Saturday’s 2-1 (3-2 aggregate) Nutrilite Canadian Championship victory for Toronto FC over Vancouver Whitecaps FC put the Reds into the preliminary round of the 2011/12 CONCACAF Champions League.

Toronto will play against Real Esteli F.C. of Nicaragua over two legs. On July 27 BMO Field will be the venue for the opening fixture before Toronto travels to Esteli, a town of 118,000 in Northwest Nicaragua for the second match on August 2. That game will take place at 4,800 seat Estadio Independencia.

The winner of the aggregate series will advance to Champions League Group C and play in six more games against Pumas of Mexico, Tauro (Panama) and the preliminary victor of Alianza (El Salvador) versus Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas.

Esteli last appeared in the CCL in 2008 when they were ousted in the preliminary round by another Canadian side, Montreal Impact. The teams played to a scoreless draw in Nicaragua after Montreal took a 1-0 lead into the final contest from the opening leg.

Tickets for July 27

Toronto FC sales and service team will begin contacting season seat holders via email this week to secure their seats for the vital July 27 clash, as the Reds seek entry into the group stage of CONCACAF's premier club competition.

Members of other waiting lists and Toronto FC Insider will be contacted shortly after season seat holders and before the public sale.

Next Games

Toronto will take on New York Red Bulls next in MLS (Wednesday, July 6 at 8 p.m. ET on TSN). The Reds will have a training session Tuesday before leaving for New York later that day for Wednesday's match. The team will then travel to Texas to face Houston over the weekend.