CCL QFs: A Great Night For Visiting Teams

Cruz Azul players celebrate their second goal.It was a sublime night for visiting teams in Concacaf Champions’ League.

Both this evening’s ties look done and dusted at the halfway stage.

Philadelphia weathered a first-half Atlanta storm and had Andre Blake in goal to thank for keeping the scores level amidst a furious and frenetic onslaught from The Five Stripes.

Jim Curtin’s side however retained their composure and playing the more controlled football, picked off their hosts in the second-half.

Before this evening Atlanta had never conceded a home goal in CCL play. Tonight they leaked three, with Kacper Przybylko proving too hot to handle claiming two goals and an assist. His second was the…