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World Soccer XXX: We Have Men Too!

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CONCACAF Champions League starts tomorrow (Tuesday), therefore the MLS season starts tomorrow.

Atlanta plays Motagua (Honduras).
LAFC is in the marquee match versus Mexico’s León.

Wednesday sees Montreal play Saprissa (Costa Rica).

Thursday NYCFC plays San Carlos (Costa Rica) while Seattle plays Olimpia (Honduras).

If you want to see a snuff film Mexico’s Cruz Azul plays Jamaica’s Portmore United.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
CONCACAF Champions League starts tomorrow (Tuesday), therefore the MLS season starts tomorrow.

Atlanta plays Motagua (Honduras).
LAFC is in the marquee match versus Mexico’s León.

Wednesday sees Montreal play Saprissa (Costa Rica).

Thursday NYCFC plays San Carlos (Costa Rica) while Seattle plays Olimpia (Honduras).

If you want to see a snuff film Mexico’s Cruz Azul plays Jamaica’s Portmore United.
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Why is Montreal in it?

[edit] nm - just found out the 4th goes to the winner of the US Open Cup. Lame.
 
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Slap Shot said:
Why is Montreal in it?

[edit] nm - just found out the 4th goes to the winner of the US Open Cup. Lame.
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Canada gets one spot that’s awarded to the winner of the Canadian Championship (their own knockout tournament) that Montreal won last year. Canada also gets a spot in the CONCACAF League, a tournament for non-US/Mexico teams where the top 6 qualify for the CCL, for a Canadian Premier League team.

The US Open Cup winners get a spot to a) give the tournament more importance and b) stop the inevitable lawsuits from lower league teams that would have zero chance at qualifying.
 
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Jimjamesak said:
Canada gets one spot that’s awarded to the winner of the Canadian Championship (their own knockout tournament) that Montreal won last year. Canada also gets a spot in the CONCACAF League, a tournament for non-US/Mexico teams where the top 6 qualify for the CCL, for a Canadian Premier League team.

The US Open Cup winners get a spot to a) give the tournament more importance and b) stop the inevitable lawsuits from lower league teams that would have zero chance at qualifying.
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The only part I don't understand is why a Canadian MLS cup winner doesn't get an AQ. I mean I understand the way they've set it up, but why?
 
Shirtless Guy said:
The only part I don't understand is why a Canadian MLS cup winner doesn't get an AQ. I mean I understand the way they've set it up, but why?
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Spots are determined by federation, basically CONCACAF says “ok USSF you have four spots, award them how you see fit.” Since the Canadian MLS teams are technically under the CSA, not the USSF, they can’t qualify under a USSF slot.
 
Jimjamesak said:
CONCACAF Champions League starts tomorrow (Tuesday), therefore the MLS season starts tomorrow.

Atlanta plays Motagua (Honduras).
LAFC is in the marquee match versus Mexico’s León.

Wednesday sees Montreal play Saprissa (Costa Rica).

Thursday NYCFC plays San Carlos (Costa Rica) while Seattle plays Olimpia (Honduras).

If you want to see a snuff film Mexico’s Cruz Azul plays Jamaica’s Portmore United.
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Running down the results:
Cruz Azul beat Portmore 2-1 (and needed 90+5 and 90+9 to do it)
Atlanta tied Motagua 1-1 (and Atlanta was only able to dress 17 players)
León beat LAFC 2-0 (and it should’ve been 4 or 5, LAFC looks awful)
Montreal tied Saprissa 2-2 (surprising result for Montreal)
Alianza beat Tigres 2-1 (Tigres Equipo Chico lives on)
Club America tied Comunicaciones 1-1
NYCFC beat San Carlos 5-3 (!)
And Seattle tied Olimpia 2-2 (and the two clubs still really don’t like each other).

The lesson from this round? Winning on the road in Central America is f-ing difficult.
 
Spartanforlife4 said:
USWNT sues for 66 million.

https://www.si.com/soccer/2020/02/2...1jmEHvPgeYLmS9uNW_JM1p_TWGxmzdhkRuxlW4J1wI__8
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For revelence:
“Women’s national team players are paid differently because they specifically asked for and negotiated a completely different contract than the men’s national team, despite being offered, and rejecting, a similar pay-to-play agreement during the past negotiations,” U.S. Soccer said in a statement. “Their preference was a contract that provides significant additional benefits that the men’s national team does not have, including guaranteed annual salaries, medical and dental insurance, paid child-care assistance, paid pregnancy and parental leave, severance benefits, salary continuation during periods of injury, access to a retirement plan, multiple bonuses and more.”
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For revelence:
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It's my understanding that some of the benefits, specifically "medical and dental insurance, paid child-care assistance, paid pregnancy and parental leave" isn't really an USSF thing, its because the women's team is the Olympic team and it is benefits provided Olympic athletes...
 
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