On Feb. 10, the Columbus Crew will find out its opponent for its first CONCACAF Champions League match in a decade. The Black & Gold earned its third appearance in the competition after defeating the Seattle Sounders 3-0 last December to win the 2020 MLS Cup. The Round of 16 for this year’s Champions League will begin on April 6.
Before we find out which team Columbus will matchup with to start the 2021 run in CONCACAF’s biggest international club competition, we take a trip down memory lane and look back on the two other instances the Crew played in the Champions League, these came in the 2009-10 edition and its last appearance was in 2010-11.