I'm a little annoyed with myself. As I sat on my couch watching the final of the UEFA Champions League yesterday, I realized that I had no idea who ended up winning the CONCACAF Champions League. A tournament that made national headlines because of a certain Canadian team's historic run to the quarter-finals seemingly dropped off the map once the Impact were knocked out.
So, here we have the best club competition on our continent, and I didn't even make sure I could watch it - let alone check the score the next day. In fact, I couldn't have told you when it was before I checked the other day. For the record, the match was on May 12, and was won by Atlante FC over Cruz Azul an all Mexican battle.
I just want to put it in perspective. The CCL pretty much vanished into thin air once Montreal lost to Santos Laguna. It's somewhat understandable - this was the first year of the competition. There definitely isn't the history behind this competition compared to Europe's competition, and there definitely is less quality in this competition compared to Europe's. At the same time though, once PSV Eindhoven gets knocked out of Europe, does the rest of the Netherlands just forget about it?
I guess we'll just have to give it time. This is Canada after all. Our national team may be sh!te right now, but BMO Field is still sold out every time TFC plays. The Stade Saputo also gets pretty full when the Impact play, and we all saw that over 55,000 people packed the Big O in February for the Impact's match against Santos Laguna. You'd think that there would be some sort of audience for the CCL Final. Maybe next year.
So, here we have the best club competition on our continent, and I didn't even make sure I could watch it - let alone check the score the next day. In fact, I couldn't have told you when it was before I checked the other day. For the record, the match was on May 12, and was won by Atlante FC over Cruz Azul an all Mexican battle.
I just want to put it in perspective. The CCL pretty much vanished into thin air once Montreal lost to Santos Laguna. It's somewhat understandable - this was the first year of the competition. There definitely isn't the history behind this competition compared to Europe's competition, and there definitely is less quality in this competition compared to Europe's. At the same time though, once PSV Eindhoven gets knocked out of Europe, does the rest of the Netherlands just forget about it?
I guess we'll just have to give it time. This is Canada after all. Our national team may be sh!te right now, but BMO Field is still sold out every time TFC plays. The Stade Saputo also gets pretty full when the Impact play, and we all saw that over 55,000 people packed the Big O in February for the Impact's match against Santos Laguna. You'd think that there would be some sort of audience for the CCL Final. Maybe next year.
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