Mexican side Pachuca will host Major League Soccer's Columbus Crew in a single-leg CONCACAF Champions Cup final on June 1, regional football chiefs confirmed on Thursday.Columbus booked a place in the final on Wednesday after securing a 3-1 away win over Mexican giants Monterrey, completing a 5-2 aggregate victory.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited the country's south Thursday, where the death toll from floods caused by torrential rains has risen to 13.Floods and landslides caused by a week of storms hit nearly 150 municipalities in the state, also injuring at least a dozen people and displacing close to 10,000.
Columbus Crew reached the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup for the first time in the club's history on Wednesday after a superb 3-1 away win over Mexican giants Monterrey sealed a 5-2 aggregate victory.That put Columbus 2-1 up on the night, 4-2 on aggregate, meaning Monterrey would need to score three times.
Comment: As the Premier League’s American TV partner said it would ‘push’ for fixtures to be played in the US, the prospect of more global expansion is an insult to football fans and further proof of clubs detaching from their community roots