Here is a closer look at the all-time series plus a closer look at this year's competition. MLS uses a playoff tournament following the regular season to determine its annual league champion, a method common to every other major North American sports league. In all rounds, the tie-breaking method was two 15-minute periods of overtime, followed by penalty kicks if necessary. Here are the possible quarter-final games: The 2023 CONCACAF Champions League begins on March 7 and will go until June 4. The 2023 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2023 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 15th edition of the CONCACA. Tuesday, March 7, 2023 6:00 pm ET [10] During the 2012 season, the league resumed an unbalanced schedule. The 2023 Leagues Cup will involve 47 clubs from Canada, Mexico and the United States competing from July 21-August 19, 2023, from which the top 3 finishers will qualify for the 2024 Concacaf Champions League. In the 41st minute, Galaxy striker Mike Magee scored, only for Salt Lake's Robbie Findley to make the tying goal in the 61st. Kyle Bonn is a soccer content producer for The Sporting News. [33] The conference semi-finals were two-leg aggregate series. Meola and Frei, with the Kansas City Wizards and Seattle Sounders FC, both earned shutouts for their respective teams in the cup. The 2023 Concacaf Champions League is just a month away, with North America's finest set to battle it out for the big prize. Four markets are tied for having hosted the MLS Cup final the second-most number of times, with three matches each: the Greater Boston metro area (twice contested at Foxboro Stadium and once at Gillette Stadium, both in Foxborough, Massachusetts), Washington, D.C. (all played at RFK Stadium), Toronto (all held at BMO Field) and Columbus (all held at the Historic Crew Stadium). The winner of Major League Soccer's MLS Cup, the final match of the MLS Cup Playoffs, determines that season's league champion. If it seems like clubs from these two leagues face off deep in the competition every season, that's because they do. Televised on ESPN, it was the first time that the MLS championship match was televised on the cable network; the first thirteen were carried on ABC. The final six berths are awarded to the top-six placed teams in CONCACAF League. The championship was to be decided by a final hexagonal, but Cruz Azul and Alajuelense finished level on points, meaning a playoff match was required. The tournament will begin with a Group Stage involving 45 clubs, divided into 15 groups of three teams. [19], Each year, the winning team is presented with the CONCACAF Champion Clubs' Cup. 4 seeded hosted the No. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Four minutes into overtime, Eddie Pope gave United the golden goal victory.[8]. Lumen Field, Seattle, WA The Big Picture The Rapids fell on the road to reigning Concacaf Champions League winners Seattle Sounders FC in their first match of the 2023 season. [39], The playoffs will expand to nine teams per conference in 2023 with the re-addition of a best-of-three series. In February 2021, CONCACAF announced a major overhaul of the tournament which would have included 50 teams and a regional group stage. Brian Mullan is the only player to have won the Cup with four different teams, while players that have won it with three different teams include: Craig Waibel, Alejandro Moreno, Ezra Hendrickson, and Darlington Nagbe. [32], At 2011 season's end, the top three clubs in each of the league's two conferences earned the six automatic spots in the Conference Semifinals. [24] The MLS Cup has also been aired on Spanish-language networks TeleFutura in 2007 and 2008,[25][26] Galavision from 2009 to 2011,[27][28] TeleFutura/UniMs from 2012 to 2018, and Univision in 2019. The match ended up being dominated by the Crew as Columbus defeated New York with ease, 31. The only times MLS standings were used for Canadian teams qualification were the 2014 season to determine the 201516 Champions League representative, as the Canadian Championship format was changed that season, and the 2020 season to determine the 2021 Champions League representative, as the 2020 Canadian Championship was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] The first few editions of the game were dominated by D.C. United, who appeared in the first four MLS Cup finals, winning three. Following each championship, a player on the winning club is awarded with the title of being the Most Valuable Player (MVP). Usually, but not necessarily, the winner of the award is the player who scores the game-winning goal, or sets up the game-winning goal. The Crew have been VERY successful @jasonjwilde @MarkTauscher65 The Crew have won the MLS Cup in 2008 & 2020; Supporters' Shield in 2004, 2008, & 2009; 2002 U.S. Open Cup. [5] In 2018, Toronto FC and the New York Red Bulls both advanced to the semi-finals by beating Mexican teams, the first time that two MLS teams eliminated two Mexican