And that makes the New York Red Bulls heavy favorites to progress to the next round.
As you may have heard, the Guatemalan federation (FEDEFUT) is at odds with FIFA, and that dispute has resulted in FIFA declaring that FEDEFUT will be suspended until the dispute is resolved. A FIFA suspension is no small thing: in effect, Guatemala has been booted out of the international football community until...whenever FIFA and FEDEFUT resolve their differences.
The impact of the suspension will be felt in many ways, but only one is likely to affect the New York Red Bulls significantly: Guatemalan clubs in CONCACAF Champions League will almost certainly be withdrawn from the competition as a consequence of FEDEFUT's suspension.