Club Atletico Independiente
OFFICIAL NAME | Club Atletico Independiente de La Chorrea |
FOUNDED | 1982 |
VENUE | Estadio Agustin Sanchez |
HEAD COACH | Francisco Perlo (VEN) |
QUALIFICATION METHOD | Club Atletico Independiente has qualified as the champion (2019 Clausura) with the second-most accumulated points in the 2018-19 Panamanian season. |
DOMESTIC LEAGUE TITLES | (2), last: 2019 Clausura |
Club Atletico Independiente CAI, played in the last edition of the Concacaf Champions League Facing Toronto FC of Canada in the Round of 16.
CAI gave the big surprise by defeating the Canadians 4-0 in the first leg on February 19, 2019 at the Agustin Muquita Sanchez Stadium with a great performance by Ivey Romeesh scoring two goals and Omar Browne and Jorman Aguilar also scored with assistance by Romeesh.
In the second leg on February 26, at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada, the home team seemed to start the comeback with an early goal by Jordan Hamilton at the 19th minute, but Omar Browne equalized it at the 67th minute sealing the elimination of the sub SCCL 2018 Champions and seal the historic pass of CAI to the quarterfinals where they fell gallanty 4-2 in the aggregate score. CAI won 2-1 in the first leg and fell 3-0 in the second leg.