Sporting Kansas City and Club de Futbol Monterrey will meet in the 2019 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League semifinals. Sporting will travel to Mexico for the first leg of the aggregate-goal series on April 4 before hosting the decisive second leg at Children's Mercy Park on April 11 (tickets on sale now). In the buildup to this clash, SportingKC.com is providing updates on the Rayados as part of the site’s Monitoring Monterrey series.
After 11 straight weeks of Liga MX action since opening the club's Clausura campaign on Jan. 5, CF Monterrey used the first international break of the year to return north of the border to face another MLS opponent with an exhibition match against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday that came 10 days after the Rayados ended Atlanta United's Champions League run at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.