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Every soccer fan knows the UEFA Champions League. What is less known is that all six continents have their own versions of that competition. In North America, the region’s best clubs compete in the CONCACAF Champions League.
Generally, Liga MX clubs dominate the competition with MLS sides usually competing at a level below the Mexican sides. However, that changed in 2022 as the Seattle Sounders became the first US-based club to win it since 2000.
How can you watch CONCACAF Champions League matches? Ensure that you have access to Fox-related channels such as Fox Sports 1 (FS1) and Fox Sports 2 (FS2). Spanish-speaking fans will want to get access to TelevisaUnivision-related channels such as UniMas and TUDN.
Some streaming services to consider include FuboTV ($79.99/month), Hulu + Live TV ($76.99/month), DIRECTV STREAM ($119.99/month), Sling TV ($51/mo), and YouTube TV ($72.99/month).
What Is the CONCACAF Champions League?
The CONCACAF Champions League is the continent’s championship competition for club teams. They can come from North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and smaller countries in northern South America.
History
A club champion in CONCACAF has been crowned since the Champions’ Cup was first held in 1962. That inaugural five-month event resulted in Mexican side Guadalajara defeating Comunicaciones, a team from Guatemala, by a 6-0 aggregate score in the two-leg final.
Mexican clubs then continued to dominate this competition as four sides have five or more trophies with all of them being Mexican: America (7), Cruz Azul (6), Monterrey (5), and Pachuca (5). Only three times has a US-based side won it: DC United in 1998, LA Galaxy in 2000, and Seattle Sounders in 2022.
This event was known as the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup from 1962 – 2008 and as the CONCACAF Champions League since 2008.
Structure
The CONCACAF Champions League structure has gone through numerous changes and is still doing so.
From 2018 – 2023, a knockout phase is utilized with 16 teams playing through four rounds of two-leg matches to determine a winner. All of those matches are played in the winter and spring, from February to May.
Ten teams qualify directly for it. They are from Mexico (4), US (4), Canada (1), and the Caribbean (1). The other six are the best from the CONCACAF League, which is essentially a qualifying competition that takes place the previous August to December.
The away goals tiebreaker is used and no extra time takes place from the round of 16 to the semifinals. However, neither of those facets is true in the final as the number of away goals is ignored and extra time is played then in the case of a stalemate at the end of 180 minutes of play.
From 2024 on, 27 teams will take part in the CONCACAF Champions League with 22 of them playing in the first round, and the 11 winners joining five sides who enjoyed byes in the round of 16.
Qualification methods include placing highly in domestic leagues and cups and doing well in the Leagues Cup, which is contested by North American sides, Central American Cup, and Caribbean Cup. All rounds will remain home-and-away two-leg affairs except for a single-match final.
Under the new format, five clubs will be from MLS, one from the US Open Cup, one from the Canadian Championship, three from the Leagues Cup, and two from the Canadian Premier League.
The winner of the CONCACAF Champions League had previously earned a spot at the FIFA Club World Cup being played later that same year. But that latter competition is also undergoing an overhaul, a much more significant one, in fact.
One of the major changes is moving to a once-every-four-years setup. It is expected to take a short hiatus after the 2021 edition, which was played in February 2022, and return at some point in the future in its new format.
Three spots will come from CONCACAF, but it has not been determined how those three slots will be filled considering that four CONCACAF Champions Leagues will be played for every FIFA Club World Cup. However, it is likely that all winners from 2022-on will be invited to the first edition in the new format.
2024 CONCACAF Champions League
In the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League, Mexican and American sides, as usual, made it to the final stages. In one semifinal, Pumas defeated Cruz Azul, 2-1 on aggregate, in an all-Mexican matchup while the Seattle Sounders knocked off New York City FC, 4-2 on aggregate, in the other.
In the CONCACAF Champions League Final, Pumas was in early control, taking a 2-0 advantage late in the first leg. However, the Sounders converted two penalties late in that match and then dominated at home in the return fixture, 3-0, to secure a 5-2 aggregate win and a historic victory. The final match was played in front of 68,741 in the Emerald City, the largest CONCACAF Champions League crowd in history.
As a result, Seattle became the first US-based side to win the CONCACAF Champions League in its current version and the first one to claim the continent’s title since the LA Galaxy took home the CONCACAF Champions’ Cup in 2000, two years after DC United became the first from the country to achieve that feat.
