2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League - Most popular for 2008
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Toronto FC's slump continued last night as they only managed a 1-1 tie against the USL's Montreal
Impact. With the point, the Impact won the Nutrilite Canadian Championship and earned a trip to the
CONCACAF Champions League Cup, which begins next month.
Now the question is will this win have an effect on a possible move to MLS by Montreal?
Sixteen teams now know their opponents for the preliminary two-leg round of the first ever CONCACAF Champions League. Come August, these teams will fight it out to win a spot in the group phase, which starts play in September.
As far as the preliminary round, first leg matches will take place sometime between 26-28 August with the second leg to follow the following week (2-4 Sept).
Yesterday saw the draw for the first ever Concacaf Champions League group stage. The two seeded MLS
sides, DC United and Houston Dynamo, were drawn into groups A & B respectively.
As far as the other MLS clubs, if New England beat Joe Public FC in their preliminary playoff, they
will move into group C along with Atlante FC.