ROUND OF 16 LEÓN - - TORONTO SCCL 2021 7 ABR | 7 PM ET | Venue: León
* Data is from the 2008-2009 new edition to date
They will square-off for the first time in the Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League, SCCL.
LEÓN
Third participation in the SCCL: 2014/15, 2020 and 2021, was eliminated in 2020 in the round of 16 by Los Angeles FC.
SCCL record: GP-6 W-3 D-1 L-2 (GF-12 GA-9).
To date, Leon has used 41 players, 12 yellow cards and 3 sent off.
Top scorers in SCCL: José María Cárdenas (MEX), José Ruiz (MEX) and Yamilson Rivera (COL) 2 goals. With a goal Mauro Boselli (ARG), Ángel Mena (ECU), Jean Meneses (CHI), Elías Hernández (MEX), Luis Franco (MEX) and Derley (BRA).
Players with the most SCCL games: Fernando Navarro (MEX) (6 games), Aldo Rocha (MEX), Martín Bravo and José María Cárdenas (MEX) with 4 games.
Top scorer in SCCL Round of 16: Ángel Mena (ECU and Jean Meneses (CHI) (1) vs. Los Angeles FC in 2020.
SCCL KO Phase Record: GP-2 W-1 D-0 L-1 (GF-2 GA-3).
Last game in SCCL: 3-0 loss vs. Los Angeles FC (Carlos Vela x2 and Diego Rossi), Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, CA, USA, second leg Round of 16 (28 Feb 2020).
SCCL home record: GP-3 W-2 D-1 -0 (GF-7 GA-2). Results at Estadio León, MEX: 1-1 vs. Herediano (Mauro Boselli; Francisco Calvo), Group 7 (27 Aug 2014); 4-1 vs. Isidro Metapán (José Jair Ruíz x2 and Yamilson Rivera x2), Group 7 (23 Oct 2014); and 2-0 vs. Los Ángeles FC (Jean Meneses and Ángel Mena), in R16 (first leg) (28 Feb 2020).
Classification to SCCL 2021: Second place in the regular season of the Liga MX 2020 Clausura Tournament at the time of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
TOP PLAYERS:
Ángel Mena (ECU) Scored 7 goals and provided 5 assists in the 2020 Guardians Tournament of Liga MX.
Emmanuel Gigliotti (ARG) The forward participated in the SCCL 2019 with Toluca (2 games vs. Kansas City in R16). Gigliotti, scored two goals in the final vs Pumas in the 2020 Liga MX Guardians Tournament.
Rodolfo Cota (MEX) was the only goalkeeper who did not concede goals in the first leg of the Round of 16 SCCL 2020: he added 3 saves in the 2-0 victory vs. Los Angeles FC. He was champion of the 2008 Concacaf Champions Cup (Pachuca), the 2009/10 SCCL (Pachuca) and the 2018 SCCL (CD Guadalajara) where he received the Golden Glove award.
TORONTO
Seventh participation in the SCCL: 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2018, 2019 and 2021.
Toronto FC was runner-up in 2018 losing (4-2) on penalties kicks vs. CD Guadalajara after a 3-3 draw on the aggregate.
SCCL record: GP-36 W-15 D-10 L-11 (GF-49 GA-48).
To date, they have used 95 players, 63 yellow cards and 5 sent off.
Top SCCL scorers: Ryan Johnson (JAM) with 6 goals, Sebastian Giovinco (ITA) and Jonathan Osorio (CAN) with 4 goals.
Players with the most SCCL games: Ashtone Morgan (CAN) 22, Julian de Guzmán (CAN) 18 and Ryan Johnson (JAM) with 16.
Top scorer in SCCL Round of 16: Sebastian Giovinco (ITA), Jordan Hamilton (CAN) and Jonathan Osorio (CAN) 1 goal each.
SCCL KO Phase Record: GP-14 W-5 D-5 L-4.
Last game in SCCL: 1-1 vs. CAI (Panama) (Jordan Hamilton; Omar Ezequiel Browne), second leg R16 BMO Field in Toronto, CAN (26 Feb 2019).
SCCL away record: GP-18 W-7 D-4 -7 (GF-24 GA-30). SCCL 2021 Qualification: Top ranked 2020 Canadian Championship.
Record vs Liga MX teams: GP-14 W-4 D-4 L-6 (GF-18 GA-26).
1. SCCL 2010/11 (Group 1): Toronto 2-1 Cruz Azul (Martin Saric and Miguel Ángel Martínez; Christian Giménez), BMO Field, CAN (17 Aug 2010).
2. SCCL 2018 (QF - first leg) Toronto 2-1 Tigres UANL (Jozy Altidore and Jonathan Osorio; Eduardo Vargas), BMO Field, CAN (7 Mar 2018).
3. SCCL 2018 (SF - first leg). Toronto 3-1 Club América (Sebastian Giovinco, Jozy Altidore and Ashtone Morgan; Andrés Ibargüen), BMO Field, CAN (3 Apr 2018).
4. SCCL 2018 (Final - second leg): Guadalajara 1-2 Toronto (Orbelín Pineda; Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco), Estadio Akron, MEX (25 Apr 2018).
TOP PLAYERS:
Michael Bradley (USA): Has 10 SCCL games, was the 2007 and 2017 Concacaf Gold Cup champion and 2018 SCCL runner-up.
Jonathan Osorio (CAN): He has 10 games in the SCCL. He was runner-up in 2018 where he scored 4 goals in 8 games (scored 1 goal in the final vs. Guadalajara).
Omar González (USA): Has 24 games in the SCCL. He was champion with Pachuca in 2016/17 where he played 9 games. He also played for LA Galaxy (15) in 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2015/16.