Kenji Mboma Dem scored twice as FC Cincinnati routed visiting O&M FC 9-0 on Wednesday, completing a 13-0 aggregate victory in a first-round CONCACAF Champions Cup series.
Cincinnati posted a 4-0 win at Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic on Feb. 18. The dominant series performance sends the Orange and Blue into a Round of 16 matchup against Mexico’s Tigres UANL.
Mboma Dem opened the scoring in the 18th minute on Tuesday. An entry pass from Obinna Nwobodo send Mboma Dem in alone in front of O&M goalie Iraitz Gelbentzu. Mboma Dem fired in a right-footed shot from 8 yards out.
The score on the night was 4-0 by halftime, as tallies from Gerardo Valenzuela (27th minute) and Tom Barlow (35th) sandwiched an own goal from O&M’s Gabriel Castillo.
Ademar Chavez (48th minute), Mboma Dem (58th minute), Stiven Jimenez (68th minute), Alvas Powell (78th minutes) and Stefan Chirila (86th minute) rounded out the scorer.
Making a rough night worse for the visitors, second-half substitute Hector Ramirez received a straight red card for a tackle in the 82nd minute.
Whitecaps 2, CS Cartagines 0
Second-half goals from Kenji Cabrera and Sebastian Berhalter were enough to lift host Vancouver to a 2-0 aggregate victory over CS Cartagines.
The teams had played to a scoreless draw on Feb. 18 in Cartago, Costa Rica. The Whitecaps advance to meet the rival Seattle Sounders in the Round of 16.
In the 58th minute, Berhalter drove in a corner kick that teammate Tristan Blackmon flicked toward the far post. Cabrera, unmarked, took two steps back and fired in a right-footed shot from the corner of the 6-yard box.
Berhalter sealed the victory in the 80th minute. After he had a shot blocked, he ran onto the rebound and knocked it in from 12 yards out.
Galaxy 0, Sporting San Miguelito 0
A scoreless draw in Carson, Calif., was enough for Los Angeles to reach the Round of 16, thanks to the away-goals tiebreaker, after the teams drew 1-1 on aggregate.
The Galaxy will oppose Jamaica’s Mount Pleasant in the next round.
Joseph Paintsil’s 68th-minute goal for the Galaxy during the first leg on Feb. 19 in Llano Marin, Panama, stood up as the difference in the series. Rodrigo Tello had given Sporting San Miguelito the lead in the first half of the opening contest.
San Miguelito goalkeeper Jose Calderon was credited with three saves on Wednesday, while Galaxy goalie JT Marcinkowski didn’t make a save.
The Galaxy ended play with 10 men after Matheus Nascimento received a red card in second-half stoppage time.
–Field Level Media
