Juan Brunetta’s 68th-minute goal broke a scoreless tie and created a lead too big for Nashville SC to overcome as Tigres UANL picked up their second straight 1-0 victory on Tuesday night at Estadio Universitario in San Nicolas de los Garzato, Mexico, to advance to the CONCACAF Champions Cup final.<\/p>\n
The win, coupled with Tigres’ 1-0 win in Nashville on April 28, gave Tigres a 2-0 win on aggregate. They will face the winner of the other semifinal between Toluca and Los Angeles FC. LAFC won 2-1 in Los Angeles on April 29. The second leg will be played Wednesday at Estadio Nemesio Diez in Toluca, Mexico.<\/p>\n
The single-leg final will be played May 30.<\/p>\n
This will be Tigres’ fifth appearance in the title game. The club won the championship in 2020 and finished runner-up in 2016, ’17 and ’19.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Brunetta found Angel Correa on a quick throw in along the left sideline. As Correa got past Nashville defender Jeisson Palacios on his first touch, he worked his way into the 18-yard box before giving it back to a trailing Brunetta.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old Brunetta faked a shot to send a defender to the ground, made one dribble, then fired a shot over the head of Nashville goalkeeper Brian Schwake.<\/p>\n
Tigres outshot Nashville 9-6 and had the game’s only two shots to be on target.<\/p>\n
Schwake made one save while Nahuel Guzman got the shutout without having to make a save.<\/p>\n
–Field Level Media<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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