RSL v Monterrey
2nd leg, CCL final
Rio Tinto Stadium
10 PM (right after the TFC match)
TV: GOL TV
Online: https://secure-concacaftv.premiumtv....,12907,00.html (free, registration required).
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Current standing 2-2.
RSL needs a 0-0 draw, a 1-1 draw, or a win to advance, given their 2 away goals (which does apply in the CCL) to the Club World Cup.
A 2-2 draw will result in PKs.
RSL is undefeated at home for the last 37 games in all competitions (since May, 2009). They are playing at altitude, which is an advantage, although Monterrey plays at altitude, it's not quite as high. The temperature (forecast 40's F) will also be an advantage.
If they make it through, they will play in the CWC quarter-finals:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_FIFA_Club_World_Cup
So even if they play in the CWC, they will still have to place in the top half to play the UEFA and the South American clubs (something that Pachuca failed to do last year).
Monterrey, by all accounts is a formidable opposition, and could still win this thing. I'm a neutral, but still can't help rooting for the underdog RSL, especially as they are representing MLS. The first leg was an exciting match, this should be no less so.
If once bottom-feeder RSL can pull this off, maybe TFC can do so some day.