I would like to see the two countries combine there spots so that if canadian teams can qualify though the mls . it would also mean that canadian teams playing in u.s. leagues would also be in the u.s. open cup .
they are combined. if there were 4 canadian teams in mls and they won supporter's shield, while the other two made the finals, then there would be 4 canadian teams in CCL if that 4th canadian team then won Nutrilife/Voyager's cup
Incorrect - the 4 "US" spots belong to the USSF, so if Canadian club wins the Supporter's Shield or the MLS Cup Final, the best US team in the regular-season table that hasn't already qualified for the CCL would claim the berth.
different nations should have their own spots, however i'd like to see a qualifying play-off between USA4 and CAN2.
how about the 2nd Panama vs Can 2 after Canada has at least 5 teams in MLS & NASL. Dont minimize spots for Mexico or for the US, they have the best stadiums to use for the competition. Honestly, they should bring back the Central American championship tournament and just invite the two finalist to CCL, like w/Caribbean cup 4Mex 4US 2Central Amer 2Caribbean 1Canadian 1Can/Cen Amer spot 2 invites to non-concacaf..whoever comes...j-league or colombian or ecuador, etc.
switch numbers between mexico and south america and you're on to something. now how would you divide those 9 S. A slots? 5 brazilian? 4 argentinian?
How bout we finally leave Concacaf and have Mexico dedicate their full teams to Libertadores. I say: Mex:5 (4+Previous Champ) US:4 ect..
speaking of European teams in CCL and improving quality, they should just reduce the whole tournament to 8 teams Concacaf and have it over just 4 weeks IN THE SUMMER....with 6 invites to visiting European teams who are in their pre-season. There would be no home and away, just play once all in US & some in Mex & some in Can. 3 Mex 2 US 1 Can 1 Central Amer 1 Caribbean 6 invites from Europe 2 groups of 7, top 4 advance to quarters group 1 example Galaxy Monterrey Montreal Saprissa Liverpool- invite Tottenham- invite Valencia- invite group2 Houston PR Islanders Tigres Santos Laguna Sporting Lisbon AC Milan PSG ....hey, if Conmebol can invite 3 mexican teams, why not concacaf invite 6 european teams in their preseason
thats the problem w/CCL, the 3 Mex teams invited to Copa Lib. Thats too many, and the primary reason why CCL hasnt grown. CCL should be priority number 1 of FMF league. No more then 1 team from a certain league may be invited to non-regional tournament. That should be the rule. If Copa lib wants to invite 1 team from Costa Rica league and 1 from MLS, thats fine, but just one. All other problems w/CCL not growing are secondary to Mex not really taking CCL seriously
Well Mexican teams have won all 4 CCLs and 7 out of 8 finalist teams were from Mexico, imagine if they took the CCL seriously