Mexican side Leon won the CONCACAF Champions League for the first time on Sunday, defeating Los Angeles FC 1-0 to seal a 3-1 aggregate victory over the Major League Soccer champions.
Los Angeles coach Steve Cherundolo reverted from 3-5-2 to his team’s more familiar 4-3-3 formation after halftime, but the change had little impact as Leon kept the home side at arm’s length in a scrappy second half.
The task was the same for LAFC heading into the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Final against Leon, score two goals and hold Club Leon, and LAFC would be champions of the region.LAFC certainly had experience coming back in this tournament. Certainly Leon knew, as it was just three ye
It was bad news good news for LAFC following its first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final against Leon.The bad news was that it dropped the first leg on Wednesday night at Estadio Leon, meaning that LAFC will have to repeat what it accomplished back in 2020, ironically against Leon. Thre