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MEXICO CITY

Ignacio Piatti scored the lone goal for the Impact on Wednesday night to give Montreal a 1-1 draw against Club America in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final.

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Argentine striker Piatti scored on a cross from Andres Romero in the 16th minute for the Impact.

“I think it’s a great result for us,” Montreal midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker said. “It was not an easy place to come and get a result. At times, we played some great football and we showed what we were capable as a team. We could have done a little bit more some other times, but in the end we kept ourselves in it.”

Oribe Peralta, a second-half substitute, tied the game in the 89th for America on a header off a cross from Argentine midfielder Rubens Sambueza.

“We were compact tonight and we knew they would have more possession,” Impact forward Dominic Oduro said. “The main focus was to hit them on the counter and we did that well. We showed a lot of composure as a team and we’re going back to Montreal with hopes of winning it at home.”