President Gilmore has expressed his disagreement with the decision to select Toronto FC as Canada’s representative in the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.
His opinion sounds a little strange to me and I think defies sporting logic.
Kevin argues that as the reigning Canadian champion Montreal should have been the club nominated, despite the fact they lost their crown by not winning the six-game round-robin tournament, a pre-curser qualifying tournament to the 2020 Canadian Championship final.
“The Canadian champion currently is this team,” Gilmore told the Montreal Gazette. “We devalue the Canadian championship by saying the Canadian champion doesn’t get to go this year.