Rayadas cerró su participación en la fase regular del Apertura 2022 aplastando a Santos Laguna. Las regias ganaron 4-0 en territorio guerrero y aseguraron la segunda posición en el torneo, en gran parte gracias a la tremenda actuación de Aylin Aviléz, quien con un doblete dio alimento a todos aquellos que la llaman La Joya
Uno de esos goles, por cierto, fue una auténtica belleza.
La tarea no era sencilla: Monterrey necesitaba revertir un abultado 5-2 para soñar con la final del Apertura 2022.
Y tras 90 minutos en el BBVA, no hubo milagro.
De hecho, entre los guantes de Óscar Ustari y un penal anotado por Avilés Hurtado en los minutos de descuento, Pachuca volvió a ganar (1-0) y avanzó a la final del torneo con un global de 6-2.
The Portland Thorns clinched a spot in next Saturday's NWSL Championship by eliminating the San Diego Wave 2-1 in today's semifinal at Providence Park with sensational goals from Rocky Rodríguez and Crystal Dunn overcoming Taylor Kornieck's opener.
The expansion Wave took the lead in the eighth-minute when Golden Boot winner Alex Morgan turned provider with Kornieck finishing from close range.
New York City FC went inside the belly of the beast Sunday at Saputo Stadium and showed off its playoff expertise by eliminating CF Montréal 3-1 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals against Philadelphia Union on Oct. 30 at Subaru Park in Chester.
Facing an intense atmosphere, NYCFC started out aggressively and got an early sixth-minute goal from veteran Argentine playmaker Maxi Moralez.
️ MAXI MORALEZ
Two second-half goals from Antoine Griezmann, one scored directly from a corner kick, gave Atlético Madrid a 2-1 win at Real Betis on Sunday, extending their unbeaten run in LaLiga to five games.
Atlético climbed back to third in the standings on 23 points, eight behind leaders Real Madrid and two from second-placed Barcelona, who have a game in hand and host Athletic Bilbao later on Sunday. Betis are fifth on 20 points.
It was Atlético's fifth win in six away games this season, and Betis's first loss at home.
It's no secret what Youri Tielemans has in his locker. The young Belgian has scored enough stunning goals to fill an impressive YouTube compilation. On Sunday, Leicester City faced off against Wolves and it was his spectacular strike from distance that gave the Foxes the lead en route to an impressive 4-0 win on the road.
El favorito al título del Apertura 2022 se quedó con las manos vacías. América fue incapaz de superar a Toluca y con un 1-1 en el Azteca y una caída 3-2 en el marcador global se despidió de la pelea por el título.
La historia pudo ser diferente si el agónico gol que anotó Henry Martín en tiempo de descuento hubiera contado. Sin embargo, tanto el delantero yucateco como los aficionados azulcrema que habían gritado la conquista con el alma vieron que la ilusión se hacía trizas cuando el VAR determinó que toda la acción había sido en fuera de lugar.
¡Ouch!
Pachuca se quedó con el primer partido de las semifinales del Apertura 2022 ante Monterrey con un expresivo 5-2, en una noche que solo puede ser definida como un paseo salvaje sobre el césped del Estadio Hidalgo.
Palomitas de maíz en mano, fuimos testigos de un duelo que se desarrolló combo a combo y cuyo clímax tuvo al arquero tuzo Óscar Ustari como singular protagonista.
Cristian Arango scored in the third minute of second-half stoppage to lift Los Angeles FC to a dramatic 3-2 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Galaxy in a Western Conference semifinal on Thursday night.
Denis Bouanga scored the first two goals for LAFC and also contributed indirectly to Arango's match winner to lift the home side to their second Western Conference final since joining MLS in 2018.
LAFC STRIKES FIRST IN EL TRAFICO! ⚫️
Leon Flach scored his first competitive goal of the year and the second of his MLS career to lift the Philadelphia Union to a 1-0 victory over visiting FC Cincinnati in their Eastern Conference semifinal on Thursday night.
Flach's goal lifts the East's top seed Philadelphia (19-5-10, 67 points) to their second consecutive conference finals, which they will host on Oct. 30 against the winner of Sunday's other East semifinal between CF Montreal and New York City FC.