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3 Takeaways from Cavalry's 'monumental' triumph over Mexican giant Pumas

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Calgary 's Cavalry FC defeated Mexico 's Pumas UNAM 2 -1 in the Concacaf Champions Cup first round.

Tobias Warschewski scored the game’s winning goal in the 80th minute.

It was the first time a Canadian side has beaten a Mexican side in three years .

It's the first Canadian Premier League team to beat a Mexican Liga MX side.

The Cavs and Pumas now travel to Mexico City for the second leg of the first -round matchup next Thursday .

The victor of the two -game, total-goal set advances to the competition’s Round of 16 .

The winner of the game will play Costa Rica's LD Alajuelense , which earned a bye through the first round.