CONCACAF Champions League draw preview

Nice preview. I do find it a little odd that the group stage draw is being done before the prelim round is complete. If CONCACAF seeds the teams for the group stage draw under the assumption that the Pot A teams will all win the prelim round then there will be a really easy group if there is an upset in the prelim round.

 

I think you are basically right about the pots if I read it correctly. The group stage pots will likely be like this:

Pot 1: MEX1, MEX2, USA1, USA2 (the auto berths)
Pot 2: CRC1, GUA1, HON1, SVL1 (the other auto berths)
Pot 3: MEX3, MEX4, USA3, USA4 (or of course their opponents)
Pot 4: CRC2, HON2, PAN1, CAN1 (or of course their opponents)

With the simple criteria that 2 teams from the same federation cannot be drawn against each other. I believe that's what you have in your blog, but I wanted to clarify. This setup would ensure that even with an upset that every group would have at least 2 of the automatic berths (1 Mexican or US and 1 Central American). That should minimize the odds of having groups with widely different strength.

 

Is this draw going to be televised? I couldn't find it listed anywhere.

 

That would be nice, but completely unrealistic. For starters, I'd be surprised if there were an actual "draw" (as opposed to Warner just assigning teams however he wants within certain limitations). Secondly, I'm not so sure we'll even see the results posted on the CONCACAF website in any efficient manner. We might see some information on official team websites before CONCACAF announces things, but we'll see.

 

lol at saprissa being in the group of death......we could everything in that mock group....i think santos is the only real threat for us because of their offense, but we CAN SCORE ON SANTOS, especially at home, la liga well they have lost many key player so u will be shocked if they make it past the first round, unless they make some good signings. atlante, please, unam......maybe but not really and cruz azul seems like the most balance of all the teams. it will be interesting.

 

lol i meant we could beat everybody in that group.....sry

 

Cruz Azul is also strong(they changed coach, so that might change), Pumas they're a big team, they did bad this year they finished in 12th place, but if you think about it, Pachuca who finished in 10th place beat Saprissa in the final. So its not like Saprissa is unbeatable.

 

Great stuff Scaryice. I've been trying to figure out how this draw would work and couldn't find anything from Concacaf itself.

Now let's see how long it takes them to announce the pairings Warner made up.

 

agree saprissa is beatable specially away, but i believe that all that we need is a stronger midfield and we should be good. the one thing i admire about the mexican league is that there alot of strong team not just two or three, pachuca, toluca, san luis, pumas, america ( pathetic) chivas, santos and cruz azul. Even i get tired of saprissa winning the league every year, we need more parady and the way you get that is with money, mexico as more money so could buy better players.

but i still stand by santos being the only real threat, because of their offense.

 

Yeah Santos is the strongest one, especially with their home-field advantage. Atlante will be the weakest mexican team, they started sucking after they were champions.

 

So that's official?

 

yep its official i saw it in the concacaf website, it looks pretty easy for the "big teams" but lets see we MIGHT get an upset just maybe.

 

yes, it's official!!!

http://www.concacaf.com/competitions/champsleague/index.aspx



dale ISLANDERS!

 

According to the article on the CONCACAF website, the group stage matchups have been drawn as well but won't be revealed until next Monday.

 

It looks like Municipal, New England, Alajuelense, Cruz Azul, Pumas, Chivas, Canada's team will advance.

I don't know about the quality of Isidro Metapan, are they good enough to make their game close? Or will we likely see rge Honduran team advance?

 

shoot is concacaf that pathetic that they can even do a draw with class and dignity, that was just wack both these people look uncomfortable, its sad.

 

That was quite painful to watch. The woman dropping the ball with the guy glaring at her was hilarious though

 

Comic gold. I'm wondering if they told her that if she made a sound she'd be fired. She came of like Sling Blade and he wasn't much better.

 

My favorite moment was the funny face Pamela made after being introduced.

btw Pamela is definitely not a ball buster.