| | LAS VEGAS -- Goalkeeper Tom Presthus stopped a penalty shot in extra time as D.C. United beat Olimpia of Honduras 1-0 in a quarterfinal match of the CONCACAF Champions Cup Wednesday night at Sam Boyd Stadium.
|  | | D.C. United's Ben Olsen got a yellow card for pushing off on Rudy Alberto Williams' face.
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In the second game, Necaxa of Mexico beat Saprissa of Costa Rica
3-2.
The winners will meet in a semifinal Friday, with the Chicago
Fire playing Alajeula of Costa Rica in the other semifinal.
Presthus dove to his right to stop a penalty kick from Arnold
Cruz that was awarded when Presthus received a yellow card for
upending Wilmer Velasquez as he ran toward the ball.
United's Jamie Moreno had tapped in a crossing pass in front of
the net from Carey Talley in the 68th minute for the game's only
score.
Presthus' penalty kick save was his second stellar play in the
final 10 minutes of the match. In the 85th minute, Olimpia's
Denilson Costa broke free down the left side and got a shot off
from 7 meters away. Presthus dove to his left to stop that one.
United outshot Olimpia 12-10 and controlled the action through
most of the game.
In the first half, Moreno knocked a header off the crossbar and
Ben Olson had another header in front of the goal thwarted by
Olimpia defender Jorge Samuel Caballero, who headed the ball off
the goal line.
Olimpia's best first-half chance came at the 20-minute mark when
Velasquez, the Honduran National League's leading scorer,
controlled a loose ball in front of the net but sent his shot
sailing wide to the left.
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