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CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15 Season Group Phase…Alpha United to host Club Deportivo Olimpia of Honduras, Aug 5

Jul 08, 2014 Sports

Guyana’s most successful club side, Alpha ‘The Hammer’ United will open their quest for top honours in the CONCACAF Champions League when they host Club Deportivo Olimpia of Honduras on August 5 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence under lights.
Some Twenty-Four Teams will compete for Regional Club Championship in play kicking off on August 5; this was announced by the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) on Thursday when they unveiled the group phase schedule for the 2014/15 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, the region’s premier competition for clubs.
The schedule for opening day on August 5 includes action for defending CONCACAF champion Cruz Azul – set to represent the Confederation at this December’s FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco. The Champions League holders will welcome fellow 2013/14 CCL semifinalist and 2013 Costa Rica Winter Tournament champion LD Alajuelense at Estadio Azul in Mexico City for the opener in Group 6.
That match is among the first of eight slated for the opening week as CCL action begins for 11 countries across the Confederation, from Guyana to Canada. Two-time defending Liga MX champion Club Leon also begins its bid for the Confederation title on August 5, with a visit to veteran Salvadoran CCL participant AD Isidro Metapán.
2014 Canadian Championship winner Impact de Montreal will initiate participation for Major League Soccer clubs in the 2014/15 CCL, hosting El Salvador’s Club Deportivo FAS at Stade Saputo that same night.
The following day, four-time CCL champion CF Pachuca (three CCL and one Champions Cup) which last lifted the trophy in 2010 – returns to continental action, at home against Real España of Honduras.
Twenty-four teams are set to participate in this season’s Champions League, marking the seventh edition in which a Confederation-wide group phase has been disputed before the knockout rounds. Sixteen clubs debut in the tournament’s first week, with the other eight – including Major League Soccer sides DC United, New York Red Bulls, Portland Timbers, and Sporting KC and Liga MX entrant Club America – entering play on weeks 2 and 3, scheduled from August 19-21 and August 26-28.
September will feature two more rounds of play, before the group phase wraps up with a final set of encounters in October, including a number of marquee match ups. The top club from each of the eight three-team groups advances to the knockout round. The quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds are slated for early next year.
More information on the CONCACAF Champions League, including team-by-team capsules and in-depth statistics and analysis, can be found at CONCACAF.com.
CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15 – Group Stage Schedule
– Home teams are listed first. All times are Eastern.-

WEEK 1
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
08:00pmET          Alpha United FC (GUY) vs. Club Deportivo Olimpia (HON)
08:00pmET          Cruz Azul FC (MEX) vs. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (CRC)
08:00pmET          Impact de Montreal (CAN) vs. Club Deportivo FAS (SLV)
10:00pmET          AD Isidro Metapán (SLV) vs. Club León (MEX)
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
08:00pmET          Club de Fútbol Pachuca (MEX) vs. Real Club Deportivo España (HON)
10:00pmET          Real Estelí Fútbol Club (NCA) vs. Deportivo Saprissa (CRC)
Thursday, August 7, 2014
10:00pmET          Comunicaciones FC (GUA) vs. Puerto Rico Bayamón FC (PUR)
10:00pmET          Tauro FC (PAN) vs. Waterhouse Football Club (JAM)
Week 2
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
08:00pmET          Alpha United FC (GUY) vs Portland Timbers (USA)
08:00pmET          Club América (MEX) vs. Puerto Rico Bayamón FC (PUR)
10:00pmET          Chorrillo FC (PAN) vs. Cruz Azul FC (MEX)
10:00pmET          Real Estelí Fútbol Club (NCA) vs. Sporting Kansas City (USA)
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
08:00pmET          DC United (USA) vs. Waterhouse FC (JAM)
10:00pmET          Club Deportivo FAS (SLV) vs. Impact de Montreal (CAN)

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