The Concacaf Champions League has never been won by an MLS team. This iteration of the competition has happened eleven times and an MLS team has only reached the final three times. So many excuses have been made over the years about why this has happened, both fantastical and rooted in reality. The Mexican teams are stronger, faster, better, and richer. MLS’s calendar is different. The format is weird. Whatever. It’s been an impossible mountain for any MLS team to climb, let alone the Seattle Sounders.
That’s all in the past, though. This year?