Toronto FC knocked off the reigning Liga MX champions in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals this week, but the path to tournament glory doesn’t get much easier in round three. The Reds will face another Mexican side, Club America, in a two-leg semifinal that begins in the first week of April. Toronto will host the opener at BMO Field before travelling to the famed Azteca Stadium in Mexico City for the return leg. Here’s what you need to know about the team that stands between TFC and its first trip to the Champions League final:
THE HISTORY: While this marks only the second time Toronto FC has advanced as far as the semifinals in this tournament — they lost to another Mexican side, Santos Laguna, by an aggregate score of 7-3 in March 2012 — Club America is no stranger to reaching the final stages.