[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Playoffs in March? It’s not just for college basketball teams any more. For MLS entries in the Concacaf Champions Leaguequarterfinals, that’s the only way to look at it. “This game against Santos is obviously a playoff game,” said Seattle midfielder Brad Evans of a series against Mexican club SantosLaguna that kicks off […]
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Seattle boss compares Concacaf ticket sales
Don Ruiz checked in with Seattle Sounders general manager Adrian Hanauer regarding ticket sales for Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal,first-leg games in Seattle and Toronto. The Sounders, who averaged 38,496 fans for league games last season, have sold “only” 18,500 tickets for their game against Santos Lagunaquarterfinal on Wednesday. “It’s just not of the American sports […]
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Packed house, eager Toronto to welcome Galaxy
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Contrasts abound in the Concacaf Champions League, in which teams rich and modest from utterly different climes and cultures crossthousands of miles to contest a regional crown. Though both play in MLS, Toronto FC and the Los Angeles Galaxy are about as far apart — geographically, politically, and meteorologically — as twomajor […]
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Concacaf Champions League live!
[TELEVISION GUIDE] All eight games in the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals will air live over the next two weeks. The action begins Tuesday when TorneoClausura leader Morelia, winner of five games in a row, hosts defending Concacaf champion Monterrey in an all-Mexican clash. Note: All games willbe streamed on Concacaf TV. Quarterfinals, First Leg Tuesday, […]
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Field in group stage expanded to 24 teams
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Concacaf has changed the format for its Concacaf Champions League, announcing plans to scrap the preliminary round and place all 24entrants in the group stage, beginning with the 2012-13 edition. In the previous four tournaments, 16 teams met in eight preliminary-round pairings with the series winners joiningeight-seeded teams in four groups of […]
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TFC goes indoors for Galaxy match
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Citing weather concerns, and not the slim hope that David Beckham might still be a Galaxyplayer next March, Toronto FC has announced it will play the home game of its Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal against Los Angeles at Rogers Centre instead of BMO Field. TFC drewthe first game of the Concacaf two-leg […]
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Concacaf Champions League schedule
[DATEBOOK] The Los Angeles Galaxy will face Toronto FC in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League, assuring MLS of at least one semifinalist. TheSeattle Sounders, the third MLS representative, will play Santos of Mexico in the quarterfinals. Concacaf Champions League Quarterfinals, First Leg March 6-8, 2012 Seattle Sounders (USA) vs. Santos (MEX)Toronto FC (CAN) […]
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Rapids still alive despite loss
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Colorado Rapids fell at Santos of Mexico, 2-0, Wednesday in the Concacaf Champions League but will still qualify for theknockout stage if Isidro Metapan and Real Espana tie Thursday in El Salvador, Otherwise, the winner of the Group B finale will join Santos in the quarterfinals … Only a win over […]
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Concacaf Champions League this week …
[SCOREBOARD] UNAM clinched first place and the second berth in in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League with a 1-0 win over FC Tauro over Panama.Toronto FC clinched the other berth on Tuesday. The remaining two berths will be decided on Thursday. The Los Angeles Galaxy will beat out Alajuelense for the second spot […]
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Toronto FC drills FC Dallas to advance
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Toronto’s hopes of the MLS playoffs faded away many weeks ago, yet it doggedly persevered in the Concacaf Champions League andTuesday night earned a spot in the quarterfinals by shocking FC Dallas, 3-0, at Pizza Hut Park. Rather than a game of two halves, the FC Dallas-Toronto FC group finale turned out […]