Posts Tagged ‘Marathon’
CONCACAF Champions: Marathon tops Seattle 2-1 (AP)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP)—Honduran club Marathon beat the Seattle
Sounders 2-1 on Thursday in the opening Group C game of the CONCACAF Champions
League.
Roger Levesque gave Seattle a 1-0 lead in the 17th minute but Marathon
replied with a 27th-minute equalizer from Orvin Paz at the edge of the area.
Nicolas Cardozo scored from the penalty spot in first-half stoppage time.
The victory gives Marathon three points in Group C, along with Mexican club
Monterrey, which beat Costa Rica’s Saprissa 1-0.
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Marathon wins in CONCACAF Champions League (AP)
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.