2024 CONCACAF Champions League Schedule
- First Round: Feb 6-15(1st leg), Feb 20-29 (2nd leg)
- Round of 16: Mar 5-7(1st leg), Mar 12-14 (2nd leg)
- Quarterfinals: Apr 2-4(1st leg), Apr 9-11 (2nd leg)
- Semifinals: Apr 23-25(1st leg), Apr 30-May 2 (2nd leg)
- Final: June 2
First Round
- Philadelphia Union vs Saprissa — 6-5
- Toluca vs Herediano — 4-4*
- Club America vs Real Esteli — 3-2
- Forge FC vs Guadalajara — 5-2
- New England Rev. vs Independiente — 4-0
- Houston Dynamo vs St. Louis City SC — 2-2*
- Vancouver Whitecaps vs Tigres UNAL — 4-1
- Orlando City SC vs Cavalry FC — 6-1
- Monterrey vs Comunicaciones — 7-1
- FC Cincinnati vs Cavalier — 6-0
- Nashville SC vs Moca — 7-0
Round of 16
- Pachuca vs Philadelphia Union — 6-0
- Robinhood vs Herediano — 3-1
- Club America vs Guadalajara
- Alajuelense vs New England Rev.
- Columbus Crew vs Houston Dynamo — 2-1
- Tigres UNAL vs Orlando City SC — 4-2
- Monterrey vs FC Cincinnati
- Inter Miami vs Nashville SC — 5-3
Quaterfinals
- Apr 2-4, Apr 9-11: Pachuca vs Herediano
- Apr 2-4, Apr 9-11: New England Rev. vs Club America
- Apr 2-4, Apr 9-11: Columbus Crew vs Tigres UNAL
- Apr 2-4, Apr 9-11: Herediano vs Pachuca
CONCACAF Champions League Channels
In the US, CONCACAF Champions League matches can be found on FS1 and FS2 with English commentary. Fox Soccer Plus may also air some games. UniMas and TUDN provide coverage with Spanish announcers describing the action. Both of the two legs of the final for the 2024 competition were broadcast on FS1, UniMas, and TUDN.
Meanwhile, OneSoccer is the destination for Canadians wanting to watch this competition.
Streaming the CONCACAF Champions League
Most of the live TV streaming services provide at least the base English-language channels to watch CONCACAF Champions League matches.
- Fubo (formerly FuboTV): For $79.99/month, provides access to FS1, FS2, UniMas, and TUDN in its base plan with 150+ channels. It also comes with unlimited cloud DVR storage and streaming on up to 10 devices. (Fubo review)
- DIRECTV STREAM (formerly AT&T TV): Offers various plans. The Entertainment plan ($79.99/month) provides FS1, the Choice ($108.99/month) plan adds UniMas, and the Ultimate plan ($119.99/month) adds FS2 and TUDN. You can also purchase UniMas and TUDN as add-on channels with lesser plans. It features unlimited cloud DVR storage and streaming on unlimited devices. (DIRECTV STREAM review)
- Sling TV: The Blue plan ($40.00/month) offers FS1. You need the Sports Extra add-on ($11/mo) to get FS2 as well. UniMas and TUDN are unavailable. This plan includes 50 hours of cloud DVR and streaming on up to 3 devices. (Sling TV review) (Sling guide to Champions Cup)
- Hulu + Live TV: Provides FS1 and FS2 but not UniMas or TUDN in its 85+ channel plan with ESPN+ and Disney+. It includes unlimited cloud DVR and streaming on up to 2 devices. (Hulu + Live TV review)
- YouTube TV: A viable option as well for $72.99/month, offering access to FS1, FS2, and UniMas, but not TUDN.
Univision NOW ($10.99/mo) features live streams for UniMas as well as Univision.
Stream CONCACAF Champions League in Canada
Canadians can stream coverage of CONCACAF Champions League matches through OneSoccer ($9.99 CAD/mo), which also offers its content direct to subscribers.
Although FuboTV is mostly focused in the USA, it also offers a 15-channel plan to those in Canada for $20 CAD/mo. This includes lots of soccer channels including OneSoccer.
Streaming Devices for CONCACAF Champions League
All of the streaming services we’ve discussed above support the most popular devices:
- Amazon Fire TV
- Android mobile
- Apple TV
- Chromecast
- iOS (iPhone,iPad)
- Roku
- Web browsers.
FuboTV supports many more devices including Hisense, LG, Samsung, VIZIO, and Android TV-compatible smart TVs and Xbox One gaming systems.
DIRECTV STREAM supports a couple of extra devices: Samsung smart TVs and its own proprietary device.
Hulu + Live TV supports more devices than any service including most smart TVs plus the gaming systems Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox.
Sling TV and YouTube TV also support other devices.
Wrapping Up
US-based fans looking to stream CONCACAF Champions League matches have several streaming services to choose from.The best options for CONCACAF as well as general soccer fans is FuboTV.
FAQ
Is the Champions League different than the Gold Cup?
Yes. The Champions League is for city or regional clubs within national leagues, such as the MLS or Liga MX, that usually play each other within a country. The Gold Cup is played between national teams, representing the entire country, and generally drawing from players within domestic clubs.
So, for example, the LA Galaxy compete in the Champions League (if they qualified), and the US Men’s National Team competes for the Gold Cup.
You can read more about how to watch the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sling in our viewers guide.
How can I watch other soccer events?
These guides explain how to watch other soccer events without cable:
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