Sounders, Pumas play wild 2-2 draw

MEXICO CITY, April 28, (AP): Nicolás Lodeiro scored on a a pair of penalty kicks late in the second half, and the Seattle Sounders rallied for a 2-2 draw with Pumas in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final Wednesday night.

Lodeiro scored the first penalty kick in the 77th minute and the second came in the ninth minute of second-half stoppage time after Cristian Roldan was fouled in the penalty area by Efraín Velarde. Referee Ivan Barton eventually went to video review and awarded the penalty kick that brought the Sounders level going into the second leg.

Seattle will host the second leg next Wednesday night looking to become the first Major League Soccer team to win the Champions League under its current format that started in 2008. Seattle is the fifth MLS team to reach the final and this will be the third time an MLS team will go into the second leg after playing to a draw in the first leg in Mexico.

Real Salt Lake played Monterrey to 2-2 on the road in 2011 before losing 1-0 at home. Montreal played Club América 1-1 on the road in 2015, but lost 4-2 at home.