After watching Rayados win, América seek 2020 CONCACAF CL title | OneFootball

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Blaise Bourgeois·2 May 2019

After watching Rayados win, América seek 2020 CONCACAF CL title

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On Wednesday night, Rayados won the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League and qualified for the 2019 Club World Cup after a 2-1 aggregate win (0-1, 1-1) over Clásico Regiomontano rivals Tigres.

Monterrey, Tigres, Santos Laguna, and Toluca each represented Mexico in 2019, with Santos Laguna falling to Tigres 5-3 on aggregate in the semi-finals while Toluca were stunned by Major League Soccer’s Sporting Kansas City 5-0 on aggregate in the opening round.


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The 2020 version of the competition will also feature four teams from Liga MX, with the winners and runners-up from the 2018 Apertura and 2019 Clausura qualifying for the 16-team tournament, in addition to six teams from the CONCACAF League, three teams from MLS, the United States Open Cup champion, the Canadian Championship winner, and the Carribean Club Championship title holder.

América and Cruz Azul are the first two teams in the tournament, as they met in the 2018 Apertura final.

Of course, América defeated their Clásico Joven rivals 2-0 in the second leg after a 0-0 stalemate in the opening match.

América last appeared in 2018 when they bowed out in the semi-finals. They won the current version of the CONCACAF Champions League in both 2015 and 2016.

The Eagles finished in fifth place at the 2015 Club World Cup, falling to China’s Guangzhou Evergrande 2-1 before beating Congo’s TP Mazembe by the same scoreline in the fifth-place game.

In 2016, América defeated South Korea’s Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 2-1 before falling to Real Madrid 2-0 in the semi-finals. They then met Colombia’s Atlético Nacional in the third-place game and lost the penalty shootout following a 2-2 draw in regular time.

For those wondering, Cruz Azul won the 2014 CONCACAF Champions League and finished fourth in the Club World Cup that year, defeating Australia’s Western Sydney Wanderers 3-1 in extra time before losing to Real Madrid 4-0 in the semi-finals. They then drew New Zealand’s Auckland City 1-1 and lost the penalty shootout in the third-place game.