San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
The Olympia returns to the international arena and receives today, at 9:00 pm, Seattle Sounders in the first leg of the round of 16 of the Concacaf Champions League. The Olympic stadium is the chosen stage.
The current Honduran champion honors the current MLS king, who arrives with the Peruvian striker Raúl Ruidíaz as his banner, but also has Nicolás Lodeiro among his ranks.
In 2015, both clubs met in the only previous record. It was for the F of the 2015-16 Concacaf Champions League. El León lost the first game in Seattle 2-1 on August 19, 2015 and a week later the albos won 1-0 in Tegucigalpa.
The American club advanced as leader of group F, where Vancouver Whitecaps also competed and the Lion was eliminated.
The Olympia will try to take advantage of the locality and the competitive disadvantage with which Seattle arrives, because it is in full preseason and arrives after several days of work in Mexico.
Those led by Pedro Troglio have no margin for error, the victory is the objective, since the decisive duel is played next Thursday, February 27 at the CenturyLink Field in the city of Seattle.
To remember
Olimpia has been in the SalvaVida League for eight days and is third with 14 points. The Seattle Sounders starts the MLS season on March 1 in front of the Chicago Fire.
HEADLINE ALIGNMENTS:
OLIMPIA: Edrick Menjívar, German Mejía, Johnny Leverón, Jonathan Paz, Ever Alvarado, Edwin Rodríguez, Deiby Flores, Carlos Pineda, José Mario Pinto, Yustin Arboleda and Jerry Bengtson.
Substitutes: Alex Güity, Maylor Núñez, Elvin Casildo, Matías Garrido, Mayron Flores, Cristian Maidana and Jorge Benguché.
Coach: Pedro Troglio.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS: Stefan Frei, Xavier Arreaga, Nouhou Tolo, Jordy Delem, Kelvin Leerdam, Yeimar Gómez, Kevin Leerdam, João Paulo, Cristian Roldán, Joevin Jones, Raúl Ruidíaz and Jordan Morris.
Substitutes: Stefan Cleveland, Shane O’Neil, Miguel Andrade, Alexander Roldan, Handwalla Bwana, Danny Leyva and Justin Dhillon.
Coach: Brian Schmetzer
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