{"id":138356,"date":"2025-09-25T11:55:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=138356"},"modified":"2025-09-25T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:55:30","slug":"cavalry-vs-pumas-2025-concacaf-champions-cup-round-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=138356","title":{"rendered":"Cavalry vs Pumas | 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup | Round One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g9XHIkpqMds?rel=0&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Highlights of the match! \u25b6\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Cavalry \ud83c\udd9a Pumas<\/p>\n<p>#ChampionsCup #concacaf #cavalry #pumas #highlights #roundone<\/p>\n<p>Cavalry FC earned a 2-1 win against Pumas UNAM in the first leg of their Round One series as the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup continued on Thursday at Starlight Stadium in Langford, British Columbia, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The victory marks a first for a Canadian Premier League side in the Concacaf Champions Cup. The North Star Cup winners are also the first CPL team to defeat a Liga MX club.<\/p>\n<p>Jay Herdman had a promising look on goal in the 24\u2019, striking from midfield, but Pumas goalkeeper Alex Padilla was there to capture the ball, as the home side pushed for the opening goal.<\/p>\n<p>Marco Carducci swatted away a dangerous ball into the box in the 33\u2019, after \u00c1ngel Rico looked to connect with one of his teammates on a Pumas UNAM corner kick.<\/p>\n<p>Sergio Camargo had a promising drive into the box in the 38\u2019, striking a pass into the center of the penalty area but Padilla was there to cut off the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Santiago L\u00f3pez placed Pumas UNAM in the lead in the 44&#8242;, striking off a rebound after a blocked attempt from Marco Carducci.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Trafford tied the match in the 57\u2019, striking inside the six-yard box to connect on a corner kick service from Ali Musse.<\/p>\n<p>Tobias Warschewski delivered a moment of brilliance to place Cavalry in the lead at the 80\u2019, controlling the ball with his right foot to set up his lethal strike. Herdman earned the assist off a header to redirect a cross from right field by Caniggia Elva.<\/p>\n<p>Warschewski&#8217;s goal for Cavalry is the first scored by a German player in the Concacaf Champions Cup while playing for a Canadian team since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Elva is the fourth player from Saint Lucia to feature in a Concacaf Champions Cup match since 2018 and the first to do so for a Canadian team.<\/p>\n<p>Cavalry&#8217;s victory over Pumas was the eighth win by a Canadian team against a Mexican side in the Concacaf Champions Cup (11D-20L) since the current format was introduced in 2008. <\/p>\n<p>The previous victory by a Canadian team in the competition was Vancouver Whitecaps with a 5-0 win over Real Espa\u00f1a in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Cavalry provided the first successful comeback against a Mexican side in the CCC since Honduras Progreso in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides will meet again in the second leg next Thursday in Mexico City. The aggregate winner will advance to the Round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd14 Subscribe to our channel, and turn on notifications: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/concacaf\/view_as=subscriber?sub_confirmation=1 <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcbb You can also visit our website and enjoy our exclusive content: https:\/\/www.concacaf.com\/ <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf1 Follow us on our social networks:<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thechampions\/<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/thechampions<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thechampions<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g9XHIkpqMds\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of the match! \u25b6\ufe0f Cavalry \ud83c\udd9a Pumas #ChampionsCup #concacaf #cavalry #pumas #highlights #roundone Cavalry FC earned a 2-1 win against Pumas UNAM in the first leg of their Round&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":138357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-world-wide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=138356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/138357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=138356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=138356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=138356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}