Concacaf champions league: after the creation of the United States'

concacaf champions league After the creation of the United States' Major League Soccer , the competition became an eight-team knockout tournament with zonal qualification. The first four editions were hosted in a central location with single leg ties before changing to a home-and-away format in 2002. Four North American zone clubs qualified from Liga MX or Major League Soccer, three Central American clubs from the UNCAF Interclub Cup , and one Caribbean club from the CFU Club Championship . In 2002 and 2003, the tournament consisted of 16 teams with twice as many qualifying from each zone. Since 2005, the champion of the competition gained entry into the FIFA Club World Cup , giving clubs an added incentive for a strong participation and greater interest from fans.. vay f88 lãi suất bao nhiêu Giải này còn là dịp để hãng tài trợ lớn quảng bá hình ảnh tại thị trường Bắc Mỹ và Caribe – nơi bóng đá đang bùng nổ. xổ số trực tiếp minh ngọc nhanh nhất In December 2016, Manuel Quintanilla, president of the Nicaraguan Football Federation , spoke of a possible new format for the competition, [ 8 ] a statement that was later corroborated by Garth Lagerwey , the general manager of Seattle Sounders FC . [ 9 ] On 23 January 2017, CONCACAF confirmed the new 16-team format beginning with the 2018 edition, eliminating the group stage which had been employed since the re-branding of the competition to the CONCACAF Champions League in 2008. [ 10 ]