on to the next one...

this is the 6th edition of the modern CCL (49th overall). format seems to be very similar to last years tourney. no changes announced yet anyway. here's the teams already qualified...

Tijuana (Mexico) 1st app
Toluca (Mexico) 3rd app
San Jose Earthquakes (USA) 1st app
Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) 4th app
Houston Dynamo (USA) 4th app
Sporting Kansas City (USA) 1st app
Alajuelense (Costa Rica) 4th app
Olimpia (Honduras) 6th app
Comunicaciones (Guatemala) 3rd app
Árabe Unido (Panama) 3rd app
Isidro Metapán (El Salvador) 6th app
Real Estelí (Nicaragua) 4th app
Belmopan Bandits (Belize) 1st app
W Connection (Trinidad and Tobago) 3rd app
Valencia (Haiti) 1st app

more teams should be qualifying soon. will update when there's more info.

Mexican portion of the field is set

Olimpia won both the 2012 Apertura and 2013 Clasura. Victoria is the non-champion with the best aggregate record for the 2012-13 season.

this team was the 2013 Verano runner-up and replaces the Belize qualifier because Belize does not have a stadium which meets CONCACAF minimum standards for the Champions League. Belize's spot was given to Costa Rica based on performance from the 2012-13 CCL.

Group 1
Arabe Unido (Panama)
Houston Dynamo (United States)
W Connection (Trinidad & Tobago)

Group 2
Olimpia (Honduras)
Sporting Kansas City (United States)
Real Esteli (Nicaragua)

Group 3
Herediano (Costa Rica)
Cruz Azul (Mexico)
Valencia (Haiti)

Group 4
America (Mexico)
Alajuelense (Costa Rica)
Sporting San Miguelito (Panama)

Group 5
San Jose Earthquakes (United States)
Montreal Impact (Canada)
TBD Guatemalan team

Group 6
Comunicaciones (Guatemala)
Toluca (Mexico)
Caledonia FC (Trinidad & Tobago)

Group 7
Club Tijuana (Mexico)
Victoria (Honduras)
Luis Angel Firpo (El Salvador)

Group 8
LA Galaxy (United States)
Isidro Metapan (El Salvador)
Cartagines (Costa Rica)

they made the 2013 Clausura final against Comunicaciones who have already qualified. so win or lose, they're in.

as per Ruperto Vicente, President of the Football Federation of Belize:

"There are too much demands and we can't meet those demands at this point. CONCACAF is asking all the clubs or all the countries that to participate in the Champion's league, to ensure that the lighting system at the stadium is properly fixed and that it give up at least a minimum of 800 lux. As well that those lights will have to be at a certain height, at present our lighting system, our lights at the stadium is 19 ft high and they are saying that the lights have to be 130 or 140 ft higher so we will not be able to meet that at this point. Secondly they are also asking that clubs that participate in champions league must have the locker room at the stadium air conditioned and installed a minimum of 12 showers for hot and cold water - we do not have that. Thirdly they also asked that we have three five star hotels in the neighborhood of the stadium in order to participate - we do not have that in Belmopan, I'm not even sure if the hotels in Belize City which is one hour away from the stadium are five star hotels. So we cannot meet those conditions so for those reasons Belize will not be able to participate in the Champion's League until we meet those conditions."

rest of the story here http://www.7newsbelize.com/sstory.php?nid=25716

http://youtu.be/594Y7S_FKrk

http://youtu.be/UC8PVmNRsQU

highlights: http://youtu.be/fL8_y9npFpY

highlights: http://youtu.be/sYPaFmxuG1w

highlights: http://youtu.be/SbWeJ95AN5Q

highlights: http://youtu.be/sf2PZvvLvOk

highlights: http://youtu.be/2noS8ahqKOg

highlights: http://youtu.be/idxD6IEqGUE

highlights: http://youtu.be/97XJ8gmpGvs

W Connection missed a yawning goal at the end of that match. Houston looked disinterested.

would love to have seen them catch a couple of those goals on the Dynamo. that would have been huge for them.

hightlights: http://youtu.be/0X4vSDdycGY

highlights: http://youtu.be/v_gEDGWxuYI

highlights: http://youtu.be/ZTQe_l5lDbg

highlights: http://youtu.be/fZ4JN8_390o

highlights: http://youtu.be/ZOeOnVo7u_Q

highlights: http://youtu.be/GnOX1NrlavI

highlights: http://youtu.be/0DlCcgpLgz4

highlights: http://youtu.be/2q9QGuK5aW4

highlights: http://youtu.be/erCkjxV_LEY

highlights: http://youtu.be/0Rrjin68JIk

seeding:

1. 12 pts Toluca (MEX) GD +11
2. 12 pts Cruz Azul (MEX) GD +8
3. 10 pts Tijuana (MEX) GD +8
4. 9 pts Arabe Unido (PAN) GD +4
5. 9 pts Alajuelense (COS) GD +3
6. 9 pts Los Angeles Galaxy (USA) GD +2
7. 8 pts Sporting Kansas City (USA) GD +4
8. 6 pts San Jose Earthquakes (USA) GD +2


matchups:

QF1 San Jose vs Toluca
QF2 Sporting KC vs Cruz Azul
QF3 LA Galaxy vs Tijuana
QF4 Alajuelense vs Arabe Unido

QF1 winner plays QF4 winner
QF2 winner plays QF3 winner

highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEcuEEA6wHU

second leg is March 20th

highlights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw67cU70GbA

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6yxNtIB0-4

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnikVjVykYI

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqxfFY79hps


Tijuana wins on aggregate 4-3

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI_e-kHDjXc

2-2 aggregate. Toluca wins 5-4 on PK's and advances.

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ag8gybsL4


Cruz Azul wins 5–2 on aggregate

http://www.mlssoccer.com/ccl/news/article/2014/03/19/report-san-jose-earthquakes-file-complaint-concacaf-over-toluca-allegedly-fi

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm3m7hpUdc0


Alajuelense wins 2-0 on aggregate. advances to the semi-finals.

Alajuelense (Costa Rica) vs Toluca (Mexico)
first leg April 1, second leg April 8

Tijuana (Mexico) vs Cruz Azul (Mexico)
first leg April 1, second leg April 9

http://www.mlssoccer.com/ccl/news/article/2014/04/01/concacaf-disciplinary-committee-fines-toluca-illegally-taping-san-jose-earthquakes

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yk3TCuLvZw

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9Y91cBg4dk

highlights: http://youtu.be/aoUK5nvIBRI



Toluca wins 3-0 on aggregate

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5vGi1Ma3t0

Cruz Azul wins 2−1 on aggregate

http://www.concacaf.com/article/concacaf-disciplinary-committee-renders-decisions-on-cruz-azul-champions-league-case

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dh_BBNnJo

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7mDFf9pVzI

Cruz Azul wins the title on aggregate 1-1 (away goal rule)