What Trophies Will Nycfc Be Eligible For Aside From Mls Cup [original Title: "question"]
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NYCFC can win the MLS Cup (MLS Playoffs), Supporter's Shield (Best Record), U.S. Open Cup (Like the FA Cup), CONCACAF Champions League, and Club World Cup.
Nobody from MLS has ever won the champions league. Winning that gets you in the Club World Cup where you'd play the champs of the other regions like Europe.
Nobody from MLS has ever won the champions league. Winning that gets you in the Club World Cup where you'd play the champs of the other regions like Europe.
Just to add more clarity to what's been said, there are a number of lower leagues that compete in the U.S. Open Cup including the NY Cosmos of the NASL.
As for Concacaf Champions League, it's leagues from all across North America, but basically boils down to a competition between MLS and Liga MX, the Mexican league. MLS teams have never beaten Liga MX in the knock-out stages, in part because they're held in March when the MLS teams have barely started their seasons and Liga MX is winding down.
As for Concacaf Champions League, it's leagues from all across North America, but basically boils down to a competition between MLS and Liga MX, the Mexican league. MLS teams have never beaten Liga MX in the knock-out stages, in part because they're held in March when the MLS teams have barely started their seasons and Liga MX is winding down.
If you mean the UEFA Champions League, then no. UEFA is the governing body of soccer in Europe, so it commissions competitions for European clubs.
CONCACAF is North America's governing body and they hold their own Champions League for teams in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and other Central American countries like Costa Rica and Honduras amongst others.
MLS teams will never play in the UEFA Champions League.
Yes. It's kind of similar to the Premier League where you earn you spot based on your domestic league play. Since MLS is not single-table and has playoffs, it is a bit tricky and the qualifiers changed a few times. I believe right now MLS teams qualify by either winning MLS CUP, the Supporter's Shield, MLS Cup runner-up and I believe one other qualifier.
The new qualifications are:
MLS Cup winner
The Eastern and Western Conference Champions
US Open Cup winner
Caveats to those qualifications:
Canadian clubs cannot qualify by ANY of those means. TFC, Montreal and Vancouver can only qualify by winning the Amway Canadian Championship -- their equivalent to the US Open Cup.
If the US Open Cup winner is also the MLS Cup winner and/or Eastern or Western conference champion, the team with the next best record goes to CCL.
Canadian clubs cannot qualify by ANY of those means. TFC, Montreal and Vancouver can only qualify by winning the Amway Canadian Championship -- their equivalent to the US Open Cup.
If the US Open Cup winner is also the MLS Cup winner and/or Eastern or Western conference champion, the team with the next best record goes to CCL.
a Concacaf Cenmebol merger would be huge, would allow MLS teams to play in a champions league consisting of teams from Brazil, Argentina etc also would provide a great Euro like competition for the national teams. Would be a huge step in MLS clubs being able to compete with Europe in terms of status. I have heard rumblings but prob not likley anytime soon maybe the 2016 centential copa america will get the ball rolling. One can dream. This would do wonders for international and domestic soccer in the americas
An MLS team can play a European team for a trophy in the Club World Cup. In order to qualify an MLS team must win the Concacaf champions league, then they enter a club world cup where European teams get an automatic bye in round one. It is possible but hasnt happened yet
I've heard a merger of the Gold Cup and Copa America might happen but the club competitions would have to stay separate.
Pretty sure Europe's closer to New York than most cities in Brazil....
That's true about the distance but looking very far down the road MLS will have to get involved in a larger champions league to further the brand. EUFA champions league is a huge draw for talent playing against Mexico isn't going to cut it if MLS is serious about big time growth.
If only MLS could beat the Mexican teams in the current Champions League format, then we can start dreaming of beating South American powers.
I don't understand this. So if one of the Canadian teams wins the MLS Cup or are Conference Champions, that doesn't qualify them for the CCL? They're part of MLS. Doesn't seem fair to me.
But that's not MLS's call. It's up to the canada soccer federation to determine how to award it's one slot.
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