Seattle Sounders FC vs. Pumas UNAM - Football Match Report - May 4, 2022 - ESPN

Raul Ruidiaz scored a brace to help Seattle Sounders FC make their mark on CONCACAF Champions League history on Wednesday night, beating Liga MX side Pumas UNAM 3-0 in the second leg and 5-2 on aggregate to win the title.

The Sounders become the first Major League Soccer side to win the federation's annual club competition in its new format, which started in 2008-09. Prior to that, there were only two other American teams to have won a CONCACAF club crown — D.C. United in 1998 and the LA Galaxy in 2000 — when it was known as the Champions Cup.

A record CCL crowd of 68,761 turned out for the match at Lumen Field for the second leg, following last Wednesday's thrilling first leg that ended in a 2-2 draw thanks to a pair of late penalties awarded to Seattle.

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With half-time approaching, coach Brian Schmetzer's side found its opener when a laid off pass in the center of the penalty area found Ruidiaz, whose first-time shot took a deflection off a Pumas defender and bounced into the back of the net to give the Sounders the lead at the break.

The Sounders were forced to make two first-half substitutions due to injury, with Kelyn Rowe coming on for Nouhou Tolo in the 11th minute and Obed Vargas replacing Joao Paulo shortly before the half-hour mark.

With the game still within reach for Pumas late in the match Ruidiaz scored his second on the tail end of a swift counter-attack by Seattle, curling a near-post strike from a Nicolas Lodeiro assist past Alfredo Talavera to double the lead.

Lodeiro put the game to bed when he pounced on the rebound of a Jordan Morris shot that came back off the post and slotted home, securing the historic title and sending the raucous sell-out