The first legs of the 2016-17 CONCACAF Champions League both went the way of the home team.
Top-seeded Vancouver Whitecaps traveled to Tigres UANL, and was handed a humbling 2-0 defeat. As they had done in the quarterfinals, the Caps settled into a counter-attacking strategy that allowed their opponent a lot of possession, but there is a fine line between trading off possession for tactical advantage and simply being outplayed. Tigres enjoyed almost 80% of the ball and rained 14 shots on goal with seven on target. Vancouver clung on, keeping the game scoreless until the 66th minute when Kendall Waston diverted a cross into his own net.