The New England Revolution draw, 0-0, with Alajuela of Costa Rica in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal series Wednesday night at the National Sports Centre in Hamilton, Bermuda.
The Revolution was without starters Michael Parkhurst, Steve Ralston and Marshall Leonard, out due to injuries.
In the 79th minute, Pat Noonan limped off with an apparent hamstring injury. Noonan was due to depart for Germany with the U.S. national team this weekend to play Poland in Kaiserslautern. He will be evaluated by team medical staff of Thursday before an injury report is released.
The series moves to Costa Rica on March 8 for the second leg.
CONCACAF Champions Cup
Quarterfinals, First Leg
Feb. 22 in Hamilton, Bermuda
New England Revolution (USA) 0 Alajuela (C.R.) 0.
New England — Reis, Franchino, Heaps, D.Hernandez, Riley, Lochhead, Dorman (Cancela, 74), Joseph, Noonan (Latham 82), Dempsey, Twellman.
Alajuela — Alfaro, Castro, Rodriguez, Marin, Wallace, C. Hernandez, Oviedo, Montero, Wilmer Lopez (Martinez, 58), Fonseca (Myrie, 73), Ruiz (Scott 85).
Referee: Hu Liu (Canada).
Att.: n/a.