Pumas UNAM were unable to change their unfortunate history in the 2016 Concacaf Champions League, failing to overcome the 4-1 deficit they suffered last week San Diego FC, as tonight's 1-0 defeat at Ciudad Universitaria made any miracle impossible, eliminating them with an aggregate score of 2-4. San Diego FC owed their victory to Mexican goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega, who helped them leave the Estadio Olimpico Universitario with their heads held high. He prevented at least three clear scoring opportunities for the Pumas, overcoming his own mistake on the goal by Ecuadorian Pedro Vite that gave the Pumas hope of turning the score around. Among the excuses offered, Pumas coach Efrain Juarez commented last Monday that in 30 years of competition in this tournament, no Mexican team had been able to achieve success in both the Liga MX and the CONCACAF Champions League, and his prediction came true with his team's elimination. It's true that coming back from a three-goal deficit was an almost impossible feat, but at least it was expected that they would try harder and more aggressively. Intelligence was key, but the reality was quite different, as the mistakes of the first game on the southern border of the United States proved to be a heavy penalty. Thus, the goal by Ecuadorian Pedro Vite in the 47th minute was little to no use in this match where the expectation was that the feline squad would be more accurate, but above all, with greater offensive variety, and the reality is that they were far from being able to aspire to better luck. It was known beforehand that San Diego FC would put everything on the line to prevent any attacks on their goal, with two defensive blocks that were almost impossible to overcome, and only in the 47th minute was Ecuadorian Pedro Vite able to break through that defense with a free kick outside the area that Mexican goalkeeper Pablo Sisniega let slip when no one touched the ball and it went into the net.

But in the first half, San Diego FC was the first to create danger when, in the 12th minute,Norwegian Amahl Pellegrino faced the Pumas' Costa Rican goalkeeper, Keylor Navas, and his shot hit the post.

Then Juninho responded in the 26th minute on a Pumas counter-attack, facing Mexican goalkeeper Sisniega, who made a great save to deny him. Again in the 28th minute, Alvaro Angulo made a run down the left, stopping a cross that looked dangerous.

In the 31st and 36th minutes, San Diego had another chance to open the scoring when Dane Anders Dreyer troubled Navas, who barely managed to control the ball. Then, Pellegrino again hit the post with a second shot from the left.

In the second half, after the goal Pedro Vite's shot, which Mexican goalkeeper Sisiniega let slip, continued to be a favorable factor for the American squad, denying Pumas at least three clear scoring opportunities and preventing them from achieving their goal of overturning the score when the game became end-to-end with the entry of Panamanian Adalberto Carrasquilla for the felines.