CONCACAF Introduces Champions League Format! Oh! Yeah!
All this damn Tom Brady talk that we almost forgot about the important stuff. Okay, maybe we’re a little more excited than we should be. But come on! You can never (ever) have enough international soccer going on. The rumors had been circulating that a fixture was months away, but CONCACAF officials released a statement confirming that the new Champions League-like tournament will commence in August. How’s it going to work?
The 24 Teams:
- The United States-4
- Mexico-4
- Caribbean Region-3
- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honderus and Panama-2 each
- Belize, Canada and Nicaragua-1 each
Who Gets To Skip The Qualifiers? 8 Teams Total:
- United States and Mexico-2
- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala-1
Preliminary rounds between the other clubs will begin in August, just in time for us to warm up for European Champions League. The group stages, comprised of four groups of four teams will begin in October and the final will be in April. The prize? A shiny roundtrip ticket to the FIFA Club World Cup. Our satellite provider just made made some new bucks and they don’t even know it yet. Can life seriously get any better?
CONCACAF to launch its own Champions League [ESPN]
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Kinda late to the party.
Posted by Anonymous | January 30, 2008
Anonymous is the new Machochip watchdog. Now latinogamer has someone to fuck him.
Posted by Shakespeare | January 30, 2008
@Anonymous
We apologize for our tardiness. But the story is actually from the 29th—the actual confirmation that the scheduling was set—so 20 or so hours late isn’t too bad.
@Shakespeare
Play nice.
Thanks for reading ya’ll.
Posted by Alejandro | January 31, 2008
@Anon: Not to hate: are you the Subcomandante Marcos of commenters or something? At least adopt a pseudonym, otherwise it makes you come off as a troll. Even the aforementioned Subcomandante Skimask has an additional name.
@Eds: Quit drinking and snorting on the job. Or is all that time devoted to looking for pictures of cheerleaders and fantasy athletic women getting in the way of scooping a story? Othewise I’ll rat you out to your técnico Señor Mauser, and he’ll cut off your coke and booze allowance. That would suck.
Posted by pocho_guey_al_norte | January 31, 2008
I troll your posts….argghh!
Posted by troll | January 31, 2008
@ Pocho
/Snort
Ya say something? My screen is coated in…oh nevermind.
Posted by Alejandro | January 31, 2008
@troll: At least you show your hand! Props to you.
Posted by pocho_guey_al_norte | January 31, 2008
hell Yeah! I cant wait to watch with a T.J. Dog all up in my grill.
Posted by lawrence d. | January 31, 2008