Commentary: Sounders FC are closer than you might think from facing a world powerhouse FOX13
No team likes to get ahead of themselves, hence the most overused sports cliché, "One game or match at a time."
But from the outside looking in, I can’t contain my anticipation of something I’d guess a good portion of our audience isn’t even aware of right now. The next two Wednesday nights, the Sounders will play New York City FC in a two-leg semifinal with the winner advancing to the CONCACAF Champions League Final. An American team hasn’t won CONCACAF Champions League in 22 years, and either Seattle or New York will have a chance to break that streak in a two-leg championship that begins at the end of this month.
The soccer savants understand how big this is, but I know there are still a number of viewers whose eyes gloss over at the sound of the acronym, CONCACAF, which is simply the governing body of soccer in our area of the world. But what if I said: By winning this tournament, the Sounders would be just one or two wins away from playing a world-renowned powerhouse like Chelsea or Real Madrid or Bayern Munich or Liverpool? Not in an exhibition match, mind you. But for an actual trophy in a FIFA-regulated tournament. If you win CONCACAF Champions League, you reach the FIFA Club World Cup, that features the winners of the five other continental confederations of FIFA.
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