View Full Version : 2008-2009 Champions' League Poll: Teams With Byes To Group Stage
EvanJ
16 Jun 2008, 05:13 PM
http://concacaf.com/view_article.aspx?id=4218
How many out of 8 teams that had a bye to the group stage do you think will advance to the quarterfinals and how many do you think will be eliminated in the group stage? You can list the teams (if any) that got a bye to the group stage that you don't think will advance.
MoRado
16 Jun 2008, 05:57 PM
4 teams, the 2 mexican temas, saprissa and dynamo
Isn't it odd to ask this question now, given that the eight seeded teams aren't all known yet?
EvanJ
29 Oct 2008, 10:33 PM
It looks like only 3 or 4 of the teams with byes to the group stage will advance to the quarterfinals. CD Luis Angel Firpo and Houston Dynamo both got byes, and exactly one of them will advance. Atlante and Santos Laguna advanced to the quarterfinals. CD Olimpia, CSD Municipal, one of CD Luis Angel Firpo or Houston Dynamo, and D.C. United did not advance. The question is if Deportivo Saprissa will advance. If only 3 teams with byes advance, everybody who voted in the poll will be wrong.
EvanJ
05 Nov 2008, 10:01 PM
Edit: This topic doesn't have an [R] in it. Do not read below if you don't want tonight's result.
Deportivo Saprissa lost, so only three teams with byes to the group stage advanced to the quarterfinals and all 16 poll voters voted for too high a number.
MLS teams shouldn't be given bye's to the group stage.