The Impact will start soon its preparation for Champions League.
The home-and-away aggregate goal series will kick off in Mexico on Tuesday, February 24, before playing the decisive game in Montreal, at Olympic Stadium, on March 3 at 8pm.
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Here are some interesting stats about IMFC’s opponents for the quarterfinals, Mexican club Pachuca.
Established: 1901 - 112 years, in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico
Nickname: Los Tuzos
Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo
Capacity: 30,000
Head Coach: Diego Alonso (New head coach since December 4, 2014)
5 times Liga MX champions - Invierno 1999, Invierno 2001, Apertura 2003, Clausura 2006, Clausura 2007
Finalists - playoffs of Clausura 2014
Finished 7th in Apertura 2014
Record of 7 wins, 6 defeats, 4 draws
4 times CONCACAF Champions: 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009-10
Participated in the Club World Cup in 2007, 2008 and 2010
First team from CONCACAF to win the Copa Sudamericana in 2006
Qualified for 2014 Champions League after being playoff finalists in Clausura 2014. Finished first in group 1, besting Municipal (GUA) and Real España (HON)
Ariel Nahuelpán (Argentina) 9 goals
Matias Alustiza (Argentina) 5 goals
Walter Ayoví (Equator)
