The last time a team from Major League Soccer won CONCACAF's continental club competition, Destiny's Child topped the Billboard chart with "Independent Women," Carlos Vela was playing for a junior club in Cancun and the likelihood of Andre-Pierre Gignac making it as a pro in France was slim.
In other words, it's been a long wait for MLS to conquer what has become one of the league's holy grails.
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