Randy Vega chipped a penalty shot into the left side of the net in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time, lifting Herediano to a 2-1 win over Real Salt Lake on Wednesday in Sandy, Utah, and an aggregate victory in the first-round CONCACAF Champions Cup series.

The BriefThe Seattle Sounders defeated Antigua GFC in their second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup first round on Wednesday, winning 3-1.The Sounders now advance to the Round of 16, set to face Dominican Republic – Cruz Azul.

The Concacaf Champions Cup does use the away goals rule despite other bodies like UEFA and CONMEBOL abolishing the rule in recent history.

For the fifth time in as many tries, the Colorado Rapids are out of the CONCACAF Champions Cup without advancing.

Concacaf has launched an investigation into an incident that occurred in the final minutes of the Concacaf Champions Cup match between Los Angeles FC and the Colorado Rapids after Sergi Palencia allegedly called Chidozie Awaziem a derogatory term.

Mark Delgado scores the only goal of the game in the 49th minute, and Aaron Long’s goal in the first leg of the two-game series holds up as the away-goal tiebreaker. LAFC will face Columbus in the