No MLS team has ever won the CONCACAF Champions League. Only two — one of them American — have ever even made the final.
So it’s painfully clear why the Red Bulls are taking the first leg of the Champions League semifinals against Chivas so seriously Wednesday at Estadio Akron in Guadalajara. And why the Mexican powerhouse is treating dispatching the American upstarts as a matter of pride.
“We’re all excited for the opportunity to go to Guadalajara and really put things on the line. What a great challenge that will be,” Red Bulls coach Jesse Marsch said.