2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 15 February – 4 May |
Teams | 15 (from 6 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Seattle Sounders FC (1st title) |
Runners-up | UNAM |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 28 |
Goals scored | 74 (2.64 per match) |
Attendance | 564,188 (20,150 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Juan Dinenno (9 goals) |
Best player(s) | Stefan Frei |
Best young player | Talles Magno |
Best goalkeeper | Stefan Frei |
Fair play award | Seattle Sounders FC |
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The 2022 CONCACAF Champions League (officially the 2022 Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League) was the 14th edition of the CONCACAF Champions Cup under its former name, and overall the 57th edition of the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
Monterrey was the title holder but did not qualify for this tournament and was unable to defend its title. American team Seattle Sounders FC won its first CONCACAF Champions League title, defeating Mexican club UNAM 5–2 on aggregate in the final. The Sounders thus became the first team from Major League Soccer to win the title under its current format.[1] It was the first time since the 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup, that a non-Mexican team won the Champions' Cup or Champions League, and the first time since 2000 that an American team won the Champions' Cup or League.
The following 16 teams (from seven associations) qualified for the tournament.[2]
In the following table, the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best result count only those in the CONCACAF Champions League era starting from 2008–09 (not counting those in the era of the Champions' Cup from 1962 to 2008).
Association | Team | Qualifying method | App. (last) | Previous best (last) |
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Mexico (4 berths) | León | 2020 Guardianes champions | 4th (2021) | Round of 16 (2021) |
Cruz Azul | 2021 Guardianes champions | 8th (2021) | Champions (2013–14) | |
UNAM | 2020 Guardianes runners-up | 5th (2016–17) | Semi-finals (2011–12) | |
Santos Laguna | 2021 Guardianes runners-up | 7th (2019) | Runners-up (2012–13) | |
United States (4 berths) | New York City FC | 2021 MLS Cup champions | 2nd (2020) | Quarter-finals (2020) |
New England Revolution | 2021 MLS Supporters' Shield champions | 2nd (2008–09) | Preliminary round (2008–09) | |
Colorado Rapids | 2021 MLS Western Conference regular season champions | 3rd (2018) | Round of 16 (2018) | |
Seattle Sounders FC | Highest-ranked U.S. based Division I club (based on 2021 MLS regular season record) not already qualified.[Note USA] | 7th (2020) | Semi-finals (2012–13) | |
Canada (1 berth) | CF Montréal | 2021 Canadian Championship champions | 5th (2020) | Runners-up (2014–15) |
Haiti (CFU berth) | Cavaly | 2021 CONCACAF Caribbean Club Championship champions | 1st | Debut |
Association | Team | Qualifying method | App. (last) | Previous best (last) |
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Guatemala | Comunicaciones | 2021 CONCACAF League champions (1st overall) | 7th (2020) | Quarter-finals (2009–10) |
Guastatoya | 2021 CONCACAF League worse-ranked losing semi-finalists (4th overall) | 2nd (2019) | Round of 16 (2019) | |
Honduras | Motagua | 2021 CONCACAF League runners-up (2nd overall) | 6th (2020) | Round of 16 (2020) |
Canada | Forge FC | 2021 CONCACAF League better-ranked losing semi-finalists (3rd overall) | 1st | Debut |
Costa Rica | Saprissa | 2021 CONCACAF League best-ranked losing quarter-finalists (5th overall) | 10th (2021) | Semi-finals (2010–11) |
Santos de Guápiles | 2021 CONCACAF League second-ranked losing quarter-finalists (6th overall) | 1st | Debut |
Notes;
The draw for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League was held on 15 December 2021, in Miami, Florida, United States.[5]
The draw determined each tie in the round of 16 (numbered 1 through 8) between a team from Pot 1 and a team from Pot 2, each containing eight teams. The "Bracket Position Pots" (Pot A and Pot B) contains the bracket positions numbered 1 through 8 corresponding to each tie. The teams from Pot 1 are assigned a bracket position from Pot A and the teams from Pot 2 were assigned a bracket position from Pot B. Teams from the same association cannot be drawn against each other in the round of 16 except for "wildcard" teams which replace a team from another association.
