For eleven years RFK was a fortress against Mexican teams in international competition until a hideous 2008 changed all that. But with Toluca coming to town to play DC in the second match for group B of CONCACAF Champions League, United gets a chance to reverse their fortunes against a team that doesn’t have very good memories of their last visit to Washington DC.
D.C. United gave up two late goals and lost to Marathon 3-1 in their CONCACAF Champions League group play opening match.
DC United starts its CONCACAF Champions League group stage in San Pedro Sula Honduras against Deportivo Marathon, a team United is well acquainted with having lost twice to them in the group stage of last season’s Champions League.
DC United advances to the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League with a stunning penalty kick shootout win after another 1-1 tie, this time in El Salvador over CD LA Firpo.
With a mere 72 hours between matches played in completely different countries, DC United flew from Houston, scene of their most entertaining loss of the year, directly to El Salvador for the decisive away leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup qualifier against CD Firpo in Estadio Monumental Cuscatlan.
D.C. United put on a particularly flat performance last night against El Salvador’s L.A. Firpo and it just might cost them their CONCACAF Champions League future for this season.
DC United Hosts the nine-time El Salvadoran champions, CD Luis Angel Firpo in the CONCACAF Champions League tomorrow night at RFK for the first match of a home and home series with the winner advancing to the group stages of the biggest club tournament in the region.
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