5	3	4	2	28	Saprissa
	8	NCA1	6	5	5.5	3	6.5	26	Real Estelí
Pot 4	9	CCC2	5	2	5	5.5	2	19.5	Inter Moengotapoe
	10	GUA1	9	0	4	3	2	18	Guastatoya
	11	Winner preliminary round 1
	12	Winner preliminary round 2
	13	Winner preliminary round 3
	14	Winner preliminary round 4
	15	Winner preliminary round 5
	16	Winner preliminary round 6

Format

In the CONCACAF League, the 22 teams played a single-elimination tournament. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

• In the preliminary round, round of 16, quarter-finals, and semi-finals, the away goals rule was applied if the aggregate score is tied after the second leg. If still tied, the penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.8). ^[3]
• In the final, the away goals rule was not 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 used to determine the winner (Regulations Article 12.9). ^[3]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows. ^[10]

Round	First leg	Second leg
Preliminary round	3–5 August	17–19 August
Round of 16	21–23 September	28–30 September
Quarter-finals	19–21 October	2–4 November
Semi-finals	23–25 November	30 November – 2 December
Final	7–9 December	14–15 December

Times are Eastern Time, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses):

• Times up to 6 November 2021 (preliminary round, round of 16, and quarter-finals) are Eastern Daylight Time, i.e., UTC−4.
• Times thereafter (semi-finals and final) are Eastern Standard Time, i.e., UTC−5.

Bracket

	Preliminary round						Round of 16						Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	Verdes	0	1	1
	Santos de Guápiles	1	5	6
							Santos de Guápiles	1	2	3
							Plaza Amador	0	0	0
													Santos de Guápiles	3	0	3
													Forge FC	1	3	4
	Forge FC	3	2	5
	FAS	1	2	3
							Forge FC	0	2	2
							Independiente	0	0	0
																			Forge FC	2	0	2
																			Motagua (a)	2	0	2
	Diriangén	0	1	1
	Marathón	1	2	3
							Marathón (p)	2	0	2(5)
							Real Estelí	0	2	2(4)
													Marathón	0	0	0
													Motagua	2	2	4
	Samaritaine			0
	Universitario (w/o)			3
							Universitario	2	0	2
							Motagua	2	1	3
																									Motagua	1	2	3
																									Comunicaciones	2	4	6
							Inter Moengotapoe	0	–	DSQ
							Olimpia	6	–	DSQ
													N/A			–
													Guastatoya			–
							Guastatoya (a)	1	2	3
							Alajuelense	1	2	3
																			Guastatoya	0	1	1
																			Comunicaciones	1	2	3
	Santa Lucía	3	2	5
	Metropolitan	0	1	1
							Santa Lucía	0	2	2
							Saprissa	2	4	6
													Saprissa	4	1	5
													Comunicaciones (a)	3	2	5
	Comunicaciones	1	3	4
	Once Deportivo	1	0	1
							Comunicaciones	2	1	3
							Alianza	1	0	1

1. ^† Order of legs to be decided, with the team which have the better performance in previous rounds (excluding preliminary round) hosting the second leg.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, the matchups were decided by draw: PR-1 through PR-6. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 3–5 August, and the second legs were played on 17–19 August 2021. ^[13]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Comunicaciones	4–1	Once Deportivo	1–1	3–0
Diriangén	1–3	Marathón	0–1	1–2
Verdes	1–6	Santos de Guápiles	0–1	1–5
Samaritaine	0–3 (w/o)	Universitario	(w/o)	(w/o)
Santa Lucía	5–1	Metropolitan	3–0	2–1
Forge FC	5–3	FAS	3–1	2–2

Matches

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	1–1	Once Deportivo
Larín 36'	Report	Medrano 69'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Oscar Macías (Mexico)

19 August 2021 (2021-08-19)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Once Deportivo	0–3	Comunicaciones
	Report	Contreras 49' (pen.) Lacayo 71' Lezcano 90+8' (pen.)

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

Comunicaciones won 4–1 on aggregate.

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3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Diriangén	0–1	Marathón
	Report	Martínez 49'

Nicaragua National Football Stadium, Managua

Referee: Edgar Ramírez (El Salvador)

18 August 2021 (2021-08-18)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Marathón	2–1	Diriangén
López 31' Arriaga 77'	Report	Mosquera 88'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Ricangel de Leça (Aruba)

Marathón won 3–1 on aggregate.

