Nashville SC faces altitude, history against Club América at Estadio Azteca

Estadio Azteca in Mexico City is the most famed soccer venue in North America. For MLS teams, it's a house of horrors. No MLS team has ever won a competitive match at Azteca, the home stadium of Club América.

América, the most decorated club in Mexico, is 5-0-1 against teams from the United States and Canada when playing there. Fellow Liga MX club Cruz Azul beat MLS teams there in 2021 and 2022 when it called Azteca its home. That's what Nashville SC is up against in the second leg of its CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal series against Club América on April 14 (10:30 p.

m. CT, FS1). After a 0-0 tie in the first leg at Geodis Park on April 7, Nashville needs to win or draw, provided that draw is 1-1 or greater due to the away goals tiebreaker, to advance to its first-ever continental semifinal.

"It's a great opportunity in your professional career to take two minutes and pause and think about where we get to play and the history of a stadium like that," said Nashville coach B. J. Callaghan.