According to a statement released by CONCACAF Monday, New York City FC have not yet qualified for the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League tournament. The announcement comes nearly a month after CONCACAF Media declared on Twitter that NYCFC had already qualified based solely on the points they amassed in 2017, sparking mass confusion.
For NYCFC to actually qualify for the competition, they must score the most points of any U.S.-based MLS club over the course of both the 2017 and 2018 MLS seasons.
New York City FC stated the following:
CONCACAF today announced a clarification to the qualifying procedures for U.