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Blogger
10 Jul 2009, 11:33 PM
http://www.concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4829
"7/10/2009 - NEW YORK – CD Luis Angel Firpo has been invited to replace CD Chalatenango in the CONCACAF Champions League that begins later this month, being offered the berth in the Preliminary Round after its fellow Salvadoran club failed to meet tournament requirements.

Each club is required to sign a participation agreement as a condition of playing in the CONCACAF Champions League, and Chalatenango never returned its documents

As a result, Firpo, which had the second-best cumulative record among the runners-up in the El Salvadoran Apertura and Clausura championships, was given the first opportunity to accept the second place reserved for El Salvador. It would open at D.C. United in the first leg of the Preliminary Round on July 28 and host a home leg a week later on August 4."

So D.C. United may get a different opponent in the CCL. Sucks for Chalatenango though. They deserved to go.
usafan12
11 Jul 2009, 01:19 AM
Beat me to it...unfortunate for Chalate, but from what I heard from a Salvadoran BS poster, they were so cashstrapped that they ended up relegating themselves to El Salvador's 2nd division to cut costs. Can't verify, but in any case: I imagine that there will be more Salvadorans interested in the home leg (in DC) now.
Pepsinono
11 Jul 2009, 04:47 AM
I hope Firpo can't make it...I really want to see Aguila play DC...but nevertheless, here's a vid of when Firpo and DC faced each other in 96:

YouTube - DC United (USA) vs Luis Angel Firpo (ES) : Friendly/Amistoso : 1996
Rjbatzler
11 Jul 2009, 11:06 PM
If Firpo declines, as certain articles have hinted at, would we see another El Salvadorian team or would DC just get a bye into the group stages? Keep in mind that the game is less than three weeks away and travel arrangements would have to be made. What other teams would be eligible or would CONCACAF just pick a popular team ie Aguilla?
TheGift
14 Jul 2009, 01:18 PM
Goff is reporting that Firpo has accepted the invitation... (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/soccerinsider/2009/07/dc_united_news_notes_3.html)