2022 Concacaf Champions League

[narduch]

All but 2 teams have been decided .

 

[Kent]

I admit it. I did a double take at "Cavaly", especially listed right after the Canadian teams.

[Kent]

P.S. I assume the guy that made that tweet just doesn't realize that Vancouver can't get the MLS Cup spot? They could have put an American flag instead of a question mark. Unless I missed something and that rule has changed effective this season instead of in 2024 or whenever the new format is?

[narduch]

Draw will be held December 15. And the dates are set.

 

[narduch]

All the 3 MLS teams that have already qualified for CCL have been eliminated from MLS Cup.

So 1 of Portland, RSL, NYCFC or Philadelphia will earn the last CCL spot.

[Terry_Canuck]

Might be more interest in the competition if New York makes it but Portland has amazing fans so it's good all around.

[narduch]

Draw is at 6pm today.

Believe it will be on One Soccer's Youtube page.

[narduch]

Montreal have drawn Santos Laguna 

Forge have drawn Cruz Azul

Edited December 15, 2021 by narduch

[gator]

Forge goes to Azteca, unbelievable! 

[JamboAl]

4 minutes ago, narduch said:

Montreal have drawn Santos Laguna 

Forge have drawn Cruz Azul

Ouch!  Great opportunity for Forge but Bobby S is going to need a hundred rabbits up his sleeve to get through this one.  

[narduch]

Pretty bad draw overall for Canadian teams

[gator]

Forge will have absolutely no chance in this tie, it might be close at home in the cold and the players will have a chance to experience Azteca! I look at this as a good celebration for the club which will only be in its 4th year of existence and here they are playing an absolute giant of a club!

[Ansem]

 

Their only chance is to crush them at -15C and park the bus at Azteca.

Anyhow - massive exposure for the league, what a stage for the players which will further help attracting talents to the league.

Great opportunity for Forge to sell this game and grow their fanbase

[CanadianSoccerFan]

Will need a training camp at altitude for any hope.

 

Highly unlikely but Montreal and Forge would face each other in the quarters if they both got through.  Imagine a big crowd at the Big O for that.

Edited December 16, 2021 by CanadianSoccerFan

[Stryker911]

Are we sure that this draw is random? 2 years in a row where the Canadian team draws the only Mexico team from Pot 2. The odds of that are pretty low.

[gator]

18 minutes ago, Stryker911 said:

Are we sure that this draw is random? 2 years in a row where the Canadian team draws the only Mexico team from Pot 2. The odds of that are pretty low.

It was a redraw at that, originally Cruz Azul drew Santos Laguna and of course they had to draw another slot, for some reason I was sure Forge would get Cruz Azul and when the redraw was made I knew how it would work out!😀

[narduch]

1 hour ago, Stryker911 said:

Are we sure that this draw is random? 2 years in a row where the Canadian team draws the only Mexico team from Pot 2. The odds of that are pretty low.

Seemed fair to me.

The draw was country protected. You couldn't draw a team from your same country. 

Should also note that if Forge and Montreal both advance they would face each other in the next round 

 

[Stryker911]

3 hours ago, gator said:

It was a redraw at that, originally Cruz Azul drew Santos Laguna and of course they had to draw another slot, for some reason I was sure Forge would get Cruz Azul and when the redraw was made I knew how it would work out!😀

 

2 hours ago, narduch said:

Seemed fair to me.

The draw was country protected. You couldn't draw a team from your same country. 

Should also note that if Forge and Montreal both advance they would face each other in the next round 

 

What I meant is the Canadian MLS team drawing the pot 2 Mexican team. There are 5 non Mexican teams in pot 1 (1 Canadian and 4 US). So a 1 in 5 or 20% chance it happens. For that same 1 in 5 chance to happen in consecutive years is about 4%. Very unfortunate luck for TFC last year and Montreal this year to draw that Mexixan team.

[RJB]

Pretty fortunate that no MLS teams landed a Mexican club in the first round.  Was that foregone given the pots?  Or is that ensuring a more interesting quarter final?

[narduch]

6 hours ago, RJB said:

Pretty fortunate that no MLS teams landed a Mexican club in the first round.  Was that foregone given the pots?  Or is that ensuring a more interesting quarter final?

Montreal did get a Liga MX team.

And yes it's due to seeing. 

 

[narduch]

Here's the bracket. MLS has a decent chance to have a team in the final with only 1 Mexican team in the top half of the bracket, Leon, the team a pathetic TFC managed to knock out last year.

 

[Watchmen]

I hadn't heard about the badges in the tunnel before, but that's pretty cool.

 

Edited December 16, 2021 by Watchmen

[Kent]

14 hours ago, RJB said:

Pretty fortunate that no MLS teams landed a Mexican club in the first round.  Was that foregone given the pots?  Or is that ensuring a more interesting quarter final?

Pot 1 teams get drawn against Pot 2 teams, and teams from the same country can't be drawn against each other. So Santos Laguna was guaranteed to draw against an MLS team (they got Montreal) and the other 3 Mexican teams were guaranteed to avoid an MLS team in the first round.

[RJB]

Bah!  Conspiracy theories are way more fun. Hehe

As for Montreal, aren't they playing as a Canadian team, and not an MLS team?

 

 

 

[Kent]

12 hours ago, RJB said:

Bah!  Conspiracy theories are way more fun. Hehe

As for Montreal, aren't they playing as a Canadian team, and not an MLS team?

 

 

 

I mean sure, but the other MLS teams are playing as American teams, so that's kind of moot. 3 of them qualified via MLS because that's how the USSF decides to give out their spots, 1 of them qualified via the US Open Cup (OK, apparently not for 2022 because they didn't have the US Open Cup this year, but usually that is the case) again because that's how the USSF decides to give out that spot. It doesn't make, for example, 2021 Atlanta United not an MLS team just because they qualified via winning the US Open Cup.