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By Nelson A. King
The Scotiabank Concacaf
Champions League (SCCL)
Draw always delivers intriguing
match-ups for each year’s
upcoming tournament and
the 2022 edition is no different,
with New York City FC
(NYCFC) taking on Santos
de Guapiles of Costa Rica,
according to Concacaf.
By virtue of their penalty
shootout win over the Portland
Timbers in last Saturday’s
2021 MLS Cup two Saturdays
ago, NYCFC qualified
for their second SCCL, Concacaf
said.
“Their first appearance
came in the 2020 edition
when they finished as quarterfinalists,
ultimately eliminated
to eventual champions
Tigres 5-0 on aggregate,”
it said. “However, in their
Round of 16 series, NYCFC
were drawn with Costa Rican
club AD San Carlos, which
was making its debut in the
SCCL.”
Concacaf said there was
no shortage of goal-scoring
fireworks in that series.
It kicked off with a thrilling
first leg in Costa Rica in
which NYCFC emerged with
a 5-3 victory. Forward Heber
scored a hat trick, while Alexander
Callens and Alex Mitrita
contributed goals for the
visiting North Americans,
Concacaf said.
It said NYCFC held a 2-1
lead at halftime before the
two teams combined for
another five goals in the second
half.
Concacaf said the second
leg played at Red Bull Arena
in Harrison, NJ was a “much
cagier affair” and decided by
a lone goal from Callens, giving
NYCFC a 6-3 aggregate
win, ranking as one of the
highest scoring Round of 16
SCCL ties in history.
“Now, two years later,
NYCFC find themselves in
a nearly identical position,”
Concacaf said. “Standing in
their way of a place in the
quarterfinals is another team
from Costa Rica that is making
their debut in the SCCL:
Santos de Guapiles.”
Just like AD San Carlos two
years ago, Santos de Guapiles
have qualified for the 2022
SCCL as one of the two best
losing quarterfinalists in the
Scotiabank Concacaf League,
Concacaf said.
San Carlos played in their
lone SCL in 2019, falling to
Alianza of El Salvador 2-1
on aggregate in the quarterfinals
of the 2019 SCL,
while in the 2021 SCL, Santos
de Guapiles succumbed
4-3 on aggregate to Forge FC
of Canada.
“Yet, Santos have three
previous appearances in the
SCL under their belts,” Concacaf
said. “So, playing in
continental competition is
nothing new for them.
“Despite being first-timers
to the SCCL, the Ticos should
provide stiff opposition to the
newly crowned MLS champions,”
it added.
Concacaf
History repeats for NYCFC
against Costa Rican debutant
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