2018 concacaf champions league

If there was any team which were finalists of both tournaments, the vacated berth was reallocated using a formula, based on regular season records, that ensured that two teams qualified via each tournament.

Before the final four begins across the continent, here's what you need to know about the competition and what's at stake from an MLS perspective. The competition is still called the Concacaf Champions League, but in reality it bears resemblance to an expanded version of a previous version of the competition, the Concacaf Champions Cup. Starting this year, the tournament proper is now contested entirely in knockout round format, beginning with the Round of 16 in February. Teams play a two-legged, total goals series in each round to advance. The teams that advance to the final in late April will play eight games in the competition in total. Of the 16 entrants, 15 are automatic qualifiers based on their domestic play. As far as MLS goes, the formula is relatively unchanged here.

2018 concacaf champions league

Toronto's BMO Field , with a seating capacity of 30,, hosted the first leg of the final; it opened in and was renovated in During its first nine editions, the Champions League consisted of a group stage in summer and autumn followed by a knockout stage during the following spring. Toronto FC were appearing in their first final, and were the second Canadian team to have reached the final after Montreal Impact finished as runners-up in United managing to win. Guadalajara had previously appeared in three finals, all in the Champions' Cup era. They won the inaugural edition in , before finishing second the following year after withdrawing from the final. Guadalajara appeared in their next final 44 years later in , losing to fellow Mexican club Pachuca on penalties. Mexican teams had appeared in every final since , and won every tournament since There had been a total of eleven all-Mexican finals, all since , including the previous two finals. Toronto advanced on away goals , becoming one of two MLS teams to advance to the semi-finals. The team stayed in Puerto Plata , approximately 45 miles 72 km from the stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros , due to a tobacco growers' conference that filled available hotel space.

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The hosts went into the match with a aggregate lead from last week's first leg at BMO Field in Toronto, having never lost a home match to a MLS side in club history. An all-action opening 15 minutes saw Toronto nearly score first, when Jozy Altidore forced a save from Rodolfo Cota after a Marky Delgado through ball had pulled the Chivas keeper off his line. But it was Chivas that struck first right before the minute mark when Orbelin Pineda deftly chipped a shot past Alex Bono after Rodolfo Pizarro sliced open the Toronto back line with a perfect pass into the penalty area. Needing two goals to level the aggregate score, Toronto found its first minutes later. Altidore redirected a Nicolas Hasler cut-back pass into Cota's net following a penalty area scramble to trim the Chivas lead to over the two legs. Sebastian Giovinco added a second for Toronto right before half-time -- and just a minute after being booked for dissent -- beating Cota at the near post with a nice individual effort to send the teams to the dressing room tied on aggregate.

2018 concacaf champions league

If there was any team which were finalists of both tournaments, the vacated berth was reallocated using a formula, based on regular season records, that ensured that two teams qualified via each tournament. If there was any team which qualified through multiple berths, or if there was any Canada-based MLS team which were champions of the MLS Cup, the Supporters' Shield, or conference regular season, the vacated berth was reallocated to the U. For this season, the team from Guatemala was excluded due to the suspension of their federation by FIFA and was replaced by an additional team from Costa Rica. To qualify for the Caribbean Club Championship, teams had to finish as the champions or runners-up of their respective association's league in the previous season, but professional teams could also be selected by their associations if they played in the league of another country. In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from —09 not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from to The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 numbered 1 through 8 between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The teams from Pot 1 were assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for " wildcard " teams which replaced a team from another association. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner Regulations, II.

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Top storylines heading into opening weekend Headlines. Carlos Salcido c. Here's the full schedule for MLS teams:. The first legs were played from 20 to 22 February, and the second legs were played from 27 February — 1 March Contents move to sidebar hide. Toronto FC Guadalajara 1 2. Guadalajara matches in Canadian soccer —18 in Mexican football Football in Guadalajara, Jalisco Soccer competitions in Toronto in Toronto 21st century in Guadalajara, Jalisco International club association football competitions hosted by Canada International club association football competitions hosted by Mexico Association football penalty shoot-outs. Retrieved 17 April If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, a penalty shoot-out would be used to determine the winner. Gregory van der Wiel. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

Toronto's BMO Field , with a seating capacity of 30,, hosted the first leg of the final; it opened in and was renovated in

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