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5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)

18:00 (16:00  UTC−6)

Verdes	0–1	Santos de Guápiles
	Report	Mora 90'

Isidoro Beaton Stadium, Belmopan

Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)

18 August 2021 (2021-08-18)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Santos de Guápiles	5–1	Verdes
Paradela 12' Rodríguez 26' (pen.), 38' B. López 27' Myvett 55' (o.g.)	Report	Fajardo 89'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

Santos de Guápiles won 6–1 on aggregate.

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4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)

20:00 (20:00  UTC−4)

Samaritaine	0–3 Awarded (w/o) [14]	Universitario
	Report

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−5)

Universitario	(w/o)	Samaritaine
	Report

Estadio Nacional de Panamá, Panama City

Universitario advance on walkover. ^[15]

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3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Santa Lucía	3–0	Metropolitan
Osorio 15' De León 45' Acuña 62'	Report

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Brayan Cruz (Costa Rica)

17 August 2021 (2021-08-17)

20:00 (20:00  UTC−4)

Metropolitan	1–2	Santa Lucía
Maldonado 7'	Report	Acuña 42' (pen.) Guay 62'

Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium, Bayamón

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

Santa Lucía won 5–1 on aggregate.

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12 August 2021 (2021-08-12)

20:00 (20:00  UTC−4)

Forge FC	3–1	FAS
Borges 15' Babouli 25' Choinière 50'	Report	Flores 21'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 0

Referee: Marco Ortiz (Mexico)

17 August 2021 (2021-08-17)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

FAS	2–2	Forge FC
Reyes 13' Torres 56'	Report	Navarro 49' Grant 61'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Benjamín Pineda (Costa Rica)

Forge FC won 5–3 on aggregate.

Round of 16

In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-6. The teams from Pot 3 in the draw host the second leg.

On 25 September 2021, CONCACAF announced that Inter Moengotapoe and C.D. Olimpia would be disqualified from the competition due to rule breaches following the first leg of their round of 16 fixture, including an alleged payment from Inter Moengotapoe owner and player Ronnie Brunswijk to several Olimpia players. ^{[16] [17]}

Summary

The first legs were played on 21–23 September, and the second legs were played on 28–30 September 2021. ^[13]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Comunicaciones	3–1	Alianza	2–1	1–0
Santa Lucía	2–6	Saprissa	0–2	2–4
Guastatoya	3–3 (a)	Alajuelense	1–1	2–2
Inter Moengotapoe	Disqualified	Olimpia	0–6	Cancelled
Forge FC	2–0	Independiente	0–0	2–0
Santos de Guápiles	3–0	Plaza Amador	1–0	2–0
Universitario	2–3	Motagua	2–2	0–1
Marathón	2–2 (5–4 p)	Real Estelí	2–0	0–2

Matches

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	2–1	Alianza
Lezcano 4' Lacayo 79'	Report	Riascos 36'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Jefferson Escobar (Honduras)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Alianza	0–1	Comunicaciones
	Report	Lacayo 88'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

Comunicaciones won 3–1 on aggregate.

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23 September 2021 (2021-09-23)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Santa Lucía	0–2	Saprissa
	Report	Bolaños 19' Waston 45+1'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Randy Encarnación (Dominican Republic)

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Saprissa	4–2	Santa Lucía
Sinclair 12' Bolaños 16' Torres 45' (pen.) Barrantes 75'	Report	Velásquez 18' Acuña 45+1'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Referee: Rubiel Vázquez (United States)

Saprissa won 6–2 on aggregate.

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21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Guastatoya	1–1	Alajuelense
Landín 27'	Report	De Lemos 43' (o.g.)

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Nima Saghafi (United States)

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Alajuelense	2–2	Guastatoya
Venegas 22' Martínez 29'	Report	Domínguez 82' Landín 90'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela

Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

3–3 on aggregate. Guastatoya won on away goals.

