Santos came to the Borderland looking to build on the momentum they built on Tuesday when they picked up their first win of the year against CF Montréal in Concacaf Champions League play. They instead ran headlong into a Juárez team that held their ground defensively and was able to keep their guests in check for most of the evening.
Santos immediately took the kickoff and went down the field looking to score, but Fernando Gorriarán’s shot 13 second in went wide of the mark. Santos committed to pressuring and keeping the ball in the Juárez end of the pitch, and Harold Preciado had the game’s first shot on goal in the third minute, but it was an easy one right at Hugo González.