Hi everyone, Now that the 16 participants in next year's continental championship are set, we turn our eyes to the Champions League draw, which will take place on Wednesday, December 15 at 6:00 p.m. (U.S. Eastern). The pots: Pot 1 Club León (MEX) Pumas UNAM (MEX) Cruz Azul (MEX) New England Revolution (USA) Colorado Rapids (USA) Seattle Sounders (USA) CF Montréal (CAN) New York City FC (USA) Pot 2 Santos Laguna (MEX) Cavaly (HAI) CD Guastatoya (GUA) Forge (CAN) Motagua (HON) Comunicaciones (GUA) Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) Santos de Guápiles (CRC) As far the format: it is the same as before in the following respects. Teams from same country can't be drawn together in the Round of 16 Top seed will host the 2nd leg in the R16 Winners of the odd-numbered series will host the 2nd leg in the quarterfinals Hosting privileges in the semifinal and Final Rounds will go to the team with the better record from previous rounds Unless some change is made in the new regulations, the away-goals rule remains in effect for all rounds except the Final Ties after 180 minutes (aggregate and away goals) go straight to penalties However, the Final is going back to home-and-away, with no away goals rule in effect and 30 minutes of extra time to be played if needed.
First champion that's not from Honduras or Costa Rica and first international tournament won by a Guatemalan club since 2004. CL Final: Comunicaciones 4-2 (6-2) Motagua First leg: Comunicaciones came back from a 0-2 deficit and scored four unanswered goals.
And here we have the CCL draw in full! Club León (MEX) vs. CD Guastatoya (GUA) Seattle Sounders (USA) vs. Motagua (HON) Colorado Rapids (USA) vs. Comunicaciones (GUA) NYCFC (USA) vs. Santos de Guápiles (CRC) --- Pumas UNAM (MEX) vs. Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) New England Revolution (USA) vs. Cavaly (HAI) CF Montréal (CAN) vs. Santos Laguna (MEX) Cruz Azul (MEX) vs. Forge (CAN)
https://sbisoccer.com/2021/12/revol...fJS5TYez1T1SMAVZUmDMHS17cyMZ_qhUK6_zDDf9-EoBU The first legs take place between February 15-17 with the second legs coming the following week between Feb. 22-24. The quarterfinals will take place in March, the semifinal round in April and the finals will be two legs in late-April and early-May.
Paul Calixte @paulcalixte1 22m CCL news out of Haiti: according to @TOTALMIXRADIO AS Cavaly co-founder Guimps Joseph has stated that @NERevolution will host BOTH legs of their R16 series
I take it that NE will give their opponent a decent cut of the gate, which obviously would be higher than if they hosted th match Still not sure if it should be allowed, tho, Cavaly fans deserve to see their team compete in CCL in person. It's mickeymouse to just give away a home match Hopefully, Cavaly pulls a Joe Public, who had the most epic crest in world football history. Big rematch between th Impact and SL, we remember what happened between them in 2009. A comeback for the ages, maybe still the biggest comeback in CCL history all these years later. The Goal Scientist.
If it were a cynical money-grab, I'd agree... but the security situation is dire in Haiti, hence Concacaf not allowing games to be hosted there until further notice. For instance, our women's NT will "host" their WCQ games in the DR.
And then not enough cavalry players could get Visas, so they had to forfeit. AS Cavaly (HAI) has notified #Concacaf that the club has been unable to obtain the necessary visas required to travel to the United States for their upcoming matches against the #NERevs, and that they have made the decision to formally withdraw from the competition. #CCL2022 pic.twitter.com/QPmXmcALze— Niko Moreno (@ELROLONW) February 16, 2022
Previous year, Toronto beat Leon, this year, Montreal beat Laguna. Unfortunatelly, Montreal have a route as hell, probably Cruz Azul is the next, and if from a miracle can beat them, maybe will met UNAM in semifinals. The final can be easier for Monterey against Leon/Seattle/NYC than the quarterfinals/semifinals ) A great results for Communicaciones. I'm bored to watch only mexicans and some US teams in quarterfinals
The quarterfinal round is now set (first team listed hosts second leg): Club León (MEX) vs. Seattle Sounders (USA) Comunicaciones (GUA) vs. New York City FC (USA) --- Pumas UNAM (MEX) vs. New England Revolution (USA) CF Montréal (CAN) vs. Cruz Azul (MEX) And there's about to be some whiplash around Concacaf: we have these games, then the end of WCQ, then the semifinals, practically back-to-back!
Comunicaciones gets an away goal, but I don't think they can hold Seattle to zero goals in the next game.
Seattle with a big win, it is so easy when they play against those little Central American teams. oh wait.