Twenty-Four Teams to Compete for Regional Club Championship in Play Kicking Off August 5

Miami, FL (Thursday, July 3, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) today unveiled the group phase schedule for the 2014/15 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, the region’s premier competition for clubs.

The schedule for opening day on August 5 includes action for defending CONCACAF champion Cruz Azul – set to represent the Confederation at this December’s FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco. The Champions League holders will welcome fellow 2013/14 CCL semifinalist and 2013 Costa Rica Winter Tournament champion LD Alajuelense at Estadio Azul in Mexico City for the opener in Group 6.

That match is among the first of eight slated for the opening week as CCL action begins for 11 countries across the Confederation, from Guyana to Canada. Two-time defending Liga MX champion Club Leon also begins its bid for the Confederation title on August 5, with a visit to veteran Salvadoran CCL participant AD Isidro Metapán.

2014 Canadian Championship winner Impact de Montreal will initiate participation for Major League Soccer clubs in the 2014/15 CCL, hosting El Salvador’s Club Deportivo FAS at Stade Saputo that same night.

The following day, four-time CCL champion CF Pachuca (three CCL and one Champions Cup) which last lifted the trophy in 2010 – returns to continental action, at home against Real España of Honduras.

Twenty-four teams are set to participate in this season’s Champions League, marking the seventh edition in which a Confederation-wide group phase has been disputed before the knockout rounds. Sixteen clubs debut in the tournament’s first week, with the other eight – including Major League Soccer sides DC United, New York Red Bulls, Portland Timbers, and Sporting KC and Liga MX entrant Club America – entering play on weeks 2 and 3, scheduled from August 19-21 and August 26-28.

September will feature two more rounds of play, before the group phase wraps up with a final set of encounters in October, including a number of marquee match ups.

The top club from each of the eight three-team groups advances to the knockout round. The quarterfinal, semifinal and final rounds are slated for early next year.

More information on the CONCACAF Champions League, including team-by-team capsules and in-depth statistics and analysis, can be found at CONCACAF.com. The full schedule can be accessed below, and by clicking here.

CONCACAF Champions League 2014/15 – Group Stage Schedule

– Home teams are listed first. All times are Eastern.-

WEEK 1

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

08:00pmET         Alpha United FC (GUY) vs. Club Deportivo Olimpia (HON)

08:00pmET          Cruz Azul FC (MEX) vs. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (CRC)

08:00pmET         Impact de Montreal (CAN) vs. Club Deportivo FAS (SLV)

10:00pmET         AD Isidro Metapán (SLV) vs. Club León (MEX)

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

08:00pmET         Club de Fútbol Pachuca (MEX) vs. Real Club Deportivo España (HON)

10:00pmET         Real Estelí Fútbol Club (NCA) vs. Deportivo Saprissa (CRC)

Thursday, August 7, 2014

10:00pmET         Comunicaciones FC (GUA) vs. Puerto Rico Bayamón FC (PUR)

10:00pmET         Tauro FC (PAN) vs. Waterhouse Football Club (JAM)

Week 2

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

08:00pmET         Alpha United FC (GUY) vs Portland Timbers (USA)

08:00pmET         Club América (MEX) vs. Puerto Rico Bayamón FC (PUR)

10:00pmET         Chorrillo FC (PAN) vs. Cruz Azul FC (MEX)

10:00pmET         Real Estelí Fútbol Club (NCA) vs. Sporting Kansas City (USA)

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

08:00pmET         DC United (USA) vs. Waterhouse FC (JAM)

10:00pmET         Club Deportivo FAS (SLV) vs. Impact de Montreal (CAN)

Thursday, August 21, 2014

10:00pmET         Real Club Deportivo España (HON) vs. Club Social y Deportivo Municipal (GUA)

10:00pmET         Belmopan Bandits Football (BLZ) vs. AD Isidro Metapán (SLV)

Week 3

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

08:00pmET         New York Red Bulls (USA) vs. Club Deportivo FAS (SLV)

10:00pmET         Comunicaciones FC (GUA) vs. Club América (MEX)

10:00pmET         Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) vs. Real Estelí Fútbol Club (NCA)

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

08:00pmET         Club León (MEX) vs. Belmopan Bandits Football (BLZ)

10:00pmET         Club Social y Deportivo Municipal (GUA) vs. Club de Fútbol Pachuca (MEX)

Thursday, August 28, 2014

08:00pmET         Waterhouse Football Club (JAM) vs. Tauro FC (PAN)

