CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round First Leg: July 26-28 Second Leg: August 2-4 (Teams on left host first leg) Motagua (HON) vs. Municipal (GUA) Mexican Clausura runner-up (Morelia or Pumas) vs. Caribbean club championship runner-up Isidro Metapan (SLV) vs. Caribbean club champion Santos Laguna (MEX) vs. Olimpia (HON) Alianza (SLV) vs. FC Dallas (USA) Canadian champion (Vancouver or Toronto) vs. Nicaragua qualifier (Real Esteli or Walter Ferreti) San Francisco (PAN) vs. Seattle Sounders (USA) Herediano (CRC) vs. Caribbean club championship third-place finisher Group Stage First Round: August 16-18 Second Round: August 23-25 Third Round: September 13-15 Fourth Round: September 20-22 Fifth Round: September 27-29 Sixth Round: October 18-20 Group A Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) Alajuelense (CRC) Winner of Mexican Clausura runner-up/Caribbean club championship runner-up Winner of Motagua-Municipal Group B Colorado Rapids (USA) Real Espana (HON) Winner of Santos Laguna-Olimpia Winner of Metapan-Caribbean club champion Group C Mexican Clausura champion Tauro (PAN) Winner of Alianza FC-FC Dallas Winner of Canadian champion/Nicaragua qualifier Group D Monterrey (MEX) Comunicaciones (GUA) Winner of San Francisco-Seattle Winner of Herediano/Caribbean club championship third-place finisher CCL draw pits Monterrey vs. Comunicaciones
Morelia 5-0 Tempete (Haiti) FT They'll also play the 2nd leg in Morelia because Tempete don't have a stadium up to FIFA standards (I think that's the reason).
They would've played in Port-au-Prince, but the post-earthquake repairs on the stadium aren't done yet, so CONCACAF made an exception instead of kicking Tempete out of the competition. And although facing up to a much better team that would be the favorite at home against just about every non-Mexican team in this tournament, I'm proud of how Tempete played this game - trying to actually play futbol.
Group A Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) Alajuelense (Costa Rica) Morelia (Mexico) Motagua (Honduras) Group B Colorado Rapids (USA) Real España (Honduras) Santos Laguna (Mexico) Isidro Metapan (El Salvador) Group C Pumas (Mexico) Tauro (Panama) FC Dallas (USA) Toronto FC (Canada) Group D Monterrey (Mexico) Comunicaciones (Guatemala) Seattle Sounders (USA) Herediano (Costa Rica)
Hey everyone, first time poster(I just found this site -- don't hit me!) Anyways, just wanted to comment on why it's even called CCL, isn't this really just last season's Liguilla replayed? I mean, Mexican clubs are only eliminated by other Mexican clubs and a Mexican club always wins the CCL. So it doesn't appear to be a continental championship at al.
Think of it as community service...kinda like how the UEFA Champions League and Libertadores winners saw the semifinal matches in the Mundial de clubes, until last year anyways.
Not a good 1st day. I can't believe Mexican clubs still don't know that what happened during the 2nd CCL (when not only did Mexican teams ended up being the final four but they steamrolled thru the groups with their bench) was a fluke and that it normally isn't easy especially with shitty squads. Everyone bitches who they set us up last time to elimnate ourselves but forget that it was done by our own screw ups and this line of thinking.
It's like when the 40 year old virgin loses his virginity to a 500lb girl. You might not still be a virgin but you still suck.
Hasta que la pu.. arrogancia nos alcanzo. Morelia y Pumas no salen de los grupos asi. Y Santos la tiene dificil.
shit is wack as fuk......I'm not a Pumas fan by any means but I can't help but feel pissed off about this......overconfidence? not giving a shit? this was bound to happen? I don't know. MFL is better than the MLS however, sending your kids against a full dallas squad was a pretty stupid ass move.
at least they only lost 1-0 on a lucky bounce to boot. it was bound to happen especially when a squad lines up a u20 squad.