Rayados de Monterrey is one of the best performing teams in the Concacaf Champions League. The Monterrey team is the fourth team with the most titles in the confederation, with four trophies, only behind América, Cruz Azul and Pachuca. The Albiazul team has the possibility of adding a new Concachampions title when they face America this October 28 in the final of the contest.
Monterrey has won three Concacaf titles in a row, in 2011, 2012, 2013 and in 2019 it won the international title again. Under the command of Víctor Manuel Vucetich, Rayados probably lived his best sporting stage in history and the most winning. The three-time championship of the Albiazules is a feat shared with the Sky Machine.
Here’s how Monterrey’s three-time championship was hatched in the Concacaf Champions League:
On April 20, 2011, the first leg of the Concachampions final was played between Rayados and Real Salt Lake at the Tecnológico de Monterrey Stadium. The scoreboard ended tied at two goals. Antonio De Nigris and Humberto Suazo scored for the Mexican team, while Nat Borchers and Javier Morales scored for the MLS team.
In the return match, held on April 27 at the Rio Tinto Stadium, Monterrey won the title by obtaining the victory with a score of 0-1. Humberto Suazo was the scorer of Rayados’ title goal.
Monterrey secured its second of three consecutive titles against Santos Laguna in the 2012 final. In the first leg, held on April 18, 2012 at the Estadio Tecnológico, Rayados won 2-0 with a double from Humberto Suazo.
In the second leg, held in the Santos Modelo Territory a week later, Santos gave signs of life and tied the overall score with goals from Daniel Ludueña and Oribe Peralta. Unfortunately for the albiverde cause, Neri Cardozo appeared at minute 82 to give Rayados the title.
A year after an exciting final, Monterrey and Santos Laguna returned to contest the final of the Concacaf Champions League. Luck smiled again at the Rayados. In the second leg, held on April 24, 2013 at TSM, the score was 0-0.
In the return final, at Tec, Monterrey was crowned at home with a resounding score of 4-2. Santos went ahead 2-0 with goals from Darwin Quintero and Felipe Baloy. However, the Vucetich team came from behind and with a double from Aldo De Nigris and goals from Neri Cardozo and Humberto Suazo, the Albiazul team was able to turn around and win the three-time Concacaf championship.