[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Week 6] In one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Concacaf Champions League’s group stage, Mexican giant Club America, the2013 Mexican Torneo Clausura champion, fell to Alajuelense of Costa Rica, 1-0, at home on  Honduran Jerry Palacios‘ goal and was eliminated from theregional tournament. America is only the second Mexican team, after Guadalajara, last year, that has been eliminated in the group stage of the Concacaf Champions League.

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