The CONCACAF Champions League is headed into a new format. The new format is a two-tier Champions League where there are 2nd to 4th place teams in the Central American Zone and the Caribbean zone of the CONCACAF. The Teams: From Costa Rica: LD Alajuelense, Santos de Guápiles FC (originally from …
With the final stage in the current system, Pachuca has clinched the ballot to go play in the United Arab Emirates. Since the series were UNAL Tigres and Pachuca, there is a 100% chance that Mexico will get a representative to the Club World Cup, however, the cup is not …
Well, we have reached the halfway marker into the Hexagonal. As it looks right now, Mexico and Costa Rica could just coast for the next 5 weeks and still get in, the Panama United States and Honduras are battling for the 3rd and 4th place in the standings. For the …
Featured Image courtesy of World Soccer Club (worldsoccerclub.com) It is an all-Mexican Final and there will be a new champion to be crowned and a trip to the United Arab Emirates to be clinched. As the Rounds started there were 24 in the beginning and little by little it has been …
Featured image curtesy of CONCACAF There is a change brewing in to the CONCACAF Champions League format. In the old system the bids were organized as follows: North America Mexico: 4 (Champions of Apertura, Runner-up of Apertura, Champions of Clausura, and the Runner-up from Clausura) United States/Canada: 4 (MLS Cup winners, Supporters Shield (best …
The Gold Cup is coming up this July, starting from the 7th till the 26th, all the games are going to be played in the US, as previous incarnations of the tournament have had games in Mexico or Canada. What is the tournament for? The tournament determines what nation wins …
(Featured image courtesy of cdn.ussoccerplayers.com) I was 2-4 last time but hey, everyone starts somewhere. WEEK 5 Mexico vs Honduras, Estadio Azteca I saw the Costa Rica-Honduras match, and Honduras looked flat in the beginning portion of the first half, something that Mexico particularly does well is to play fast in the …
This is the second of a 2 part series, for the first check out the Stadiums that Haunt the USNMT This stadium has a lot of history in it. For example: The final of two World Cups, the Hand of God Goal, and the infamous second sun in midfield during one …
There are many pundits who will speculate about results of soccer games beforehand. It’s time I became one of them. Here are my picks for these two weeks (I may seem biased towards Costa Rica but I try to be objective in my reasoning). WEEK 3 Mexico vs Costa Rica, Estadio …
In the coming days the CONCACAF will have national team games in order to advance to the World Cup. This is called a FIFA Week or a week where there aren’t any sort of club matches being played. How teams from North, Central, and the Caribbean go to the World …
The route to the Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates is getting exciting in the CONCACAF Region. CONCACAF is the collection of nations in North America (Canada, United States, and Mexico), Central America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama), the Caribbean (Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico*, …
This is a series of two stories about the teams in the last round of CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers. The next one is going to be about the Colossus of Saint Ursula or the Estadio Azteca. Every three years the process to make it to the World Cup begins. Since the US …
