América and Philadelphia have history in the Concachampions | OneFootball

This Tuesday, Club América and Philadelphia Union will face each other in the first leg of the Round of 16 of the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup.

But this won’t be the first time these two teams meet; there is already a precedent between both sides in this tournament, but it was five years ago.

In 2021, both teams met in the semifinals; América got there after eliminating Olimpia of Honduras and Portland Timbers of the United States, while their opponent defeated Saprissa and Atlanta United.

América 2-0 Philadelphia Union – First Leg Semifinal – Estadio Azteca.

The first leg was played at Estadio Azteca and ended with a favorable result for Las Águilas, 2-0, with goals from Richard Sánchez and Emanuel Aguilera.

It was a relatively calm match for the azulcremas, who took the victory without many complications.

Philadelphia Union 0-2 América – Second Leg Semifinal – Subaru Park

Unlike what happened in the first leg, Philadelphia was much better than América and had constant chances on goal, but Guillermo Ochoa emerged as the hero to prevent the opponent from scoring; he even managed to save a penalty.

It wasn’t until the 78th minute that América managed to seal the match with a goal from Nicolás Benedetti, and right at the end of the match Henry Martín appeared to make it 2-0 and 4-0 on aggregate.

We’ll see if América is able to repeat the feat this time, remembering that the first leg will be played this Tuesday and the second leg will be on Wednesday, March 18 at Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.