10:00pmET         Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (CRC) vs. Chorrillo FC (PAN)

10:00pmET         Club Deportivo Olimpia (HON) vs. Alpha United FC (GUY)

Week 4

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

08:00pmET         Waterhouse Football Club (JAM) vs. DC United (USA)

08:00pmET         Cruz Azul FC (MEX) vs. Chorrillo FC (PAN)

10:00pmET         Portland Timbers (USA) vs. Club Deportivo Olimpia (HON)

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

08:00pmET         Puerto Rico Bayamón FC (PUR) vs. Club América (MEX)

08:00pmET         Impact de Montreal (CAN) vs. New York Red Bulls (USA)

10:00pmET         Club Social y Deportivo Municipal (GUA) vs. Real Club Deportivo España (HON)

Thursday, September 18, 2014

08:00pmET         Sporting Kansas City (USA) vs. Deportivo Saprissa (CRC)

10:00pmET         AD Isidro Metapán (SLV) vs. Belmopan Bandits Football (BLZ)

Week 5

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

08:00pmET         Sporting Kansas City (USA) vs. Real Estelí Fútbol Club (NCA)

10:00pmET         Portland Timbers (USA) vs. Alpha United FC (GUY)

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

08:00pmET         Club de Fútbol Pachuca (MEX) vs. Club Social y Deportivo Municipal (GUA)

08:00pmET         DC United (USA) vs. Tauro FC (PAN)

10:00pmET          Club Deportivo FAS (SLV) vs. New York Red Bulls (USA)

10:00pmET         Belmopan Bandits Football (BLZ) vs. Club León (MEX)

Thursday, September 25, 2014

08:00pmET         Puerto Rico Bayamón FC (PUR) vs. Comunicaciones FC (GUA)

10:00pmET          Chorrillo FC (PAN) vs. Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (CRC)

Week 6

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

08:00pmET         Tauro FC (PAN) vs. DC United (USA)

08:00pmET         Club América (MEX) vs. Comunicaciones FC (GUA)

10:00pmET         Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (CRC) vs. Cruz Azul FC (MEX)

10:00pmET         Club Deportivo Olimpia (HON) vs. Portland Timbers (USA)

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

08:00pmET         New York Red Bulls (USA) vs. Impact de Montreal (CAN)

10:00pmET         Real Club Deportivo España (HON) vs. Club de Fútbol Pachuca (MEX)

Thursday, October 23, 2014

08:00pmET         Club León (MEX) vs. AD Isidro Metapán (SLV)

10:00pmET         Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) vs. Sporting Kansas City (USA)

CONCACAF Champions League groups and home stadiums for this tournament

Group 1

Club de Fútbol Pachuca (MEX), Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca, MEX

Real Club Deportivo España (HON), Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula, HON

Club Social y Deportivo Municipal (GUA), Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala, GUA

Group 2

Sporting Kansas City (USA), Sporting Park, Kansas City, USA

Deportivo Saprissa (CRC), Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San José, CRC

Real Estelí Fútbol Club (NCA), Estadio Independencia, Estelí, NCA

Group 3

New York Red Bulls (USA), Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey, USA

Impact de Montreal (CAN), Stade Saputo, Montreal, CAN

Club Deportivo FAS (SLV), Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, SLV

Group 4

Tauro FC (PAN), Estadio Rommel Fernández, Ciudad de Panamá, PAN

D.C. United (USA), RFK Stadium, Washington, DC, USA

Waterhouse Football Club (JAM), National Stadium, Kingston, JAM

Group 5

Club Deportivo Olimpia (HON), Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa, HON

Portland Timbers (USA), Providence Park, Portland, Oregon, USA

Alpha United FC (GUY), Guyana National Stadium, Georgetown, GUY

Group 6

Liga Deportiva Alajuelense (CRC), Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, CRC

Cruz Azul FC (MEX), Estadio Azul, México City, MEX

Chorrillo FC (PAN), Estadio Maracaná, Panamá, PAN

Group 7

Club León (MEX), Estadio Nou Camp, León, MEX

AD Isidro Metapán (SLV), Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, SLV

Belmopan Bandits Football (BLZ), Football Federation of Belize Stadium, Belmopan, BEL

Group 8

Comunicaciones FC (GUA), Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatemala City, GUA

Club América (MEX), Estadio Azteca, México City, MEX

Puerto Rico Bayamón FC (PUR), Juan Ramón Loubriel, Bayamón, PUR