2018 CONCACAF Champions League Thread

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  1. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    Hopefully the TV presence will be improved next year. I was happy to discover that the CCL is back on TV in the MENA region on BeIn Sports - well, at least the final was (used to be on Abu Dhabi Sports).
     
  2. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    #C'CAF4CDG :D

    *ducks*
     
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  3. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    This cartoon has to be updated. The "ball with Dracula collar" trophy has been replaced.

    PS: where are the mediotiempo cartoons?
     
  4. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Never celebrate...

    [​IMG]

    ...prematurely.
     
  5. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    I remember being at the stadium when Atlante surprisingly took the lead against Barcelona (2009 was also in Abu Dhabi.) Zlatan Ibrahimovic still played for Barcelona at the time. So did Thierry Henry.
     
  6. Nah...it is great. Tells you how old this joke is. 10 years from now I'll still be posting the same old image I pull out every year......
     
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  7. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    989378548887515136 is not a valid tweet id
     
  8. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
  9. futgod

    futgod Member+

    Nov 28, 2006
    NorCal
    Club:
    CD Chivas de Guadalajara
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    Anyone know the TV ratings for this?
     
  10. ToMhIlL

    ToMhIlL Member+

    Feb 18, 1999
    Boxborough, MA
    Club:
    New England Revolution
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Really? If you listen to a lot of their fans, you'd think they were created on the 8th day. That was a lot more than a year ago.
     
  11. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    Be nice. Not everyone follows the BS on the BS MLS forums.
     
  12. Suyuntuy

    Suyuntuy Member+

    Jul 16, 2007
    Vancouver, Canada
    Fat guy should know better than jumping behind a girl.
     
  13. Yoshou

    Yoshou Fan of the CCL Champ

    May 12, 2009
    Seattle
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Who was the other one? I’m not counting inaugural season and Houston, for fairly obvious reasons.
     
  14. Nico Limmat

    Nico Limmat Member+

    Oct 24, 1999
    Dubai, UAE
    Club:
    Grasshopper Club Zürich
    Nat'l Team:
    Switzerland
    #5514 Nico Limmat, Apr 28, 2018
    Last edited: Apr 28, 2018
    Final thoughts on the CCL this year. Maybe it's just a pet peeve of mine but the media's insistence to treat the "CCL era" as an almost separate competition is rather annoying. This is not a 10-year old competition and we are essentially back to the Champions Cup format. If you want to differentiate between old and new, then identify the switch from single site tournament to home and away format in 2002.

    Don't think it's the same in the Spanish-speaking media?
     
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  15. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    If you don't count inaugural season then only Chicago.
     
  16. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

    Mar 4, 2010
    Chicago
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That picture was created by Colima24, you should give him credit.
     
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  17. @Colima24

    I did and I have. Check the Mexican CCL thread.












    Chismosa.
     
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  18. crookeddy

    crookeddy Member+

    Apr 27, 2004
    1.5 million in the us.
    300k in Canada.

    Most likely one of the highest rated matches involving an mls team ever.
     
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  19. Paul Calixte

    Paul Calixte Moderator
    Staff Member

    Orlando City SC
    Apr 30, 2009
    Miami, FL
    Club:
    Orlando City SC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I'll have to disagree with you here. The inflection point in 2008 that leads to talk of the CCL era and pre-CCL era is not only the format change (otherwise, as of last summer, we'd have to recognize the break between the CCL era and the neo-CCC era), but the expansion of the field. The Concacaf League in particular has no predecessor from before 2008.
     
  20. jared9999

    jared9999 Member+

    Jan 3, 2005
    Naucalpan Estado de Mex
    Club:
    Club América
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
    I´ll never forget ....rafa marquez lugo had the 2-0.
     
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  21. CeltTexan

    CeltTexan Member+

    Sep 21, 2000
    Houston, TX USA
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Here in Houston, NASA's PR department just announced this afternoon that their elite staff will need to track Bradley's PK miss as it continues to orbit our planet.
     
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  22. USSoccerNova

    USSoccerNova Member+

    Sep 28, 2005
    I heard it hit Elon Musk's orbiting Tesla Roadster a few days back. This link should give you a rough idea of it's current location:

    http://www.whereisroadster.com
     
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  23. scoachd1

    scoachd1 Member+

    Jun 2, 2004
    Southern California
    Without doubt there is variation - but at least you provide a logical argument to lend some credibility to your dubious analysis However I'm skeptical that Red Bulls were playing a bunch of great over performing goal scorers. Am I correct that this is what your are no claiming? Furthermore, even those that under perform and over perform do so nowhere near what you stated. Nice try.
     
  24. ArsenalMetro

    ArsenalMetro Member+

    United States
    Aug 5, 2008
    Chicago, IL
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    It's been like a month, let it go. :ROFLMAO:
     
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  25. scoachd1

    scoachd1 Member+

    Jun 2, 2004
    Southern California
    Outcomes would change if the games were played in this hemisphere. Just as MLS is at a big disadvantage playing in preseason, Mexican teams are at a big disadvantage traveling half a day to to get to the tournament site. Notice even the Europeans despite the obvious wealth of talent and favorable draw aren't all that great when they have to travel to Japan or South America. Real Madrid was 2-2 after 90 against a Japanese team playing in Japan.
     

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