This year's Pachuca squad is not the same one that won multiple cups in the first part of 2007. However, Pachuca is still a force in Mexico and D.C. United learned that the hard way as Pachuca beat D.C. 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions Cup semifinal series.
Pachuca's offense has valuable weapons such as Juan Carlos Cacho and Christian "Chaco" Gimenez but it was Luis Arturo "Chapo" Montes who was the star of the game. Montes scored both goals and now has scored all three goals in Pachuca's cup campaign thus far.
D.C.'s loss is nothing new. Though the margin continues to be less than before, an MLS team has not yet beaten a Mexican team on Mexican soil in this competition. The margin of win now gives Mexican clubs an all-time aggregate score of 35-6 over their MLS counterparts in such games.
D.C., though, is very much alive. A two-goal deficit is not an insurmountable one, and the club now knows what it has to do in the return leg a week from now.
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Enough can not be said about how poorly Wells played that first goal. Not that he's to blame for the loss, but his play definitely hurt DCU.
I think Wells must have prepped for the game by watching Tony Meola's "Positioning Drills" video...
Pachuca is on an upswing again, a slow one, but an upswing nonetheless. If this team qualifies for Japan again, and address some of the pressing issues they have [defense] in the Summer transfer period, you'll see something special for Japan.
Not a bad two week run for Luis Montes: (March 19) - Goal (43') v Motagua in second leg of CONCACAF Champions' Cup quarterfinals
(March 29) - Goal (11') v Atlante in Jornada 12 of the 2008 Clausura
(April 1) - Two Goals (63' & 81') in first leg of CONCACAF Champions' semi finals.
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