ROUND OF 16 COLUMBUS REAL ESTELÍ - - CREW SCCL 2021 8 ABR | 6 PM ET | Venue: Estadio Nacional de Fútbol

They will meet for the first time in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League.

REAL ESTELÍ

Real Estelí is participating for the seventh time in the SCCL (2008/09, 2009/10, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2014/15, 2016/17 and 2021).

In their debut in 2008/09, they played the Preliminary Round and in the group stage in 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2016/17.

SCCL record: GP-20 W-0 D-7 L-13 (GF-9 GA-30).

To date, they have used 54 players, 34 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Top scorer in SCCL: Rudel Calero (NCA) 2 goals.

Players with the most SCCL games: Samuel Wilson (NCA) and Manuel Rosas (NCA) with 19 and 18 games respectively. With 16 games Rudel Calero (NCA), Franklin López (NCA), Elmer Mejía (HON) and Justo Llorente (NCA).

Real Estelí has not won in 20 games, in 9 games they managed to score goals and in one, did not concede goals in one, tie 0-0 vs Montreal Impact Preliminary Round 2008/09, Carlos Miranda Stadium, Comayagua, Honduras (Sep 2, 2008).

Last game in SCCL: 1-1 vs. Suchitepéquez (Samuel Wilson; Amaury Escoto) Independencia Stadium -NCA- (13 Sep 2016), Group H 2016/17 edition.

Home record in SCCL: GP-10 W-0 D-6 L-4 (GF-6 GA-11). They have drawn (1-1) in their last four SCCL home matches:

1-1 vs. Saprissa (Rodrigo Valiente; Ariel Rodríguez) Group 2 of 2014/15 (6 Aug 2014; 1-1 vs. (Daniel Da Silva; Antonio Rodríguez) Group 2 2014/15 (19 Aug 2014); 1-1 vs. FC Dallas (Elvis Figueroa; Atiba Harris), Group H 2016/17 (24 Aug 2016); and 1-1 vs. Suchitepéquez (Samuel Wilson; Amaury Escoto), Group H 2016/17 (13 Sep 2016).

SCCL 2021 Qualification: Winner on shoot-out (4-2) of the Play-in match of the Scotiabank 2020 Concacaf League vs FC Motagua after drawing (2-2) in regulation time.

Record vs MLS rivals: GP-12 W-0 D-4 L-6 (GF-6 GA-15).

1. SCCL 2008/09 (Preliminary Round): Real Estelí 0-0 Montreal Impact, Carlos Miranda Stadium, Comayagua HON (2 Sep 2008).

2. SCCL 2013/14 (Group 2): Sporting Kansas City 1-1 Real Estelí (Jacob Peterson; Rudel Alejandro Calero), Sporting Park, USA (17 Sep 2013).

3. SCCL 2014/15 (Group 2): Real Estelí 1-1 vs. Sporting Kansas City (Daniel Da Silva; Antonio Rodríguez), Estadio Independencia, NCA (19 Aug 2014).

4. SCCL 2016/17 (Group H): Real Estelí 1-1 FC Dallas (Elvis Figueroa; Atiba Harris), Estadio Independencia, NCA (24 Aug 2016).

TOP PLAYERS:

Manuel Rosas (NCA) the 37-year-old defender has played in five editions of the SCCL (18 games): 2 games and 1 goal scored in 2011/12, 4 in 2012/13, 4 in 2013/14, 4 in 2014 / 15 and 4 in 2016/17.

Juan Ramón Barrera (NCA) The forward has 18 games in Concacaf clubs tournaments, 12 of which are with Real Estelí and 6 with Tauro (PAN) in the 2011/12 edition.

Vítor Silva (BRA) is one of the team's scorers in 2021: he has scored 5 goals in the first 8 matches in the Nicaraguan First Division.

COLUMBUS CREW

Third participation in the SCCL (2009/10, 2010/11 and 2021). In its 2 previous editions, they advanced to the Quarterfinals.

Record: GP-16 W-6 D-4 L-6 (GF-20 GA-22).

So far, they have used 34 players, 30 yellow cards and 3 sent off.

Top scorer in SCCL Steven Lenhart (USA) 4 goals.

Players with the most SCCL appearances: Emmanuel Ekpo (NIG) and Eddie Gaven (USA) with 14 and 13 appearances respectively. With 12 games Adam Moffat (ESC) and Eric Brunner (USA). SCCL KO Phase Record: GP-4 W-0 D-2 L-2 (GF-5 GA-9).

Columbus has no victories. They were eliminated in their previous Quarterfinal appearances. Toluca in 2009/10 aggregate score (5-4), and in 2010/11 aggregate score (4-1).

Last SCCL game: 2010/11 QF loss and elimination vs. Real Salt Lake 4-1 (Álvaro Saborío, Javier Morales x2 and Andy Williams; Andrés Mendoza), Rio Tinto Stadium, USA (2 Mar 2011).

SCCL away record: GP-8 W-2 D-1 L-5 (GF-10 GC-17). The two away victories were: (0-1) vs. Saprissa (Eddie Gaven), Group C Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Stadium, CRC (16 Sep 2009); and (1-4) vs. Joe Public (Trent Noel; Andrés Mendoza, Emilio Renteria x2 and Duncan Oughton), in Group B Marvin Lee Stadium, TRI (21 Oct 2010).

SCCL 2021 Qualification: 2020 MLS Cup Champion.

Record vs Central American rivals in SCCL: GP-4 W-2 D-1 L-1 (GF-4 GA-3).

1. SCCL 2009/10 (Group C): Saprissa 0-1 (Eddie Gaven), Ricardo Saprissa Aymá Stadium, CRC (16 Sep 2009).

2. SCCL 2009/10 (Group C): Columbus Crew 1-1 Saprissa (Robbie Rogers; (Alexander Robinson Delgado), , USA (29 Sep 2009).

3. SCCL 2010/11 (Group B): Columbus Crew 1-0 Municipal (Emmanuel Ekpo), Historic Crew Stadium, USA (18 Aug 2010).

4. SCCL 2010/11 (Group B): Municipal 2-1 Columbus Crew (Guillermo Ramírez Ortega x2; ), Doroteo Guamuch Flores Stadium, GUA (29 Sep 2010).

TOP PLAYERS:

Lucas Zelarrayán (ARG) was a finalist in 3 editions of the SCCL with Tigres UANL (MEX) - runner-up in 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2019-. The Argentine player scored 1 goal in 17 SCCL appearances with Tigres (vs. Herediano in 2018 R16).

Gyasi Zardes (USA) and (USA) champions in the 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup with USA. Zardes, played 9 games with LA Galaxy and scored 12 goals in the 2020 MLS, while Nagbe played 5 games with and 4 with United.

Eloy Room (CUW) Has 31 games in the last 2 MLS seasons (2019 and 2020). He was the goalkeeper with the most saves in the 2019 Gold Cup (26) with Curaçao.