Editor’s Note: This piece was written before Wednesday night’s 3-0 defeat to Monterrey in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final.
Atlanta United are in the CONCACAF Champions League for the first time. Their goal, like all MLS teams in the tournament, is to win it. No MLS club has completed the feat since the competition reformatted in 2008, so naturally, today’s MLS teams want to be the first. At least, most of them do.
This particular Sporting KC writer says winning MLS Cup is more important and, while I understand his viewpoint, I personally disagree.