The Sweeper: A Tale of Two Champions Leagues

You might not have noticed it with the UEFA Champions League on something like 87 channels yesterday (at least if you had DirecTV like I do), but the CONCACAF Champions League group stage quietly got underway last night. Steven Goff points out even the players don't see the tournament as a priority: he quotes Santino Quaranta of DC, who ahead of their 3-1 loss to Marathon of Honduras said that "It's important to the club and it's important to the people here we're taking it seriously but for me, the league has to be [the priority], right?

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