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21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)

18:00 (19:00  UTC−3)

Inter Moengotapoe	0–6	Olimpia
	Report	Bengtson 15' (pen.) Pineda 19' Rodríguez 37' Reyes 76' Hernández 78', 80'

Franklin Essed Stadion, Paramaribo

Referee: Oliver Vergara (Panama)

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Olimpia	Cancelled	Inter Moengotapoe
	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Inter Moengotapoe and Olimpia were disqualified from the tournament by CONCACAF due to rule breaches following the first leg match. ^[16]

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21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)

20:00

Forge FC	0–0	Independiente
	Report

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Referee: Diego Montaño (Mexico)

28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)

18:00 (17:00  UTC−5)

Independiente	0–2	Forge FC
	Report	Babouli 27' Bekker 54'

Estadio Rod Carew, Panama City

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

Forge FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

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23 September 2021 (2021-09-23)

18:00 (16:00  UTC−6)

Santos de Guápiles	1–0	Plaza Amador
Méndez 70'	Report

Estadio Nacional, San José

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)

18:00 (17:00  UTC−5)

Plaza Amador	0–2	Santos de Guápiles
	Report	Mason 15' Méndez 70'

Estadio Rod Carew, Panama City

Referee: Óscar Reyna (Guatemala)

Santos won 3–0 on aggregate.

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23 September 2021 (2021-09-23)

22:00 (21:00  UTC−5)

Universitario	2–2	Motagua
González 18' Triana 48'	Report	K. López 58', 72'

Estadio Rod Carew, Panama City

Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

30 September 2021 (2021-09-30)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Motagua	1–0	Universitario
Decas 39' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Óscar Mejía (Mexico)

Motagua won 3–2 on aggregate.

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22 September 2021 (2021-09-22)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Marathón	2–0	Real Estelí
Martínez 12' (pen.) Castillo 33'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Tristley Bassue (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

29 September 2021 (2021-09-29)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Real Estelí	2–0	Marathón
Farias 40' Talavera 75'	Report
Penalties
Rodríguez Acuña Farias Quijano de Souza Talavera O. López Gutiérrez Acevedo	4–5	Arriaga Vargas Solano Costly Castillo Techera Torres Ramírez F. López

Estadio Independencia, Estelí

Referee: Óscar Macías (Mexico)

2–2 on aggregate. Marathón won 5–4 on penalties.

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 host the second leg.

Summary

The first legs were played on 20 and 21 October, and the second legs were played on 2 and 4 November 2021.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Saprissa	5–5 (a)	Comunicaciones	4–3	1–2
N/A	Bye	Guastatoya	—	—
Santos de Guápiles	3–4	Forge FC	3–1	0–3
Marathón	0–4	Motagua	0–2	0–2

Matches

21 October 2021 (2021-10-21)

20:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Saprissa	4–3	Comunicaciones
Sinclair 39' Torres 45+3' Guzmán 67' Ramírez 84'	Report	Santis 7', 29', 66'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

3 November 2021 (2021-11-03)

19:00 (19:00  UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	2–1	Saprissa
Lezcano 14' Anangonó 64'	Report	Waston 18'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

5–5 on aggregate. Comunicaciones won on away goals.

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20 October 2021 (2021-10-20)

18:00 (16:00  UTC−6)

Santos de Guápiles	3–1	Forge FC
East 12' Samuel 17' (o.g.) B. López 52'	Report	Bekker 6'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José

Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)

20:00

Forge FC	3–0	Santos de Guápiles
Browne 29' Babouli 65' Navarro 82'	Report

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Forge FC won 4–3 on aggregate.

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21 October 2021 (2021-10-21)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Marathón	0–2	Motagua
	Report	Auzqui 6' Klusener 63'

Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano, San Pedro Sula

Referee: Walter López Ramos (Honduras)

2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)

22:00 (20:00  UTC−6)

Motagua	2–0	Marathón
Moreira 81', 88'	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Daneon Parchment (Jamaica)

Motagua won 4–0 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 (excluding preliminary round) hosted the second leg.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1 (SF1)	Comunicaciones	4	3	0	1	8	6	+2	9	Second leg
2 (SF1)	Guastatoya	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2	First leg
1 (SF2)	Motagua	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	10	Second leg
2 (SF2)	Forge FC	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	7	First 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 (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10.4).

Summary

The first legs were played from 23 to 25 November, and the second legs were played from 30 November – 2 December 2021.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guastatoya	1–3	Comunicaciones	0–1	1–2
Forge FC	2–2 (a)	Motagua	2–2	0–0

Matches

23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)

22:00 (21:00  UTC−6)

Guastatoya	0–1	Comunicaciones
	Report	Lezcano 63'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

30 November 2021 (2021-11-30)

22:00 (21:00  UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	2–1	Guastatoya
Anangonó 46' Lezcano 63'	Report	Landín 73'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Comunicaciones won 3–1 on aggregate.

