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Big time changes are ahead for the CONCACAF Champions League. A change that will certainly help out a couple MLS sides this summer. Starting this summer, the two-leg preliminary round – in which 16 teams would face off in a home-and-home series – has been eliminated. Instead, all 24 teams in the event will be…[continue reading]

It is hard to believe but also pretty damn cool to think we could very well have four Major League Soccer clubs in the knockout stage of the CONCACAF Champions League. We already have one in the Seattle Sounders and after this week we could have three more. The tiebreakers for each group make things…[continue reading]

FC Dallas will always get the credit for the first one, but the Seattle Sounders may get credit for winning the first big one. The Sounders did the unthinkable last night by fielding a team of half reserves and half starters against the defending CONCACAF Champions League champions, Monterrey and came up with a huge…[continue reading]

“It only takes one.” That was something my old soccer coach back in West Virginia used to tell me and my teammates before (and sometimes during) a game that we knew would be tough. We had this one team that we played a couple times a year that always seemed to get the best of…[continue reading]

With the preliminary rounds over, the 2011-12 CONCACAF Champions League groups stages are all set. Here’s how they size up for the five MLS sides competing.

Sometimes it doesn’t have to be much to get your mind off a bad loss. That’s exactly what happened in Detroit last night for the US Men’s National team as they opened up Gold Cup play with a solid 2-0 win over their rivals from the north, Canada. Clint Dempsey was brilliant at times, Jozy…[continue reading]

Like most of you, I sat through the US-Spain game on Saturday. It wasn’t enjoyable in any sense in the first half and while the second half got better it was still rather…ugh. Generally I’m a fan of playing the top teams in the world. I am. You get to put your best out against…[continue reading]

Wow, just wow. Most expected a pretty straight forward roster announcement today by Bob Bradley but what came out was anything but expected. Goalkeepers (3): Marcus Hahnemann Tim Howard Nick Rimando Defenders (8): Carlos Bocanegra Jonathan Bornstein Steve Cherundolo Eric Lichaj Clarence Goodson Oguchi Onyewu Tim Ream Jonathan Spector Midfielders (9): Freddy Adu Michael Bradley…[continue reading]

The draw for the next tournament was announced today and once again the MLS road to CONCACAF glory runs through Mexico. The Preliminary Round matches will be played on July 16-28 (1st Leg) and August 2-4 (2nd Leg). The Group Stage is tentatively scheduled to begin the second week of August. The Preliminary Round matches…[continue reading]

For most clubs, even the great ones, there is always a moment of panic late in a match in a two legged series when one team is packing on the pressure to get a series-tying goal. Last night against Saprissa in the CONCACAF Champions League semifinal, Real Salt Lake saw that moment and brushed it…[continue reading]