teams in the same tournament. The MLS Cup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer (MLS) and the culmination of the MLS Cup Playoffs. Going all the way back to 2008, Liga MX sides have won 34of the head-to-head matchups against MLS clubs and lost 11. New York's run to the finals was further emphasized as a fluke when the club had the worst record in 2009. Each season, up to five MLS teamsfour from the U.S. and one from Canadaplay in the CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) against other clubs from the CONCACAF region. The Sounders did not register a single shot on goal, becoming the first MLS club to do so in a match, regular season or otherwise. Culminating the championship, the winning team is presented with a trophy, known as the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy, named for the contributions and investment to American soccer and MLS by Philip Anschutz. MLS fans, be warned: This section will make for some ugly reading. Over the history of the MLS Cup Playoffs, numerous formats have been used. Seattle Sounders FC defeated Toronto FC 54 in a penalty shoot-out after a scoreless match of 90 minutes regular time and 30 minutes overtime. Philadelphia Union schedule in MLS, Concacaf Champions League grows busy in 2023 Advertisement Union Link copied to clipboard The easy part of the Union's schedule is over after just one game The Union will play six games this month, as many as seven next month, and up to 10 in May. While one MLS side is guaranteed passage to the semifinals (Atlanta and Philadelphia do battle in the quarters), we're eagerly anticipating 2018 CCL finalist . Action from the 2021 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League match between Club America and Portland Timbers. The 2023 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2023 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 15th edition of the CONCACAF Champions League under its current name, and overall the 58th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central Concacaf Champions League: Schedule released for Round of 16 By MLSsoccer staff @mls Thursday, Nov 17, 2022, 02:34 PM The five MLS teams who qualified for the 2023 Concacaf Champions. The tournament currently uses a knockout format; it had a group stage prior to the 2018 competition. The ten playoff berths were awarded to the top five teams in each conference. 27 Feb 2023 16:21:19 Its winner reaches the FIFA Club World Cup. Sporting Kansas City | CONCACAF Champions League Preview, 6 August 2013", "Pinolero Sports, Luces, ahora s, en el Independencia", "Club America breaks SCCL attendance record", "One for the history books: Sounders clinch MLS' first CCL title in front of record crowd in Seattle", "CONCACAF Champions League prize money breakdown: How much money did the Seattle Sounders earn? The New MLS Playoff Format is a Mistake. The last format, used from 2004 to 2008, had eight teams competing four from the North American zone (two from Mexico, two from the United States), three from the Central American zone, and one from the Caribbean zone. The two clubs had successful regular season campaigns with the Fire winning their first Supporters' Shield, and the Earthquakes being the Western Conference regular season and post-season champions as well as having the second best overall regular season record. The small-market, low-budget club fought their way through the tournament's . UniMs will air two exclusive playoff matches, while ESPN and its affiliated networks will split the rest of the contests including MLS Cup with Fox Sports. MLS performance in the CONCACAF Champions League, Performance by opposition in knockout series, American soccer clubs in international competitions, Canadian soccer clubs in international competitions, "The Throw-In: Real Salt Lake's Champions League run? The tournament is contested by clubs from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The current champion is Seattle Sounders (MLS) who defeated Pumas UNAM (Liga MX) last month in front of a record 68,000+ crowd. At the end of the 2008 season, the top three teams of each conference made the playoffs; in addition the clubs with the next two highest point totals, regardless of conference, were added to the playoffs. The Final of the CONCACAF Champions League is played in May, with the winner of this tie being declared the Tournament Winners. Beginning in 2018, the Champions League format was changed to eliminate group play and the knockout round starts with sixteen teams rather than eight.[2]. At the end of 2009 and 2010 seasons, the top two teams of each conference made the playoffs; in addition the clubs with the next 4 highest point totals, regardless of conference, were added to the playoffs. Houston, finishing just shy once again to D.C. United of winning the MLS Supporters' Shield, was determined to finish its second season with some hardware, and to defend its MLS Cup title. For example, at MLS Cup 2022, Los Angeles FC and the Philadelphia Union both finished with 67 points, but LAFC had two more wins and thus hosted the final. 