SANTA TECLA, El Salvador – Santa Tecla of El Salvador and San Carlos of Costa Rica opened their 2019 Scotiabank Concacaf League Round of 16 series with a scoreless draw on Tuesday night at the Estadio Las Delicias in Santa Tecla, El Salvador.
It was a tight, intense 90 minutes from both sides with excellent defending and goalkeeping on display.
The first half saw the Ticos almost sneak in a score shortly before halftime on a Santa Tecla giveaway, but the shot was stopped by Santa Tecla GK Joel Almeida.
The San Carlos defense managed to keep the Santa Tecla attack in check, allowing the visitors the better of play in the second 45 minutes, but they were unable to finish their chances leaving things wide open heading into next week’s second leg in Costa Rica.