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Cruz Azul 5, Toluca 2

LOS ANGELES (AP) Miguel Angel Zepeda scored twice as Mexico City's Cruz Azul routed Toluca 5-2 in the second game of a Copa Libertadores playoff doubleheader Wednesday night at the Coliseum.

Zepeda scored the game's first goal in the 19th minute with a 14-yard shot off a counterattack. Toluca defender Erik Espinoza's own goal off Zepeda's shot in first-half stoppage time made it 2-0.

Zepeda gave Cruz Azul a 3-0 lead in the 49th minute on a soft 6-yard shot off goalkeeper Hernan Cristante. Edgar Gonzalez's 13-yard header two minutes later made it 3-1.

Cruz Azul made it 5-1 on Juan Carlos Cacho's 12-yard volley in the 55th minute and Sebastian Abreu's 6-yard header in the 76th minute. Abreu played for Uruguay in the 2002 World Cup.

Toluca's Israel Lopez ended the scoring in the 86th minute on a 30-yard free kick.

In the first game, Martin Garcia scored the winning goal in the 67th minute to give Mexico City's UNAM Pumas a 4-3 victory over Pachuca.

The victories put UNAM Pumas and Cruz Azul into the final four-team qualifying round for the Copa Libertadores, South America's prestigious club tournament. The two clubs join Venezuela's Estudiantes de Merida and Nacional Tachira.

Cruz Azul was the runner-up in the 2001 Copa Libertadores to Argentine power Boca Juniors.

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