FIFA Updates

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP)—Honduran club Marathon defeated Mexico’s UNAM
Pumas 2-0 on Wednesday in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League
quarterfinal.

In the other quarterfinal first leg, Comunicaciones of Guatemala secured a
1-1 home draw against Mexico’s Pachuca.

Marathon forward Walter Martinez scored a 17th minute penalty, and Carlos
Will Mejia also scored from the spot in the 52nd.

Pumas, winners of three straight games in Mexico’s Clausura tournament,
rested five regulars starters ahead of their match against league-leading
Guadalajara Chivas this weekend.

In Guatemala City, Paul Aguilar gave Pachuca a 1-0 lead in the opening
minute before Comunicaciones’ Rolando Fonseca equalized in the 72nd. A draw was
an improvement for Pachuca, which has lost its past two league matches by
identical 3-0 scores.

In another quarterfinal first leg on Tuesday, Columbus Crew was held 2-2 by
Mexico’s Toluca. On Thursday, Mexico’s Cruz Azul plays at Arabe Unido in Panama.