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24 November 2021 (2021-11-24)

20:00

Forge FC	2–2	Motagua
Navarro 83' Awuah 90+3'	Report	K. López 43' Pereira 64'

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

1 December 2021 (2021-12-01)

20:00 (19:00  UTC−6)

Motagua	0–0	Forge FC
	Report

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)

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

Final

Main article: 2021 CONCACAF League Final

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Host
1	Comunicaciones	6	5	0	1	11	7	+4	15	2nd leg
2	Motagua	6	3	3	0	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 (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10.4).

Summary

The first leg was played on 8 December, and the second leg was played on 14 December 2021.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Motagua	3–6	Comunicaciones	1–2	2–4

Matches

8 December 2021 (2021-12-08)

19:00 (18:00  UTC−6)

Motagua	1–2	Comunicaciones
Moreira 41'	Report	Aparicio 22' Anangonó 79'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

14 December 2021 (2021-12-14)

22:00 (21:00  UTC−6)

Comunicaciones	4–2	Motagua
Anangonó 42', 45+1', 66' Lacayo 54'	Report	Moreira 4' Vega 27'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

Comunicaciones won 6–3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

  Team eliminated or inactive for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	Goals	By round
				PR1	PR2	2R1	2R2	QF1	QF2	SF1	SF2	F1	F2
1	Juan Anangonó	Comunicaciones	6						1		1	1	3
2	Andrés Lezcano	Comunicaciones	5		1	1			1	1	1
3	Júnior Lacayo	Comunicaciones	4		1	1	1						1
	Roberto Moreira	Motagua							2			1	1
5	Isaac Acuña	Santa Lucía	3	1	1		1
	Molham Babouli	Forge FC		1			1		1
	Luis Landín	Guastatoya				1	1				1
	Kevin López	Motagua				2				1
	Joshua Navarro	Forge FC			1				1	1
	Oscar Santis	Comunicaciones						3

Qualification to CONCACAF Champions League

Starting from the round of 16, teams are ranked based on their results (excluding preliminary round). Based on the ranking, the top six teams, i.e., champions, runners-up, both losing semi-finalists, and best two losing quarter-finalists, qualify for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Comunicaciones	8	7	0	1	17	10	+7	21	Champions; 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
2	Motagua	8	3	3	2	12	10	+2	12	Runners-up; 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
3	Forge FC	6	2	3	1	8	5	+3	9	Semi-finalists; 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
4	Guastatoya	4	0	2	2	4	6	−2	2
5	Saprissa	4	3	0	1	11	7	+4	9	Quarter-finalists; 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
6	Santos de Guápiles	4	3	0	1	6	4	+2	9
7	Marathón	4	1	0	3	2	6	−4	3	Quarter-finalists
8	Real Estelí	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Round of 16
9	Alajuelense	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
10	Universitario	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	1
11	Independiente	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
12	Alianza	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0
13	Santa Lucía	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0
14	Plaza Amador	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0
15	Olimpia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	3	Disqualified
16	Inter Moengotapoe	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0

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 (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10.4).

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Award	Player	Team
Golden Ball [18]	Juan Anangonó	Comunicaciones
Golden Boot [19]	Juan Anangonó	Comunicaciones
Golden Glove [20]	Kevin Moscoso	Comunicaciones
Best Young Player [21]	Oscar Santis	Comunicaciones
Fair Play Award [22]	—	Comunicaciones

Team of the Tournament ^[23]

Position	Player	Team
GK	Kevin Moscoso	Comunicaciones
DF	Marcelo Pereira	Motagua
	Alexander Robinson	Comunicaciones
	Omar Domínguez	Guastatoya
MF	Oscar Santis	Comunicaciones
	Molham Babouli	Forge
	Kevin López	Motagua
	Osvaldo Rodríguez	Santos de Guápiles
FW	Júnior Lacayo	Comunicaciones
	Juan Anangonó	Comunicaciones
	Andres Lezcano	Comunicaciones

See also

• 2022 CONCACAF Champions League

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External links

• Official website