The Galaxy, who had scored only one goal all season, erupt for a 4-1 second-leg victory over the Costa Rican club and will face Mexico’s Tigres in April.

The Whitecaps are now undefeated in their last six outings across all competitions and will look to start the MLS campaign with a fourth straight league win when they visit FC Dallas on Saturday.

Second-half goals from Edier Ocampo and Brian White led the Whitecaps to a 2-2 draw with Monterrey on Wednesday in Torreon, Mexico, as Vancouver won the teams' CONCACAF Champions Cup round of 16 match.

The team takes a commanding three-goal lead into the second leg of their series on Tuesday night in Columbus, putting a quarterfinal berth well within reach.

The Concacaf Champions Cup has seen many iterations of the tournament but has always been dominated by teams in Mexico’s Liga MX. MLS sides Seattle Sounders and LA Galaxy have found triumphs in different iterations of the competition,

The Galaxy also got a big game out of goalkeeper John McCarthy, who was the starter last season, winning his second MLS Cup in three seasons. But Vanney went with Novak Micovic in the first three games this year and Micovic was beaten a conference-worst seven times.

A merica close out their series of Superclasico matches in grand style by crushing Chivas by a 4-0 score to book their ticket to the Quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions cup. A