The seeding of teams were based on the CONCACAF Club Index.[6] The CONCACAF Club Index, instead of ranking each team, was based on the on-field performance of the teams that occupied the respective qualifying slots in the previous five editions of the CONCACAF Champions League. To determine the total points awarded to a slot in any single edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, CONCACAF used the following formula:
Points per | Participation | Win | Draw | Stage advanced | Champions |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
The slots were assigned by the following rules:[7]
The 16 teams were distributed in the pots as follows:[8]
Pot | Rank | Slot | 2016–17 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total | Team |
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Pot 1 | 1 | MEX2 | 30 | 25 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 116 | Cruz Azul |
2 | MEX1 | 27 | 12 | 20 | 11 | 28 | 98 | León | |
3 | MEX3 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 89 | UNAM | |
4 | USA3 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 69 | Colorado Rapids | |
5 | USA2 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 68 | New England Revolution | |
6 | CAN1 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 67 | CF Montréal | |
7 | USA1 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 12 | 51 | New York City FC | |
8 | USA4 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 48 | Seattle Sounders FC | |
Pot 2 | 9 | MEX4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 35 | Santos Laguna |
10 | CRC2 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 34 | Santos de Guápiles | |
11 | HON1 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 32 | Motagua | |
12 | CRC1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 30 | Saprissa | |
13 | CCC1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | Cavaly | |
14 | GUA1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 19 | Comunicaciones | |
15 | GUA2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Guastatoya | |
16 | CAN2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Forge FC |
Each tie, including the final, was played over two legs, with each team playing on a home-and-away basis.
All matches were played on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Round | First leg | Second leg |
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Round of 16 | 15–18 February 2022 | 22–24 February 2022 |
Quarter-finals | 8–10 March 2022 | 15–17 March 2022 |
Semi-finals | 5–6 April 2022 | 12–13 April 2022 |
Final | 27 April 2022 | 4 May 2022 |
Times are Eastern Time, as listed by CONCACAF (local times are in parentheses):
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||||||||
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New England Revolution | – | – | –[note 1] | |||||||||||||||||||
New England Revolution | 3 | 0 | 3(3) | |||||||||||||||||||
UNAM (p) | 0 | 3 | 3(4) | |||||||||||||||||||
Saprissa | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
UNAM | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
UNAM | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cruz Azul | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Forge FC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cruz Azul | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
CF Montréal | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Santos Laguna | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
CF Montréal | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
UNAM | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Motagua | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
León | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Guastatoya | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
León | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
New York City FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Santos de Guápiles | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
New York City FC | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
New York City FC (a) | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Comunicaciones | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Comunicaciones (p) | 1 | 0 | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||
Colorado Rapids | 0 | 1 | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||||||||
In the round of 16, the matchups were decided by draw: R16-1 through R16-8. The teams from Pot 1 in the draw hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 15–17 February, and the second legs were played on 22–24 February 2022.[13][14]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guastatoya | 0–3 | León | 0–2 | 0–1 |
Motagua | 0–5 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0–0 | 0–5 |
Comunicaciones | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Colorado Rapids | 1–0 | 0–1 |
Santos de Guápiles | 0–6 | New York City FC | 0–2 | 0–4 |
Saprissa | 3–6 | UNAM | 2–2 | 1–4 |
Cavaly | w/o[note 1] | New England Revolution | Cancelled | Cancelled |
Santos Laguna | 1–3 | CF Montréal | 1–0 | 0–3 |
Forge FC | 1–4 | Cruz Azul | 0–1 | 1–3 |
Guastatoya | 0–2 | León |
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León | 1–0 | Guastatoya |
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León won 3–0 on aggregate.
Motagua | 0–0 | Seattle Sounders FC |
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Seattle Sounders FC | 5–0 | Motagua |
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Report |
Seattle Sounders FC won 5–0 on aggregate.
Comunicaciones | 1–0 | Colorado Rapids |
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Espino 89' | Report |
1–1 on aggregate. Comunicaciones won 4–3 on penalties.
Santos de Guápiles | 0–2 | New York City FC |
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New York City FC | 4–0 | Santos de Guápiles |
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New York City FC won 6–0 on aggregate.
Saprissa | 2–2 | UNAM |
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UNAM | 4–1 | Saprissa |
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Report | R. Bolaños 51' |
UNAM won 6–3 on aggregate.
