Sporting Kansas City midfielder Roger Espinoza was named to the Concacaf Champions League Team of the Week for matchday two today after helping his side to a dominant 2-0 win over Deportivo Toluca FC on Thursday night at Estadio Nemesio Diez in Toluca, Mexico.
Espinoza's glorious diagonal ball over the top set Gerso Fernandes free for the game-winner in the eight minute, but the Honduran veteran was far from done making a distinct impact on proceedings. He was a two-way cog in Sporting's midfield as the visitors bossed possession and nullified a Toluca attack that failed to register a single shot on target.
Sporting has advanced to the quarterfinal stage of the Concacaf Champions League for the second time after claiming a remarkable 5-0 aggregate victory over Toluca in the Round of 16. The result made Sporting the first American club in the 57-year history of the Champions League to defeat a Mexican club in a two-legged series with the second leg played in Mexico. It also marked the largest margin of victory by an MLS team over a Liga MX opponent in a two-legged series.
Single-game tickets for the second leg of the 2019 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals between Sporting Kansas City and Panamanian club Independiente are now on sale at SeatGeek.com. The match at Children’s Mercy Park is included in Sporting Kansas City Season Ticket Member packages and will kick off at 7 p.m. CT on Thursday, March 14.
The decisive fixture of the quarterfinal series will take place eight days after Sporting and Independiente meet in the first leg at 7 p.m. CT Wednesday, March 6, at Estadio Agustin Sanchez in La Chorrera, Panama. Both games will stream live in English on YahooSports.com and air live in Spanish on Univision Deportes.
