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NEW YORK -- Santos Laguna and the Seattle Sounders already have guaranteed themselves a place in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League. Only Motagua and Herediano have been eliminated from contention.
The remaining 12 teams all still have a chance to advance to the knockout round. The scenarios from which each team can qualify are as follows:
GROUP A
Morelia
• Defeats Alajuelense; OR
• Draws with Alajuelense AND Motagua defeats or draws with LA Galaxy
Alajuelense
• Defeats or draws with Morelia; OR
• Motagua defeats or draws with LA Galaxy
LA Galaxy
• Defeats Motagua; OR
• Draws with Motagua AND Alajuelense defeats Morelia
GROUP B
Santos Laguna
• Qualified
Colorado
• Defeats Santos; OR
• Metapán and Real España draw
Isidro Metapán
• Defeats Real Espana AND Santos defeats or draws with Colorado
Real España
• Defeats Isidro Metapan AND Santos defeats or draws with Colorado
GROUP C
Pumas
• Defeats or draws with Tauro
Dallas
• Defeats Toronto; OR
• Draws with Toronto AND Pumas defeats or draws with Tauro
Toronto
• Defeats Dallas
Tauro
• Defeats Pumas AND Dallas draws with Toronto
*If Tauro defeats Pumas, and Dallas and Toronto draw, all teams will finish with eight points, in which case final positions will be determined by goal difference. Going into the final round, Pumas leads with a plus-5, Tauro zero, Dallas minus-2 and Toronto minus-3.
GROUP D
Seattle
• Qualified
Monterrey
• Defeats OR draws with Seattle; OR
• Herediano defeats or draws with Comunicaciones
Comunicaciones
• Defeats Herediano AND Seattle defeats Monterrey
