2015 CONCACAF Champions League Final vs Montreal Impact
A Benedetto hat-trick in Montreal gave América a sixth CONCACAF crown.
The 2015 CONCACAF Champions League final was the final of the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League, the 7th edition under its current format and the 50th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF. It was contested in a two-legged home-and-away format between Mexico's América and Canada's Montreal Impact, and América won 5–3 on aggregate for their record-tying sixth overall CONCACAF club title.
Quick Facts
- Competition
- 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League final (two legs)
- First leg
- 22 April 2015, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: América 1–1 Montreal Impact (Peralta 88'; Piatti 16'), attendance 56,783
- Aggregate
- América 5–3
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Background
This was América's first final in the CONCACAF Champions League era, but they had won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup five times (1977, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2006) and were aiming to equal Cruz Azul's record of six CONCACAF club titles, set in the 2014 final; Montreal Impact were the first Canadian team to reach a CONCACAF club final. The first leg at the Estadio Azteca on 22 April 2015 ended 1–1 (Piatti 16', Peralta 88') in front of 56,783, refereed by Héctor Rodríguez of Honduras. In the second leg at Montreal's Olympic Stadium on 29 April, América won 4–2 (Romero 8' and McInerney 88' for Montreal; Benedetto 50', 67', 81' and Peralta 65' for América) before 61,004, with Henry Bejarano of Costa Rica refereeing.
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