Looking at Metapán
The Sounders take on El Salvador’s AD Isidro Metapán on Wednesday Night at Qwest Field in the CONCACAF Champions League. Kickoff is set for 7p.[Tickets]
From the Club… Metapán won the 2010 Clausura for its fourth title in the last seven seasons (there are two seasons per year in El Salvador’s Primera División). That season concluded with the final on May 23. All of the championships have come under coach Edwin Portillo, who also played 10 years for Los Caleros.
The 2010 Apertura begins August 8 at Alianza.
Metapán was 5-2-8 in league play and then advanced over Firpo (4-3 on aggregate) and Aguila in the playoffs. Mark Blanco scored two first-half goals in the final with Aguila. Elias Montes scored the deciding goal in the 81st minute of the second leg semi at Firpo. Metapán was 3-0-5 at home and drew 2-2 with Firpo in the semifinal first leg at home, the 8,000-seat Estadio Jorge Calero Suarez.
The August 3 match with Sounders FC will be played at the Estadio Cuscatlán, the 44,000-capacity national stadium in the capital city of San Salvador. It is also the home pitch for Alianza. Metapán is located in the northwest corner of El Salvador, approximately 50 miles travel from San Salvador by road. Metapán’s home stadium, Estadio Suarez, was not approved as a suitable site by CONCACAF, prompting the move.
