Editor’s note: We’re treating this as a living document. We first published it shortly after the Sounders qualified for the Club World Cup in late May but it has been updated several times since.
For as long as the Seattle Sounders have been talking about their aspirations to win Concacaf Champions League — something they finally did on May 22 in front of nearly 69,000 fans — it has been discussed with a connection to the Club World Cup. Traditionally, winning CCL comes with an invitation to the annual tournament that features the winners from each of the six FIFA confederations.