The 2018 CONCACAF Men’s U-20 Championship kicked off on November 1. This edition of the tournament has an ambitious new format: no subsidiary qualifying competition. If you’re in CONCACAF, you’re in the regional men’s U-20 championship - if you want to be. Thirty-four teams responded to that invitation, which makes for a somewhat bloated tournament but credit the region’s soccer administrators for designing a competition that befits its mandate to boost the sport around the whole of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
For fans of the New York Red Bulls, the tournament may be worth a glance.