De la Vega brace lifts Sounders over Antigua, into Round of 16 | OneFootball

SEATTLE – Seattle Sounders FC earned a 3-1 victory over Antigua GFC in the second leg of their Round One series, winning 6-2 on aggregate, as the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup continued Wednesday at Lumen Field in Seattle, Washington, USA.

The 3-1 victory last week put Seattle in a good spot, but the Sounders closed the series at home with another win to punch their ticket to the Round of 16, where the MLS side will play Liga MX club and six-time CCC winners Cruz Azul.

Pedro de la Vega opened the scoring in the 24’ after his shot ricocheted off a defender, with the Argentine not wasting his second chance.

In first-half stoppage time, the visitors got on the board when Cristian Hernández floated a terrific ball over the top of the defense, and José Gálvez finished it in the 45'+2.

Seattle’s newcomers Jesus Ferreira and Paul Arriola linked for a second consecutive week for the go-ahead goal, this one coming in the 53’ with link-up play to notch Arriola’s second goal in the tournament.

De la Vega netted his second goal for a brace in the 88’ after finding some space to finish calmly from close range.

The Sounders, winners of the 2022 edition of the tournament, are now unbeaten in 12 straight Champions Cup matches, marking the longest streak by an MLS team in the modern era.