Concacaf Champions Cup

FT Thursday, February 26, 2015
D.C. United WDLWL 2
–
Alajuelense WDLLW 5
1st2ndT
DC112
ALA325
1st Leg · Stade Robert Bobin

Match Report

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Costa Rica's Alajuelense beat D.C. United 5-2 as Jose Ortiz scores twice

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
12
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
2
44.5
Possession
55.5
8
SHOTS
16
4
ON GOAL
9
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
224
Accurate Passes
299
306
Passes
390
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
20
Crosses
23
0.3
Cross %
0.2
64
Long Balls
81
25
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
4
20
Effective Tackles
19
20
Tackles
21
1.0
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
19
35
Clearances
19

Lineups

ALA · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 23Dexter LewisG
  2. 3Porfirio LopezCD-L
  3. 12Johnny AcostaCD-R
  4. 26Ariel RodriguezDM
  5. 34Leonel PeraltaLB
  6. 4Kenner GutiérrezRB
  7. 8Armando AlonsoAM
  8. 22Rónald MatarritaLM
  9. 27Johan VenegasRM
  10. 21Jose OrtizCF-L
  11. 19Jonathan McDonaldCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 24Yvanilton de AlmeidaSUB
  2. 11Diego CalvoSUB
  3. 2Elías PalmaSUB
  4. 31Osvaldo RodríguezSUB
  5. 10Alvaro SanchezSUB
  6. 18Alfonso QuesadaSUB
  7. 7Alejandro AguilarSUB

DC · 4-4-1-1

  1. 50Andrew DykstraG
  2. 15Steve BirnbaumCD-L
  3. 32Bobby BoswellCD-R
  4. 2Taylor KempLB
  5. 5Sean FranklinRB
  6. 23Perry KitchenCM-L
  7. 8Davy ArnaudCM-R
  8. 18Chris RolfeLM
  9. 14Nick DeLeonRM
  10. 10Fabián EspíndolaF
  11. 13Chris PontiusRCF

Substitutes

  1. 25Jared JeffreySUB
  2. 22Chris KorbSUB
  3. 48Travis WorraSUB
  4. 17Miguel AguilarSUB
  5. 19Jairo ArrietaSUB
  6. 12Michael FarfanSUB
  7. 6Kofi OpareSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Andrew Dykstra (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 15' Goal! Alajuelense 1, D.C. United 0. Ariel Rodríguez (Alajuelense) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  3. 22' Goal! Alajuelense 2, D.C. United 0. Jose Ortiz (Alajuelense) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Johan Venegas with a through ball.
  4. 24' Goal! Alajuelense 2, D.C. United 1. Fabian Espindola (D.C. United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Chris Pontius with a headed pass.
  5. 27' Goal! Alajuelense 3, D.C. United 1. Johan Venegas (Alajuelense) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  6. 54' Goal! Alajuelense 4, D.C. United 1. Jose Ortiz (Alajuelense) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Armando Alonso.
  7. 57' Substitution, D.C. United. Jairo Arrieta replaces Chris Pontius.
  8. 57' Substitution, Alajuelense. Diego Calvo replaces Johan Venegas.
  9. 67' Jairo Arrieta (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 71' Substitution, D.C. United. Miguel Aguilar replaces Chris Rolfe.
  11. 75' Substitution, Alajuelense. Osvaldo Rodriguez replaces Ronald Matarrita because of an injury.
  12. 80' Substitution, D.C. United. Michael Farfan replaces Davy Arnaud.
  13. 84' Substitution, Alajuelense. Elias Palma replaces Jose Ortiz.
  14. 88' Goal! Alajuelense 4, D.C. United 2. Steve Birnbaum (D.C. United) header from the right side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Fabian Espindola with a cross following a set piece situation.
  15. 90' Goal! Alajuelense 5, D.C. United 2. Jonathan McDonald (Alajuelense) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leonel Peralta with a through ball.

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