CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) 2022 [R]

And us!

 

Well folks, we're going to have some early season fixture congestion.
The league just announced the home openers and the Revs are playing in Portland on 2/26. Second leg of the champion's league is 2/22-24.

 

Hopefully we'll navigate it better than some others. Seems like MLS teams with early tournament games this season struggled in the early going in MLS.

OTOH, it may have been a foreshadowing that those clubs just weren't that good this year.

 

Looks like they weren't able to do their part.

 

They playing this at Gillette or in a smaller venue?

 

I can't wait...February can't get here fast enough.

 

The side of the bracket the Revs are in is a freaking gauntlet. They absolutely should advance out of their matchup with Cavaly (please, lord...I already have enough nightmares featuring Caribbean zone minnows), but then? Odds are they would get Pumas in the next round (even if they didn't, Saprissa is of course one of the historically strong Costa Rican sides). Somehow advance past that? Most likely, they get the winner of Cruz Azul and Santos Laguna, both of whom are the likely victors over their Canadian opponents. If the Revs actually manage to make it through their side of the bracket to the final, it will be one hell of a run.

 

Gonna be tough to have a significant fan presence at Gillette. I'd prefer Harvard, but in potentially severe weather conditions, having your own locker room and facilities just steps from the field is significant.

Apparently Cavaly hasn't played a competitive match since the end of May when their league shut down. That's a big deal.

Wonder if Revs II Francoise Dulysse knows any of their players from HNT camps?

 

There's no excuse if we don't win this round.

Now, the next round is going to be tough.

 

I think they'll essentially use the CCL 1st round as they would the Desert Diamond Cup, or whatever happens this year. In essence, that home/home will be their final tuneups for the MLS regular season. And, yes, they should be able to win while not in mid-season form - it's a huge benefit that Cavaly won't be either.

Normally the heat/humidity would be a huge stumbling block in the Caribbean, but if they do their preseason in a warm place, as they usually do, it won't be the same shock as it would later in the season.

 

They'd better not Mid-Michigan Bucks it, that's all I'm saying.

 

Its worse than that.

The matches they played in may were for the carribean cup (they won the final on may 25th). Their last league game was played in january, their season's second half (think liga mx clasura) got completely cancelled due to covid

 

I feel like the Bucks were a lower point in Revs history, since they were a PDL side. At least Joe Public was a "champion." But I take your point.