Comments on: The Sweeper: CONCACAF’s Copycat Champions League A Failure?

By: hemoroid

hemoroid — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:17:06 +0000

Hi,
Nice post, congratulations.When will the Turkish language? With love from Turkey, respects.
See you later.

By: MW

MW — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:56:13 +0000

Mexican Clubs are invited into the Copa Libertadores, but unlike the south American clubs, the champions dont get to take part, getting places in the CONCACAF cup instead, which is a far easier trophy to win. UNAM Pumas won last years closing championship, but they are not taking part in the CL. Then again, the Mexican championship is the most Complicated on the planet.

By: Lanterne Rouge

Lanterne Rouge — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:57:12 +0000

Perhaps time to invite North American clubs into the Copa Libertadores? Although English clubs have largely dominated the European Champions League in recent times, there is still a feel that this is cyclical and there will be plenty of opportunities for teams from a range of countries to make it to the semi final table.

By: A. Ruiz

A. Ruiz — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:37:23 +0000

I don’t think you can blame on the the summer season. CSKA Moscow faces the same problem and it hasn’t stopped them from advancing. Mexico just dwarfs everyone in CONCACAF with it’s resources.

By: MW

MW — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:45:44 +0000

This was always going to happen, Mexican dominance. I can list on the fingers of one hand the teams not from Mexico who can hold a candle to the Mexicans in terms of support and players (Deportivo Olimpia, Saprissa, and the US clubs) Is this such a suprise?

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:22:08 +0000

While I’m sure you’ve given this more thought than I have, at first blush I disagree. It’s on the Los Estados Unidos to develop the sport to a level where we can compete with Mexican clubs. Let Mexico dominate the tournament for now; it will only make victory sweeter when we start winning.

By: KT

KT — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:10:29 +0000

“Plus, SuperLiga is a SUM creation, and SUM and MLS don’t like it when they can’t control the means of making the money.”

Fixed.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:48:51 +0000

I think “unwilling” is the correct word for MLS here, in part because the MLS schedule and the CCL schedule simply don’t mesh. The knockout stage kicks off during the MLS preseason, which gives the Mexican clubs in midseason form a decided advantage. With SuperLiga, it was the other way around. Plus, SuperLiga is a SUM creation, and SUM and MLS don’t like it when they can’t control the message.

Of course, that just gets back to my own theories about the isolationist stance of MLS. They play the world’s game, but they don’t want the world interfering in their business.

The real tragedy of this is that with the right policies in place, a well-supported club like Seattle could do really well in a continental competition, not to mention create at atmosphere at Qwest Field that rivals any in Europe. Sadly, if this labor situation plays out the way I think it will, we may never get to see that.

By: Super Rookie

Super Rookie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:05:26 +0000

I love the Champions League.

Last season we saw some USL teams do fairly well and this could happen again in the future. Yet, until MLS adds some players to the roster and opening round games don’t take place during the playoff drive. I also believe that Seattle will prioritize this tournament for 2010 as they seem to be the only MLS city that could actually draw large enough crowds to make it financially feasible for their teams (remember how they just got 18,000 for a friendly against Portland?).

Your thoughts on the future?