22 teams compete in a new tournament played from August to December, called the CONCACAF League. LD Alajuelense (CRC) vs. LAFC (USA) In a hotly contested match, the Earthquakes won with their second MLS Cup title with a 42 score making it the highest scoring MLS Cup final in league history (six goals). The top six Eastern teams earned byes to the first round while teams seeded 710 competed in play-in games. Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto Alajuela, Costa Rica, Wednesday, March 15, 2023 10:30 pm ET CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. After the creation of the United States' Major League Soccer, the competition became a straight knockout competition from 1997 until it was revamped into a tournament with a group stage in 2008. After a four-year absence, United made their fifth trip to the MLS Cup final, playing against the Wizards for MLS Cup 2004. This includes Monterrey (2011, 2012, 2013), Pachuca (2007, 2008), Cruz Azul twice (1969, 1970, 1971 and 1996, 1997), and Amrica (2015, 2016). [14][21] The sponsors' names appear on the boards around the perimeter of the field, and boards for pre-game and post-game interviews and press conferences. A draw for the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League knockouts occurred on November 7, 2022. MLS may send up to five teams to the CONCACAF Champions League each season up to four from the United States, and up to one from Canada. The Sounders smashed visiting Pumas 3-0 on Wednesday at Lumen Field in the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Final to cruise to a 5-2 aggregate victory and one of the most significant trophies in MLS history. Seattle Sounders FC became the first non-Mexican team to win the Champions League since the change of name when they defeated Mexican side Pumas UNAM 52 on aggregate in the 2022 final. The 2012 final featured both the Galaxy and Dynamo again, making it the first since 2007 that an MLS Cup final was a rematch of the previous final. 2023 MLS. The match went to penalties, in which the Dynamo won 43. MLS teams performed poorly during the first two years, as fixture congestion from the Superliga tournament as well as CONCACAF Champions League preliminary rounds meant that MLS teams often fielded teams without their first choice players. [44] The title has been won by 28 clubs, 13 of which have won the title more than once. The field was watered shortly before the match, and resultant field was described as icy by players. Its winner reaches the FIFA Club World Cup. In September of that year, CONCACAF announced an expansion of the tournament to begin in 2024. The Sigi Schmid-led club made their first run to the championship, along with their opponents the New York Red Bulls. Portland Timbers 60 Alpha United (201415 Group stage), Biggest defeat: 5 goal margin In the 2017 MLS Cup, Toronto FC and Seattle faced off in a rematch of the previous edition, also at BMO Field. Since 2005, the champion of the competition also gained entry into the FIFA Club World Cup, giving clubs an added incentive for a strong participation and greater interest from fans. Two clubs that had MLS Cup experience, the Fire and Earthquakes, played for the final that year. Guadalajara won the penalty shoot-out 42. Toronto FC won the match 20, and became the first Canadian team to win the MLS Cup, and the first MLS team to complete a domestic treble, after winning the Canadian Championship and Supporters' Shield earlier in the year. In 1999, the Rothenberg Trophy was redesigned with a soccer ball placed on a beacon. This season was also the first time in league history any MLS team won the regular season (Supporters' Shield) and postseason title in the same season. The winners of each of the eight groups advanced to the quarterfinals. Clubs qualify for the Champions League based on their performance in national leagues. Monterrey 50 Sporting Kansas City (2019 Semi-finals, first leg). When sorted by years won or lost, the table is sorted by the year of each team's most recent inaugural win or loss. The SuperLiga was an official North American association football competition between teams from the Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada, the top divisions in each country.The competition was sanctioned by CONCACAF, U.S. Soccer, the Canadian Soccer Association and Federacin Mexicana de Ftbol and served as the sub-regional championship for the North . Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League (@TheChampions) May 5, 2022 It was a classic Sounders goal, the exact type of transition opportunity that they feast on. The Western Conference regular season and postseason champions, Los Angeles Galaxy took on Real Salt Lake, who finished fifth in the West. After Guadalajara protested to CONCACAF in February 1964, they were declared champions, but after a counter-protest, CONCACAF decided in April that both legs of the final should be played within two months. For the 201516 tournament only, the Canadian berth into the tournament was given to the best Canadian team in the MLS regular season. [6][7] The Galaxy went ahead 20 early in the second half, but their lead was relinquished towards the end of the match when Tony Sanneh pulled one back in the 72nd minute. [48] The hottest MLS Cup final was the 2005 championship game played in Frisco, Texas at FC Dallas's Pizza Hut Park where the temperature was 75F (23C).[49][50]. [10], Under the new CONCACAF competition platform, 31 clubs compete in CONCACAF competitions. The Conference Semifinals remained two-legged while the conference finals changed from a single match to a two-leg aggregate series. This page contains affiliate links. Newly-crowned MLS Cup champions LAFC will play Costa Rica's Alajuelense in the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16, while Orlando City SC was drawn against Tigres in a noteworthy MLS-Liga . The sponsorship contract with MAPFRE did not end until after MLS Cup 2020. Apart . The CCL Round of 16 is the first of the tournament's four stages, each of which features head-to-head, two-legged matchups. MLS struck first in this year's competition, with CF Montreal topping Santos Laguna in the only matchup between the two leagues in the Round of 16. The Major League Soccer and MLS name and shield are registered trademarks of Major League Soccer, L.L.C. MLS. Portland's Diego Valeri scored the fastest goal in MLS Cup history at 27 seconds when Crew goalkeeper Steve Clark made a fundamental error after he miscontrolled his defender's back-pass while Valeri had advanced towards the ball to strike at the opportunity.[14]. (AP Photo/Bret Hartman) - 2N7R0E8 from Alamy's library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors. The same occurrence applied in the 2002 MLS Cup final, where the Los Angeles Galaxy defeated the New England Revolution 10, in the Revolution's home stadium Gillette Stadium. 2011 Major League Soccer Season, 2016 Major League Soccer Season, mls Combine, caribbean Football Union, mls Cup Playoffs, houston Dynamo, CONCACAF Champions League, la Galaxy, MLS, premier League FC Portland, fanendo Adi, landon Donovan, San Diego Zest FC, houston Dynamo, FC Dallas, Los Angeles FC, vancouver Whitecaps Fc, portland Timbers . The inaugural MLS Cup in 1996 featured D.C. United . Nine minutes later, Shawn Medved tied the match at two, resulting in overtime between the two sides. In 2010, and again, in 2011, the Galaxy won consecutive Supporters' Shield, and completed the league double winning both the Shield and MLS Cup in 2011. The first round involved each conference's No. Real Salt Lake, CF Montral, Toronto FC and Los Angeles FC all also reached the final, with Real Salt Lake losing to Monterrey in 2011, CF Montral to Club Amrica in 2015, Toronto FC to Guadalajara in 2018 and Los Angeles FC to UANL in 2020, respectively. Subaru Park Chester, PA, USA, Wednesday, March 8, 2023 10:00 pm ET [19][20], The 2020 edition, which marked the end of a season dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, saw the Sounders return to the MLS Cup Final, this time facing Columbus Crew SC at the latter's home of Mapfre Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. The Club qualified for the 2023 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League by way of its fourth-place finish in the Supporters' Shield Standings. Vancouver Whitecaps (Canada/MLS) vs Real Espana (Honduras), Alianza (El Salvador) vs Philadelphia Union (U.S.), Vancouver/Real Espana vs Alajuelense/LAFC. [37][38] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the top ten teams from the Eastern and top eight teams from the Western conference qualified for the playoffs in the 2020 season, with single-elimination remaining intact. Nicols Lodeiro scores in CONCACAF Champions League final Nicols Lodeiro puts the rebound shot into the back of the net in the 87th minute to give the Seattle Sounders the 3-0 lead over Pumas UNAM. Download this stock image: Seattle Sounders midfielder Lamar Neagle, left, celebrates with Chad Barrett after Neagle scored a goal against the Vancouver Whitecaps during the first half of a CONCACAF Champions League soccer match, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015, in Seattle. In 1971, the runners-up of a few North American leagues began to join and the tournament began to be expanded, incorporating round-robin group phases and more teams. The CONCACAF Champions League, known officially as the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons, is an annual continental club football competition organized by CONCACAF.The tournament is contested by clubs from North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The format returned to a two-legged series from the 2003 edition, excepting for the shortened 2020 edition that was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. League cup 2023 mls. D.C. United's run ended the third year, when they made a third run to the MLS Cup finals, only to lose to the expansion side Chicago Fire by 20. The first MLS team to finish first in its group was Real Salt Lake in 2010. MLS teams have participated in other continental competitions. Sports. The semi-finals and final were scratched and Transvaal were declared champions after Saprissa and Alajuelense withdrew. The Red Bulls did not qualify for the playoffs until the last day of the season, where they were the weakest team, in terms of regular season record, to qualify for the playoffs. If away goals are also equal, the game is decided by an immediate penalty shoot-out; there are no overtime periods.