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Borussia Dortmund draws in Champions League, LAFC leads in Concacaf Champions Cup
Gio Reyna subbed on in the 83rd for Borussia Dortmund’s 2-2 home draw with Lille in the first-leg of their Champions League round of 16 series. Karim Adeyemi put Dortmund up in the 22nd with Lille equalizing in the 68th minute. Richy Ledezma subbed on in the 65th for PSV’s 7-1 home loss to Arsenal in their first-leg. Trailing 3-0 from goals in the 18th, 21st, and 31st, PSV’s Noa Lang converted a penalty in the 43rd. Arsenal added goals in the 47th, 48th, 73rd, and 85th minutes.
Ethan Horvath was in goal for Cardiff City’s 2-1 home loss to Burnley in the Championship. Trailing 2-0 from goals in the 19th and 40th, Cardiff’s Yousef Salech scored in the 42nd minute.
In the Concacaf Champions Cup round of 16 first-legs, Cincinnati drew 1-1 at home with Tigres. Pavel Bucha opened the scoring for Cincinnati in the 3rd with Tigres equalizing in the 17th minute. LAFC took a 3-0 lead at home in their series with Columbus. LAFC took the lead in the 20th from a Denis Bouanga goal and Bouanga scored again in the 46th. Nathan Ordaz finished off the LAFC scoring in the 81st minute.
Did Not Play: Duane Holmes (PNE 0 – Swansea City 0), Donovan Pines (Barnsley 0 – Charlton Athletic 1)
Thursday’s games involving USMNT players starts in the Concacaf Champions Cup, where Cade Cowell’s Chivas took a 1-0 lead at home over Alex Zendejas’s Club America. Cowell subbed on in the 67th and Zendejas subbed out in the 87th. An own-goal in the 77th was the difference in the opening leg of the round of 16 series. Zendejas saw yellow in the 76th minute.
The LA Galaxy lost 1-0 at Herediano to a 65th minute goal. Seattle drew 0-0 at home with Cruz Azul in their first-leg. Vancouver came back to draw 1-1 at home with Monterrey to open their series. Trailing from the 25th, Belal Halbouni equalized in the 86th minute.
Did Not Play: Alan Sonora (Cerro Porteno 1 – Melgar 0, Copa Libertadores third stage first-leg)
Thursday had the opening legs of the Europa and Conference leagues round of 16 series. Starting in the Europa League, Tanner Tessmann subbed out in the 76th for Lyon’s 3-1 win at FCSB. Nicolas Tagliafico opened the scoring for Lyon in the 30th with FCSB equalizing in the 68th. Lyon retook the lead from a Malick Fofana goal in the 86th and Fofana scored again in the 89th minute.
In the Conference League, Johnny Cardoso subbed out in the 77th for Real Betis’ 2-2 home draw with Vitoria. Cedric Bakambu put Real Betis up in the 48th with Vitoria equalizing in the 51st. Real Betis retook the lead from an Isco goal in the 75th, but Vitoria equalized in the 81st minute.
Moving to the first-leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup round of 16, Inter Miami took a 2-0 home lead over Cavalier. Tadeo Allende scored for Inter Miami in the 61st and Luis Suarez doubled the lead in the 83rd minute.
Did Not Play: Timmy Chandler (Eintracht 2 – Ajax 1), Eric Palmer-Brown (Panathinaikos 3 – Fiorentina 2)
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