User:Quidster4040/sandbox/2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga knockout phase

The 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga knockout phase will begin on 18 February 2016 and concluded on 18 May 2016 with the final at Sporting Park in Kansas City, United States, to decide the champions of the 2015–16 CONCACAF SuperLiga. A total of 32 teams compete in the knockout phase.^[1]

Times up to 17 March 2016 (round of 16) are EST (UTC–5), thereafter (quarter-finals and beyond) times are EDT (UTC–4).

Round and draw dates edit

All draws were held at CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Round	Draw date and time	First leg	Second leg
Round of 32	14 December 2015	18 February 2016	25 February 2016
Round of 16	26 February 2016	10 March 2016	17 March 2016
Quarter-finals	18 March 2016	7 April 2016	14 April 2016
Semi-finals	15 April 2016	28 April 2016	5 May 2016
Final	15 April 2016	18 May 2016 at Sporting Park, Kansas City

Matches may also be played on Tuesdays or Wednesdays instead of the regular Thursdays due to scheduling conflicts.

Format edit

The knockout phase involves 32 teams: the 24 teams which qualified as winners and runners-up of each of the twelve groups in the group stage, and the eight third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage.^[1]

Each tie in the knockout phase, apart from the final, is played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs advances to the next round. If the aggregate score is level, the away goals rule is applied, i.e., the team that scores more goals away from home over the two legs advances. If away goals are also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, i.e., if there are goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score is still level, the visiting team advances by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals are scored during extra time, the tie is decided by penalty shoot-out. In the final, which is played as a single match, if scores are level at the end of normal time, extra time is played, followed by penalty shoot-out if scores remain tied.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

In the draw for the round of 32, the twelve group winners and the four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage with the better group records are seeded, and the twelve group runners-up and the other four third-placed teams from the Champions League group stage are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association cannot be drawn against each other.
In the draws for the round of 16 onwards, there are no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association can be drawn against each other.

On 17 July 2014, the UEFA emergency panel ruled that Ukrainian and Russian clubs would not be drawn against each other "until further notice" due to the political unrest between the countries.^[5]

Qualified teams edit

SuperLiga group stage winners and runners-up edit

Group	Winners (Seeded in round of 32 draw)	Runners-up (Unseeded in round of 32 draw)
A	Montego Bay United	Bauger
B	Querétaro	Marquense
C	Cartaginés	Sporting San Miguelito
D	FC Dallas	Antigua GFC
E	Sporting Kansas City	Pérez Zeledón
F	New York Red Bulls	Marathón
G	FC Edmonton	Pachuca
H	Real Sociedad	Racing Club
I	Inter Moengotapoe	FAS
J	Verdes	Columbus Crew
K	Santos Laguna	UCR
L	Reno	Juventud Independiente

Champions League group stage third-placed teams edit

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Seeding
1	H	Vancouver Whitecaps	6	4	0	2	12	9	+3	12	Seeded in round of 32 draw
2	C	Real Salt Lake	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10
3	E	Olimpia	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8
4	A	Isidro Metapán	6	2	2	2	9	9	0	8
5	B	Atlas	6	2	1	3	9	7	+2	7	Unseeded in round of 32 draw
6	D	Herediano	6	2	1	3	11	14	−3	7
7	G	Central	6	1	1	4	6	17	−11	4
8	F	Belmopan Bandits	6	1	0	5	4	16	−12	3

Updated to match(es) played on 2 November 2015. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Club coefficient.^[6]

Bracket edit

Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals

RB New York	1	5	6
Marquense	2	2	4	RB New York	1	2	3
Real Salt Lake	1	1	2	Pachuca	0	2	2
Pachuca	3	0	3					RB New York	3	1	4
Marathón	5	1	6					Marathón	0	1	4
Verdes	0	2	2	Marathón	2	1	3
Herediano	3	1	4 (8)	Montego Bay United	1	1	2
Montego Bay United (p)	1	3	4 (9)									RB New York	1	0	1
Isidro Metapán	2	2	4									Querétaro	0	2	2
Bauger	1	1	2	Isidro Metapán	0	2	2
Antigua GFC	0	1	1	Olimpia	0	1	1
Olimpia	0	2	2					Isidro Metapán	1	1	2
Juventud Independiente	1	0	1					Querétaro	1	3	4
Querétaro	0	2	2	Querétaro	0	4	4					Final
FAS	1	0	1	Cartaginés	1	1	2
Cartaginés	4	3	7									Querétaro			2
FC Dallas	3	2	5									Columbus Crew			1
Sporting San Miguelito	2	0	2	FC Dallas	3	1	4
Inter Moengotapoe	1	0	1	UCR (aet)	1	4	4
UCR	3	1	4					UCR	2	1	3
Santos Laguna	7	5	12					Santos Laguna	3	5	8
Belmopan Bandits	0	0	0	Santos Laguna	3	1	4
Atlas	6	0	6	Atlas	1	0	1
Real Sociedad	3	2	5									Santos Laguna	0	0	0
Pérez Zeledón	1	0	1									Columbus Crew	1	0	1
Vancouver Whitecaps	1	3	4	Vancouver Whitecaps	2	1	3
Reno (a)	2	1	3	Reno	0	0	0
Central	2	1	3					Vancouver Whitecaps	1	0	1
Racing Club	0	0	0					Columbus Crew	2	0	2
Sporting Kansas City	3	6	9	Sporting Kansas City	0	2	2
Columbus Crew	2	2	4	Columbus Crew (a)	1	1	2
FC Edmonton	0	2	2

Round of 32 edit

The draw was held on 14 December 2015. The first legs were played on 18 February, and the second legs were played on 25 February 2016.

Summary edit

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Herediano	4–4 (8–9 p)	Montego Bay United	3–1	1–3
Juventud Independiente	1–2	Querétaro	1–0	0–2
FAS	1–7	Cartaginés	1–4	0–3
Sporting San Miguelito	2–5	FC Dallas	2–3	0–2
Racing Club	0–9	Sporting Kansas City	0–3	0–6
Marquense	4–6	New York Red Bulls	2–1	2–5
Columbus Crew	4–2	FC Edmonton	2–0	2–2
Atlas	6–5	Real Sociedad	6–3	0–2
UCR	4–1	Inter Moengotapoe	3–1	1–0
Marathón	6–2	Verdes	5–0	1–2
Belmopan Bandits	0–12	Santos Laguna	0–7	0–5
Central	3–3 (a)	Reno	2–2	1–1
Pérez Zeledón	1–4	Vancouver Whitecaps	1–1	0–3
Pachuca	3–2	Real Salt Lake	3–1	0–1
Antigua GFC	1–2	Olimpia	0–0	1–2
Bauger	2–4	Isidro Metapán	1–2	1–2

Matches edit

16 February 2016

19:00

Herediano	3–1	Montego Bay United
Alemán 17' Yendrick 35' Hernández 67'	Report	Ottey 53'

Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, Heredia

Attendance: 3,794

23 February 2016

19:00

Montego Bay United	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Herediano
Woozencroft 8', 54' Q. Smith 86'	Report	Azofeifa 3'
Penalties
Woozencroft St. Fleur James Williams Gordon Ambusley McBayne Brissett Rodney Simpson Barrett	9–8	Alemán Azofeifa Aguilar Yendrick Salazar Hernández Granados Vega Arias Núñez Moreira

WespoW Park, Montego Bay

Attendance: 427

Montego Bay United 3–3 Herediano on aggregate. Montego Bay United won 9–8 on penalties.

16 February 2016