For the Columbus Crew, the last five months have been uneventful.because after last December it entered the select list of the ten best teams in Concacaf by being crowned MLS champion by defeating LAFC, its recent triumphs over Rayados de Monterreyy UANL Tigershave allowed him to make the leap to the heights of first place in the classification of this football region.
The position of the Columbs Crew It is a hard blow to the pride of the Mexican teams at a time when the sporting dispute to demonstrate that the League is more powerful, it has currently increased in tone and many claim that Liga MX has stopped being the giant of Concacaf.
In this way, the Ohio State team will reach the final of the Concachampions vs. Pachucawith all the emblems that have represented defeating two of the greatest exponents of the Liga MX and that has them located in the horns of the moon in the classifications of this organization that groups the teams of the MLS, Liga MX, Costa Rica , El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and the rest of the Caribbean squads
The predominant site of the squad led by the Frenchman Wilfried NancyWhile being a source of pride for North American soccer, it also commits them to demonstrate that Major League Soccer (MLS) has currently surpassed Liga MX in several aspects and at the same time repeat the feat that the Seattle Sounders accomplished a few years ago. thus emulating the Washington state team in the Club World Cup.
It must be taken into account that Columbus Crew managed to make the leap in quality in the blink of an eye to the first position by leaving the Rayados de Monterrey on the way to the semifinal, which was thought to surpass the North American team in this eliminatory bracket, climbing four positions and which also replicated the story that it put together about the Tigres de la UANL.
In this classification and in the Concachampions eliminatory a lot had to do with Columbus Crew being the new boss of the Concacaf, that the Tuzos from Pachuca have done the trick by eliminating the favorite Américawhich everyone thought would be the squad that would win the champion crown.
But no one can underestimate Pachuca either, which as second place in this classification will be a tough nut to crack for the Americans towards the title of this competition, especially with a squad with players of the Venezuelan’s stature. Salomón Rondón, the Colombian Nelson Deossa and the Moroccan of Dutch descent Oussama Idrissi.
The surprising rise of the Columbus Crew
The escalation of successes of the Columbus Crew has not been a coincidence, because as time has progressed it has left adversaries on the road like the Houston Dynamo in the round of 16 of the Concachampions, Then they beat the Tigres de la UANL in the quarterfinals, then Monterrey in the semifinals and now they will seek to do the same over Pachuca to take the crown of the competition, leaving the Mexican teams behind.
The Top Ten of Concacaf
1 – Columbus Crew: 1254 points
2 – Pachuca: 1248 points
3 – America: 1239 points
4 – Monterrey: 1235 points
5 – Tigers: 1228 points
6 – Chivas – 1217 points
7 – Club León: 1213 points
8 – Pumas: 1204 points
9 – Philadelphia Union: 1201 points
10 – Toluca: 1200 points
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