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.

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

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

So WTF Is This Exactly?The CONCACAF Champions Cup is, quite simply, the North & Central American edition of the UEFA Champions League. A knock-out competition between the best clubs within the

A 1-0 halftime lead turned into a 1-1 draw in the 70th minute and then a 2-1 loss during stoppage time as Costa Rican side Herediano stole the opening round of the CONCACAF Champions Cup.