The Vancouver Whitecaps were drawn on Tuesday to face Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa, while the Canadian Premier League's Cavalry FC and Forge FC were paired with tough Mexican opposition in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
The Vancouver Whitecaps were drawn on Tuesday to face Costa Rica's Deportivo Saprissa, while the Canadian Premier League's Cavalry FC and Forge FC were paired with tough Mexican opposition in the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.Pumas, which currently stands fourth in the Liga MX standings, has won CONCACAF's elite club competition three times while Monterrey, fifth in Liga MX, has lifted the trophy five times .
Tuesday's draw was held in Miami with former Mexican international Oribe Peralta and U.S international Jonathan Bornstein as draw assistants with TV personality Lindsay Casinelli hosting. All three Canadian sides also took part in the 2024 competition, losing in the first round. Vancouver was beaten by Tigres UANL, while Cavalry fell to Orlando City and Forge to Guadalajara. Due to the Alberta winter, Cavalry played its 2024 home leg in Langford, B.C.Twenty-seven clubs are entered in the tournament, which covers five rounds. The first four rounds feature home-and-away play with the final a single-leg match.
Mexico's Monterrey, Tigres UANL and Cruz Azul were seeded in the first round as the three highest-ranked clubs,
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