Seattle Sounders defeat Pumas UNAM for historic Concacaf Champions League title
by Agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5YWSM)
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The Seattle Sounders defeated Mexico's Pumas UNAM 5-2 on aggregate to win the Concacaf Champions League on Wednesday, ending Major League Soccer's 23-year wait to lift the top club tournament for teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Two goals from Peruvian international Raul Ruidiaz and a late strike from Uruguayan veteran Nicolas Lodeiro sealed a deserved 3-0 second leg victory in front of a tournament record crowd of 68,741 at Seattle's Lumen Field. Last week's first leg had ended in a 2-2 draw in Mexico City.
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