MEXICO CITY – Nicolas Lodeiro scored two second-half penalties as the Seattle Sounders stunned Mexican side Pumas UNAM to snatch a 2-2 draw in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final on Wednesday.
Seattle skipper Lodeiro completed a remarkable fightback in the ninth minute of stoppage time, burying his second spotkick of the game to give the Sounders an improbable draw at Mexico City’s Estadio Olimpico Universitario.
Uruguay international Lodeiro had handed Seattle a lifeline in the 77th minute after slotting the Sounders’ first penalty.
Until that point Pumas had looked…
