Kent Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Today is the first day of the new CONCACAF League. A reminder that it's the Europa-ish tournament whose winner advances to the following year's CONCACAF Champions League. The format is home and away knockout rounds, starting with a round of 16. Round of 16 matchups are... 1st Leg - August 1st Santos de Guapiles (Costa Rica) vs San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad & Tobago) Chorrillo (Panama) vs Honduras Progreso (Honduras) 1st Leg - August 2nd Aguila (El Salvador) vs Real Esteli (Nicaragua) Platense (Honduras) vs Alianza (El Salvador) Portmore United (Jamaica) vs Plaza Amador (Panama) 1st Leg - August 3rd Central (Trinidad & Tobago) vs Arabe Unido (Panama) Olimpia (Honduras) vs Alajuelense (Costa Rica) Walter Ferretti (Nicaragua) vs Belmopan Bandits (Belize) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_CONCACAF_League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ansem Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Alajuelense are the favorites by a mile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisinOrleans Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 51 minutes ago, Ansem said: Alajuelense are the favorites by a mile! Okay, so as an Impact fan I have seen Alajuelense play before, and they're awesome. They are scary good on the counter. That being said, their coach is Benito Floro, so I'm predicting that they fail to score a goal and are sent home early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Ansem said: Alajuelense are the favorites by a mile! I was going to say their first round matchup is the best looking matchup. In the last CCL Olimpia drew with Pachuca at home and only lost 1-0 in Mexico. Also worth noting, Arabe Unido is the only team in this competition that made it to the knockout rounds of the last CCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Round of 16, 1st leg results: Santos de Guápiles (Costa Rica) 6 - San Juan Jabloteh (Trinidad and Tobago) 2 Chorrillo (Panama) 1 - Honduras Progreso (Honduras) 0 Central (Trinidad and Tobago) 1 - Árabe Unido (Panama) 2 Águila (El Salvador) 1 - Real Estelí (Nicaragua) 0 Olimpia (Honduras) 2 - Alajuelense (Costa Rica) 0 Platense (Honduras) 1 - Alianza (El Salvador) 2 Portmore United (Jamaica) 1 - Plaza Amador (Panama) 0 Walter Ferretti (Nicaragua) 4 - Belmopan Bandits (Belize) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 On 01/08/2017 at 9:59 AM, Ansem said: Alajuelense are the favorites by a mile! Well, that didn't pan out. Alajuelense lost their first round matchup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Round of 16 is done. Eliminated teams came from Trinidad and Tobago (2 teams), Honduras (2 teams), Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Jamaica, and Belize. Advancing teams came from Panama (3 teams), El Salvador (2 teams), Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Quarter final matchups which start tomorrow. Chorillo (Panama) vs Santos de Guapiles (Costa Rica) Aguila (El Salvador) vs Arabe Unido (Panama) Alianza (El Salvador) vs Olimpia (Honduras) Walter Ferretti (Nicaragua) vs Plaza Amador (Panama) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisinOrleans Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 On 8/14/2017 at 9:25 AM, Kent said: Well, that didn't pan out. Alajuelense lost their first round matchup. #FloroOut ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 Quarterfinals are done. Semifinal matchups: Arabe Unido (Panama) vs Santos de Guapiles (Costa Rica) Plaza Amador (Panama) vs Olimpia (Honduras) First legs the week of September 12th, second legs the week of September 19th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Was this on TV in Canada? I bet some of these would have been a very good watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 5 minutes ago, Greatest Cockney Rip Off said: Was this on TV in Canada? I bet some of these would have been a very good watch. Don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 On 25/08/2017 at 1:10 PM, BuzzAndSting said: Don't think so. Yo DAZN! We got some more programming for ya! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 On 25/08/2017 at 1:10 PM, BuzzAndSting said: Don't think so. CONCACAF has previously shown their un-aired content on Facebook. I would assume it is available on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted September 15, 2017 Author Share Posted September 15, 2017 Quick update. Last night in their first leg of the semi finals, Olimpia (Honduras) beat Plaza Amador (Panama) 7-1! That's all I wanted to say. But I guess I'll mention the other semi final between Arabe Unido (Panama) and Santos de Guapiles (Costa Rica) finished 0-0 after the first leg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Check those red cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Ha, the guy that got punched first forgot he was in a soccer game until after he threw his own punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yomurphy1 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 7 hours ago, Blackdude said: Check those red cards. You couldn't make this more CONCACAF if you tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 That is bad unconvincing rolling around and acting hurt even by CONCACAF's terrible standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 The final is set. Olimpia (Honduras) vs Santos de Guapiles (Costa Rica). First leg in Honduras on October 19th, second leg in Costa Rica on October 26th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted November 2, 2017 Author Share Posted November 2, 2017 Holy crap. I was just going to come here and update the thread about Olimpia winning the CONCACAF League and I noticed the attendance for their leg of the final was 0. I followed the citation from wikipedia and found this. http://www.diez.hn/liganacionaldehonduras/1102963-498/concacaf-castiga-olimpia-seis-partidos-puertas-cerradas-honduras There is video in that link which I watched without sound, and I read a translation of the article, so my info might not be rock solid. But this is what I found out. In the August 24th quarter final matchup against Allianza (El Salvador) a fan threw a firecracker on the field when players were setting up for a corner kick. You can see the explosion in the video in the link above. A couple of Allianza players (I believe) went down, quite possibly after being hit by shrapnel from the firework (or just CONCACAFing, it's hard to say for sure but there are definitely bits that fly very near the players). Olimpia was then punished by having their next 6 games behind closed doors at a venue of CONCACAF's choosing. Now here is where a bit of my guesswork comes in. At the very end of the video they show the 4th official holding up a board to show how much added time would be played and it was 5 minutes. Looking at the scoring summary of that game, Olimpia scored at 90+5 to win their home leg 3-1, after they had lost their away leg 1-0. So I am assuming that firecracker was in the 2nd half, and in the resultant time added on they scored at the death to escape defeat at the hands of the away goals rule. That is seriously messed up!!! So I think Olimpia has 4 more games to serve their punishment in terms of international games behind closed doors. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the final. Olimpia won the final after each team won their away leg 1-0. Olimpia won the shootout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Since my above post I have seen match highlights (which didn't even show the firecracker incident) and based on which goal was being attacked by which team, the firecracker definitely happened in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 The way the two players fall looks so fake though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 On 04/11/2017 at 4:54 PM, Grizzly said: The way the two players fall looks so fake though. Yeah, I imagine they are CONCACAFing, especially since there is no mention of injuries. But still, that's a heck of a way to lose a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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