Concacaf champions league: in December 2016

concacaf champions league 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 ]. bj88 Các CLB Mexico như Club América hay Monterrey thường thống trị giải, nhưng gần đây MLS đang dần thu hẹp khoảng cách. đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia israel Under the new CONCACAF competition platform, a new secondary tournament called CONCACAF League would be played from August to December beginning in 2017. The winner of CONCACAF League would qualify to the following year's Champions League where they would be joined by nine North American teams, the Caribbean Club Championship winner, and five Central American league champions who qualified directly. [ 10 ] For the 2019–20 competition cycle, the direct Central American berths were removed and CONCACAF League was expanded so that the top-six clubs would qualify to Champions League.