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Here are five things you should know about the Impact-Deportivo Saprissa game in San Jose, Costa Rica, on Wednesday (8 p.m., TSN5, RDS).

The matchup: This is the first leg of a two-game, total-goal series in the first round of the CONCACAF Champions League. The second leg will be played next Wednesday at the Olympic Stadium. The Impact, which reached the CCL final in 2015, qualified for the 16-team competition by ending Toronto FC’s three-year reign in the Canadian Championship. Deportivo Saprissa is one of two Costa Rican representatives in the competition and has won the CCL title five times, most recently in 2005.

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Ready to go: Saprissa will benefit from the fact it is in the middle of its league schedule in Costa Rica’s Primera Division. Saprissa has picked up 20 points from nine league games and is tied for first place with Herediano, which has played one more game. The Impact has been training in Florida, where it has played four exhibition games against MLS teams. They have lost all those games and didn’t score a goal until off-season acquisition Romell Quioto converted a penalty shot in a 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rowdies last weekend.