![]() ![]() Whispers that economic troubles at ISL, FIFA's marketing partner, might kill the event grew louder until soccer's governing body finally pulled the plug two months before the tournament was set to begin. Two months later, they were drawn to play Real Madrid, Ghana's Hearts of Oak and Japan's Jubilo Iwata in Group C of the CWC, set for Spain in late July and early August. Liga MX quarterfinal first legs next week – but it nearly happened once, back when the league was just a toddler and navigating a soccer world that looked very different.įifteen years ago, a makeshift LA Galaxy side were set to take on some of the world's best after winning the 2000 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, the precursor to the current regional championship, after banding together to win three games in less than a week to book a spot in the FIFA Club World Championship, as the event was then known. ![]() United and Real Salt Lake are aiming to make history this year, heading into four MLS vs. No Major League Soccer club has managed to break Mexico’s CCL hegemony in the year-end competition – the Galaxy, Seattle Sounders, D.C. – The big prize in the CONCACAF Champions League, beyond the coveted trophy, is the trip to FIFA's Club World Cup, where lucrative tests against the other confederation titlists – the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, Corinthians and River Plate – offer a place on the global stage.
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