Cavaly | Cancelled (w/o)[11] | New England Revolution |
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Report |
New England Revolution | Cancelled | Cavaly |
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Report |
New England Revolution advanced to the quarter-finals after Cavaly withdrew from the competition on 15 February 2022.[11]
Santos Laguna | 1–0 | CF Montréal |
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CF Montréal | 3–0 | Santos Laguna |
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CF Montréal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Cruz Azul won 4–1 on aggregate.
In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The winners of round of 16 matchups 1, 3, 5 and 7 hosted the second leg.
The first legs were played on 8–9 March, and the second legs were played on 15–17 March 2022.[20]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Seattle Sounders FC | 4–1 | León | 3–0 | 1–1 |
New York City FC | 5–5 (a) | Comunicaciones | 3–1 | 2–4 |
New England Revolution | 3–3 (3–4 p) | UNAM | 3–0 | 0–3 |
Cruz Azul | 2–1 | CF Montréal | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Seattle Sounders FC won 4–1 on aggregate.
New York City FC | 3–1 | Comunicaciones |
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Report | Gamboa 60' |
Comunicaciones | 4–2 | New York City FC |
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Report |
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5–5 on aggregate. New York City FC won on away goals.
3–3 on aggregate. UNAM won 4–3 on penalties.
Cruz Azul | 1–0 | CF Montréal |
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Antuna 20' | Report |
Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.
In the semi-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:
The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance across all previous rounds hosted the second leg.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
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1 (SF1) | New York City FC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 9 | Second leg |
2 (SF1) | Seattle Sounders FC | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 8 | First leg |
1 (SF2) | Cruz Azul | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 10 | Second leg |
2 (SF2) | UNAM | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | First leg |
The first legs were played on 5–6 April, and the second legs were played on 12–13 April 2022.[23]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Seattle Sounders FC | 4–2 | New York City FC | 3–1 | 1–1 |
UNAM | 2–1 | Cruz Azul | 2–1 | 0–0 |
Seattle Sounders FC won 4–2 on aggregate.
UNAM | 2–1 | Cruz Azul |
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Dinenno 37', 45+2' | Report | Tabó 83' |
Cruz Azul | 0–0 | UNAM |
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Report |
UNAM won 2–1 on aggregate.
In the final (Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2), the finalist which had the better performances in previous rounds hosted the second leg.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
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1 | Seattle Sounders FC | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Second leg |
2 | UNAM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | First leg |
The first leg was played on 27 April, and the second leg was played on 4 May 2022.[26] Unlike previous rounds, the away goals rule did not apply in the final round.[9]
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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UNAM | 2–5 | Seattle Sounders FC | 2–2 | 0–3 |
Seattle Sounders FC | 3–0 | UNAM |
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Report |
Seattle Sounders FC won 5–2 on aggregate.
Rank | Player | Club | By round | Total goals[27] | |||||||
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1R1 | 1R2 | QF1 | QF2 | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | ||||
1 | Juan Dinenno | UNAM | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||
2 | Nicolás Lodeiro | Seattle Sounders FC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||
3 | Valentín Castellanos | New York City FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
4 | Talles Magno | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Fredy Montero | Seattle Sounders FC | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Jordan Morris | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Raúl Ruidíaz | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
8 | Uriel Antuna | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Christian Bolaños | Saprissa | 2 | |||||||||
Adam Buksa | New England Revolution | 2 | |||||||||
Elías Hernández | León | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Santiago Rodríguez | New York City FC | 1 | 1 |
Award | Player | Club |
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Golden Ball[28] | Stefan Frei | Seattle Sounders FC |
Golden Boot[29] | Juan Dinenno | UNAM |
Golden Glove[30] | Stefan Frei | Seattle Sounders FC |
Best Young Player[31] | Talles Magno | New York City FC |
Fair Play Award[32] | — | Seattle Sounders FC |
Position | Player | Club |
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GK | Stefan Frei | Seattle Sounders FC |
DF | Nouhou Tolo | |
Xavier Arreaga | ||
Arturo Ortiz | UNAM | |
Alan Mozo | ||
MF | Jordan Morris | Seattle Sounders FC |
Nicolás Lodeiro | ||
Cristian Roldan | ||
FW | Raúl Ruidíaz | |
Talles Magno | New York City FC | |
Juan Dinenno | UNAM |