CONCACAF made a somewhat confusing announcement on Monday about the future of their largest club tournament. Although the broad format was clear enough — Canadian and American teams will have five of the 16 spots in the 2018 tournament — the particulars of how those teams will qualify was less so.
Sounders GM and President of Soccer Garth Lagerway shed some light on the format during Tuesday’s training session. The Sounders, he said, have qualified for the 2018 tournament. Simple enough, right?
The problem, of course, is what happens to the qualifiers from 2017, who would normally qualify for that 2018 tournament.