Cruz Azul thrashes Whitecaps for 7th Concacaf title

Cruz Azul thrashed the Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 connected Sunday nighttime astatine the Estadio Olímpico Universitario successful the last of the Concacaf Champions Cup to assistance the trophy for a record-tying seventh time.

First-half goals from Ignacio Rivero, Lorenzo Faravelli, Ángel Sepúlveda and Mateusz Bogusz enactment the effect retired of show for the Liga MX broadside with a 4-0 pb astatine the break.

Cruz Azul is present tied with Club América for the astir titles successful the past of the competition, and Sepúlveda secured the Golden Boot successful this season's Champions Cup with his extremity giving him 8 for the campaign.

The Whitecaps were without 2024-25 talisman Sebastian Berhalter, who was retired owed to yellowish paper accumulation, and the rout continued successful the 2nd fractional with Sepúlveda heading location his 2nd extremity of the nighttime minutes aft the restart.

With the assemblage already celebrating, Cruz Azul manager Vicente Sánchez began to rotate retired his apical players and contempt respective bully chances down the agelong the hosts did not adhd to their lead.

Cruz Azul is present tied with Club América, which it bushed connected the mode to the final, for the astir titles successful the past of the contention with seven, and Sepúlveda secured the Golden Boot successful this season's Champions Cup with his 2 goals giving him 9 for the campaign.

The effect ends an admirable tally for Vancouver successful the Champions Cup, contempt the Canadian broadside coming up abbreviated successful its quest for a archetypal triumph successful the competition. The Whitecaps are successful the midst of a stellar play successful MLS, sitting atop the Western Conference with 32 points from 15 games.