CONCACAF Champions League 2013: Matchday 2 closes with wins by Cruz Azul, Toluca and Sporting

Mexico are still the kings of CONCACAF. Surprise!

Once again, the Liga MX clubs had no problem in the continent’s championship, with two more picking up wins on Thursday and leaving Tijuana’s Matchday 1 draw in El Salvador as the lone dropped points for the country in this year’s tournament. They are top of the totem pole until someone knocks them off and right now, no one looks ready to do that.

The Impact did get one bit of luck and it came early when they gave away an 18th minute penalty, only for Heredia to miss it. Charles Cordoba’s spot kick rattled the cross bar, bounced down on the goal line then out to keep the match level, but that would be the end of Montreal’s fortune.

Montreal were strong at the back and while they rarely committed men forward one they were down to 10, they did limit Heredia’s chances. They defended at all costs and it almost paid off on the other end when they caught Heredia off to get a rare chance of their own, but they hit the bar and they went back to defending.

Olimpia weren’t especially good, managing just two shots from inside the box all match. They were shot happy, but they were all from long range and Justo Lorente wasn’t asked to work hard for much of the match. He only had to make one save, albeit a great one, but he got beat once too and that proved to be the difference.

Bayron Mendez scored the winning goal just after halftime, but it was Ramiro Bruschi who did the hard part. Bruschi slipped a gorgeous pass in for Mendez, who finished first time to earn Olimpia three points in Nicaragua.