Imagine Lionel Messi, getting ready to play with his national team after another grueling yet fruitful season. He’s just come off a legacy-defining World Cup and a Ligue 1 title before shocking the world as he announced his intentions to leave Paris Saint-Germain to join Major League Soccer.
Two days after Club León claimed the Concacaf Champions League title, the soccer bosses of the region have decided to rename the tournament: Starting in 2024, officials want you to call the competition the Concacaf Champions Cup.
We also suggest the ConcaCup.
Erling Haaland, say hello to Rodolfo Cota. Kevin De Bruyne, meet Ángel Mena. Pep Guardiola, this is Joel Campbell — he's a genius just like you.
Club León captured their first-ever Concacaf Champions League crown by defeating LAFC 1-0 (3-1 on aggregate) on Sunday night at BMO Stadium, putting themselves on a collision course with Manchester City (or Inter Milan) at December's Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.
La Liga de Campeones de la Concacaf vuelve a ser mexicana.
Club León derrotó a LAFC, el gran favorito del torneo, en una serie mágica. La Fiera ganó 2-1 en casa y no le temblaron las piernas en la revancha jugada en el BMO Stadium, donde se impuso por 1-0.
El título es el primero de los esmeraldas en la competencia y le retornó a la Liga MX su trono, el cual había perdido en 2022 cuando Seattle Sounders venció a Pumas UNAM.
In a word, forgettable. Following one of the most exciting matchdays of the MLS season, the league’s first foray into midweek play definitely did not live up to the billing, but there were still a few moments that caught our attention. Despite MLS Matchday 13 being promoted as a continuation of Rivalry Week, there were few games that truly fit that description, and it showed both on the field and in the scorelines.
After conceding a late penalty that allowed the Philadelphia Union to take the lead, Los Angeles FC's Kellyn Acosta scored in second-half stoppage time as the teams played to a 1-1 draw on Wednesday at Chester, Pa., in the first leg of a CONCACAF Champions League semifinal series.
The second and final leg of the total-goal series will be played Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Todos nos equivocamos. Todos. Sin embargo, el narrador de Fox Sports Raúl Orvañanos parece haber hecho del error una especie de deporte olímpico. Tanto que si los relatos de Tigres vs. León jugado la noche del miércoles en la Concacaf Champions League hubiera sido una competencia oficial, el tipo habría ganado el oro.
Orvañanos no tuvo su mejor noche ante los micrófonos. Es una realidad. Si bien es normal confundir a uno que otro jugador en la narración, los niveles de equivocación en la jornada fueron demasiado notorios como para que las hordas en Twitter no se dieran cuenta.
Las aguas están más tranquilas en Tigres.
El equipo arrolló 5-0 a Motagua y selló su clasificación a las semifinales de la Concacaf Champions League, en el debut de Robert Dante Siboldi en la banca felina. Sin embargo, las heridas de una irregular campaña siguen abiertas y reflejo de esto fue que André-Pierre Gignac decidió no celebrar ninguno de los dos goles que anotó ante el equipo hondureño.
No lo hizo en el derechazo de larga distancia que abrió el marcador.
Julián Carranza's second goal of the night, in the 78th minute, lifted the Philadelphia Union to a 3-2 aggregate victory over Atlas on Wednesday in Guadalajara, Mexico, at the conclusion of a CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinal series.
The Union escaped with a 2-2 draw in Mexico after beating Atlas 1-0 in Chester, PA, on April 4 in the two-game, total-goal series. Philadelphia moves on to a semifinal series against Los Angeles FC, with the first leg scheduled for the last week of April and the second legs due to be played in the first week of May.
They call him the King of LA and he doesn't shy away from the moniker.
Carlos Vela was sensational against Vancouver Whitecaps, scoring a brace in LAFC's 3-0 win over the Canadians to complete a 6-0 aggregate thrashing in the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals series.
If you're not happy with that, Vela also gave us a particular and emotional moment, celebrating one of those goals by hugging his two kids, Romeo and India, and his wife, Saioa Cañibano.