The Philadelphia Union is out of the Concacaf Champions Cup, falling 6-0 to Mexico’s Pachuca (6-0 also on aggregate) in a match played at an altitude of almost 8,000 feet  before a sold-out crowd of about 30,000 fans at the Estadio Hidalgo.

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Paul Kennedy edited Soccer America for 41 years (1985-2026). He began writing for SA in 1974. He started writing for France Football in 1978 and has served on in Ballon d'Or jury since 2007.