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2017 CONCACAF SuperLiga Final
Event2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga
Date10 May 2017
VenueThomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau
Man of the MatchNicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders)
Attendance15,023
WeatherClear
25 °C (77 °F)
49% humidity
2016
2018

The 2017 CONCACAF SuperLiga Final was the final match of the 2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga, the 10th season of North America's secondary club football tournament organised by CONCACAF. It was played at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas on 10 May 2017, between American team Seattle Sounders FC and Mexican team León. Seattle won the match 2–0 after extra time.

Seattle earned the right to play against the América, who won the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League in the 2017 CONCACAF Super Cup. They also qualified for the group stage of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, as América also qualified for the group stage through domestic performance, that meant the berth reserved for the Champions League title holders was not used and passed to the SuperLiga title holders. However, Seattle had already qualified for the Champions League through winning MLS Cup 2016 meaning that 5th place MLS finishers New York City FC qualified for Group Stage, and 6th place finishers, LA Galaxy qualified for the Champions League.

Venue edit

 
Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau hosted the final.

Thomas Robinson Stadium was announced as the final venue on 30 June 2015, following the decision of the CONCACAF Executive Committee meeting in Miami, United States. It is the first time a CONCACAF club final will be played in The Bahamas.

Road to the final edit

For more details on this topic, see 2016–17 CONCACAF SuperLiga.

Note: In the table, the score of the finalist is given first (H = home; A = away).

  Seattle Sounders Round   León
SuperLiga Champions League
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
  Verdes 4–0 (H) Matchday 1   Montreal Impact 2–1 (H)
  UCR 4–0 (H) Matchday 2   D.C. United 1–1 (A)
  UWI Blackbirds 2–0 (A) Matchday 3   Central 0–1 (A)
  UWI Blackbirds 1–0 (H) Matchday 4   Central 2–2 (H)
  UCR 2–1 (A) Matchday 5   Montreal Impact 0–1 (A)
  Verdes 5–1 (A) Matchday 6   D.C. United 2–0 (H)
Group G winners
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   Seattle Sounders 6 18
2   UWI Blackbirds 6 10
3   UCR 6 3
4   Verdes 6 2
Final standings Group G third place
Pos Team Pld Pts
1   D.C. United 6 9
2   Central 6 9
3   León 6 8
4   Montreal Impact 6 5
SuperLiga
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Knockout phase Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
  Centro Dominguito 5–1 1–0 (A) 4–1 (H) Round of 32   San Juan Jabloteh 5–2 3–1 (A) 2–1 (H)
  Motagua 4–2 2–1 (A) 2–1 (H) Round of 16   Belmopan Bandits 8–1 0–1 (A) 8–0 (H)
  Olimpia 5–1 2–1 (A) 3–0 (H) Quarter-finals   Guadalajara 2–1 2–1 (H) 0–0 (A)
  Portland Timbers 3–2 (a.e.t.) 1–1 (A) 2–1 (a.e.t.) (H) Semi-finals   Chorrillo 4–4 (a) 2–3 (A) 2–1 (H)

Pre-match edit

Ambassador edit

The ambassador for the final is former Bahamian international player Kevin Davies.

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CONCACAF unveiled the brand identity of the final on 26 August 2016 in Miami during the group stage draw.

Ticketing edit

With a stadium capacity of 15,000 for the final, a total amount of 2,000 tickets are available to fans and the general public, with the two finalist teams receiving 3,000 tickets each and with 4,000 tickets being available for sale to fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 17 to 28 March 2017 in four price categories: $50, $30, $25, and $10. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, CONCACAF and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme.

Match edit

Officials edit

Costa Rican referee Henry Bejarano was announced as the final referee by CONCACAF on 27 April 2017.

Details edit

Seattle Sounders  2–0 (a.e.t.)  León
Lodeiro   110'
Svensson   113'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seattle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Leon
GK 24   Stefan Frei
RB 15   Brad Evans
CB 29   Román Torres
CB 14   Chad Marshall   82'   106'
LB 33   Joevin Jones
DM 6   Osvaldo Alonso   54'
RM 7   Cristian Roldan   78'
LM 4   Gustav Svensson   113'
RW 2   Clint Dempsey (c)
ST 13   Jordan Morris   87'
LW 10   Nicolás Lodeiro   110'
Substitutes:
GK 35   Bryan Meredith
DF 15   Tony Alfaro   106'
DF 91   Oniel Fisher
MF 8   Álvaro Fernández   78'
MF 11   Harry Shipp
FW 17   Will Bruin   87'
FW 12   Seyi Adekoya
Manager:
  Brian Schmetzer
GK 25   William Yarbrough
RB 5   Fernando Navarro
CB 3   Guillermo Burdisso   60'
CB 35   Juan González
LB 23   Osvaldo Rodríguez
RM 11   Andrés Andrade   77'
CM 6   Diego Novaretti   52'
CM 27   Carlos Peña   94'
LM 8   Elías Hernández   64'
AM 10   Luis Montes   115'
ST 17   Mauro Boselli (c)
Substitutes:
GK 1   José Antonio Rodríguez
DF 25   Juan Cornejo
DF 26   Christian Valdéz
MF 7   Dario Burbano
MF 13   Alexander Mejía   102'   77'
FW 9   Germán Cano   64'
FW 14   Jorge Pereyra   115'
Manager:
  Javier Torrente

Man of the Match:
Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders)

Assistant referees:
Jeffrey Solis (Costa Rica)
Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
Fourth official:
Kedlee Powell (Jamaica)
Additional assistant referees:
Octavio Jara (Costa Rica)
Osvaldo Luna (Costa Rica)
Reserve assistant referee:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.

Statistics edit

See also edit