[4]. A preliminary round was used to reduce the number of teams from 24 to 16. From 2023 onwards, three regional cup competitions Leagues Cup (North America), Central American Cup and Caribbean Cup, will be played in the fall of each year and will qualify clubs into a Confederation-wide expanded 27-club Concacaf Champions League. In the 2011 MLS Cup final, the Galaxy defeated the Houston Dynamo, 10 off a 72nd minute Donovan goal. In the second period of sudden-death overtime, the Galaxy nabbed their first MLS Cup title, and sparked the start of a string of MLS Cup losses for the Revolution. MLS vs. Liga MX in CONCACAF Champions League: Full list of results, records & schedule, New England cough up 3-0 first-leg lead to Pumas, Premier League table, title & relegation battles. In the 1997 MLS Cup final, D.C. United won the match in their home stadium over Colorado Rapids,[43] RFK Stadium. This forced Guadalajara to withdraw because they were on a tour of Europe at that time: therefore, the final was scratched, and Racing were declared champions. Then, a newly expanded Champions League tournament was conducted starting in August 2008 and concluding in May 2009. Following round-robin play where each team will play every other club once with two home and two away matches, the two best clubs will advance to the Knockout Stage of the Concacaf Caribbean Cup (semifinals, third place match and final). Seattle Sounders FC became champions in 2022, ending Liga MX's winning streak in the competition. MORE: Latest from riot during Liga MX match. The goal was scored off a Galaxy counter where Beckham fed a through ball to Donovan who slotted it past Hall. As of the 2022 season, a total of 30 teams have competed in MLS. Twenty two teams participate in this tournament, eighteen from the Central American Zone (three berths each from Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Panama, and El Salvador; two from Nicaragua; and one from Belize), three from the Caribbean Zone (the runners-up and third place team from the Caribbean Club Championship, and the winners of a playoff between the fourth-place team and the Caribbean Club Shield winners), and one from Canada (the Canadian Premier League representative). All last-16 match-ups will include two legs with an away goal rule determining tiebreakers. The Seattle Sounders FC faced Toronto FC in the 2016 MLS Cup, which was played at BMO Field in Toronto on the evening of December 10, 2016. Premium Powerups Explore Gaming. American Airlines was the title sponsor for the Champions' Cup in the 1990s.[22]. Since the inception of the revamped CONCACAF Champions League in 2008-09, every single tournament has been won by a Liga MX club. The following championship saw two intra-conference clubs meet in the final for the second consecutive year, this time at Seattle's Qwest Field (later CenturyLink Field and now Lumen Field). (Photo by Jeff Halstead/Icon Sportswire) (Icon Sportswire via AP Images) - 2NK8R8B from . News, analysis, special offers, and more. Estadio Cibao FC Santiago, Dominican Republic, Tuesday, March 14, 2023 8:00 pm ET This article is about the championship. For the first three MLS Cup finals, the winning team was awarded with the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, named for Rothenberg's contributions to American soccer. The Revolution wanted its first MLS Cup crown, and wanted to win its first "Double" in club history. Concacaf Champions League: Philadelphia Union Leagues Cup: Orlando US Open Cup: San Jose Canadian Championship: Toronto Supporters' Shield: LAFC Wooden Spoon: Montreal (won't be close) MLS Cup: Philadelphia. However, for the first time in eight years, a regular season champion made it to the MLS Cup final. Alianza FC (SLV) vs. Philadelphia Union (USA) Rimando and Johnson made two saves in a penalty shoot-out to give Real Salt Lake the title over the Los Angeles Galaxy and New York City FC the title over Portland Timbers, respectively. 5 seed in a single match for a place in the conference semi-finals against the best team in its conference. Finally, the MLS Cup was held at the home field of the finalist with the highest point total during the regular season. For the tournament, see, The Alan I. 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