Path Set For Champions League Glory

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NEW YORK -- In a draw conducted Tuesday at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, match-ups for the Championship Round of the 2011/12 CONCACAF Champions League were determined. An all-Major League Soccer meeting and an all-Mexican pairing will highlight the quarterfinals.

Toronto will face another MLS side LA Galaxy in one quarterfinal, while Monterrey, the defending Champions League winner, will face fellow Mexican side Morelia in another. The USA's Seattle Sounders were drawn to meet Santos of Mexico, with El Salvador's Isidro Metapan and Pumas of Mexico squaring off in the last quarterfinal.

Group winners Monterrey, LA Galaxy, Santos and Pumas are assured of playing the second leg, March 13-15, at home and have drawn against the four runners-up, with the only restriction being that they cannot face the same team that it played in the Group Stage.

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Morelia, Toronto FC, Seattle Sounders and Isidro Metapan will be home for the first leg, March 6-8.

The semifinal pairings also pit the LA-Toronto winner against the Seattle-Santos winner, while the survivor of the Monterrey-Morelia quarterfinal will play either Pumas or Isidro Metapan.

Toronto or LA will host the first leg of its semifinal against Santos or Seattle on March 27-29, with Monterrey or Morelia being at home against Pumas or Isidro Metapan the same week.

Santos or Seattle, and either Pumas or Isidro Metapan host the second leg of the semifinals April 3-5.

The first leg of the final will be hosted in either Mexico or El Salvador April 17-19. The second leg will be either in the USA, Mexico or Canada April 24-26.

CONCACAF Champions League (home teams listed first)

Quarterfinals

First Leg
March 6-8, 2012

Seattle Sounders (USA) vs. Santos (MEX)
Isidro Metapan (SLV) vs. Pumas (MEX)
Toronto FC (CAN) vs. LA Galaxy (USA)
Morelia (MEX) vs. Monterrey (MEX)

Second Leg
March 13-15, 2012

Santos (MEX) vs. Seattle Sounders (USA)
Pumas (MEX) vs. Isidro Metapan (SLV)
LA Galaxy (USA) vs. Toronto FC (CAN)
Monterrey (MEX) vs. Morelia (MEX)

Semifinals

First Leg
March 27-29, 2012

LA Galaxy-Toronto FC winner vs. Santos-Seattle Sounders winner
Monterrey-Morelia winner vs. Pumas-Isidro Metapan winner

Second Leg
April 3-5, 2012

Santos-Seattle Sounders winner vs. LA Galaxy-Toronto FC winner
Pumas-Isidro Metapan winner vs. Monterrey-Morelia winner

Finals

First Leg
April 17-19, 2012

Monterrey-Morelia/Pumas-Metapan winner vs. LA Galaxy-Toronto FC/Santos-Seattle Sounders winner

Second Leg
April 24-26, 2012

LA Galaxy-Toronto FC/Santos-Seattle Sounders winner vs. Monterrey-Morelia/Pumas-Metapan winner