The Montreal Impact have become the first Canadian team to reach the CONCACAF Champions League final.
Substitute Andres Romero scored the deciding goal as the Impact advanced on away-goal aggregate despite falling 4-2 to Costa Rica's Alajuelense on Tuesday in the second leg of their two-match semifinal series.
Romero evaded a couple of Alajuelense defenders before burying a shot from 12 yards out in the 72nd minute.
Montreal came into the match on a 2-0 aggregate lead thanks to a victory in the opening leg March 18 at Olympic Stadium on goals from Ignacio Piatti and Victor Cabrera. The final aggregate score was 4-4, with more weight given to goals scored on the road.
Jack McInerney also scored on Tuesday for the Impact, taking a perfect feed from Dominic Oduro and firing a shot to the left of a sprawling Dexter Lewis Bonilla in the Alajuelense goal in the 42nd minute.
Pablo Gabas scored twice for Alajuelense, who made things interesting with four second-half goals, substitute Allen Guevara Zuniga found the back of the net in the 79th minute and Jonathan McDonald added a stoppage-time goal.
The Impact will play either Costa Rica's Herediano or Club America of Mexico in the final. Herediano beat America 3-0 in their first leg, with the second leg scheduled for Wednesday in Coyoacan, Mexico.
Montreal is only the second MLS team, after Salt Lake in 2011, to reach the CONCACAF final since the Champions League started in 2008-09.
The final will take place Apr. 22 and 29.
Out with long-term injuries are midfielder Justin Mapp (fractured elbow) and forward Cameron Porter (torn ACL).
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