This is North versus South, in CONCACAF Champions League, come this April 17, US representative in its last edition champion Toronto FC will face off against Chivas Rayadas from Mexico.
After the TFC side took care of business and eliminating one of Mexico’s premier clubs compared to the likes of Real Madrid or Juventus, the Reds did the famous Aztecaso a reference of an outside squad beating the home side in the colossus of Santa Ursula.
This time Greg Vanney and company delivered another great evening of genuine football and with their comfortable lead taken at BMO Field in Toronto these sealed the deal in Mexico, City.
Now looking forward to deliver another major trophy to the halls of BMO Field, the Reds are up and ready to start planning their strategy to how to overcome a determined and always tough Chivas Rayadas from Guadalajara.
After the Goats beating and dominating with authority the likes of the New York Red Bulls, now the stage is set between these two titans for their face off. For the TFC they are another Canadian squad in the Montréal Impact did it and losing to Club America in this 2015 final.
As the Toronto squad under manager Greg Vanney all of sudden seeing a surge in this squad game and suddenly making it into the postseason after many campaigns not being able to be in the grand fete. Overall Vanney has delivered two MLS finals with a second place and then winning the MLS Shield as the first squad from the three from Canada.
By being the first ones to win the league shield, now their aims are to be in the first one to win the CONCACHAMPIONS League shield as the first American squad to do it, still they have a serious rival in the Goats.
The Boys from Hollywood North are ready to seal the deal and with a leg one assuring this one of a kind and historic feat with Sebastian Giovinco, Jozy Altidore and Ashtone Morgan scoring on game one, in game two Jonathan Osorio assure the series.
Despite the win by the TFC side, still for manager Greg Vanney after this competition is over he has another challenge to level his squad campaign in Major League Soccer were his Reds are sole occupiers of last place in the Eastern Conference.
In addition, the rival in turn with 180 minutes to play in two legs and to be determined the opening city, the Reds are looking forward to continue their date and to write their own history.
This win constitutes a sort of elevating high the name of Major League Soccer and its teams of their quality of game rising every day and these paying one on one against squads considered in the past as all around dominants.
Soon in this edition of CCL it is going to be United States Major League Soccer versus Mexico’s Liga MX for the ultimate of this confederation club trophy and the Reds can for sure be the first American squad to win.
For Toronto if they beat Guadalajara in CCL they exercised a total dominance over Mexico’s top clubs as UANL Tigres, Club America and maybe the Goats be next, considered as one of the most iconic and loved squads in all of Mexico.
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