May 11, 2005 Puma missed his chance to win his fourth club title in Concacaf, falling to Deportivo Saprissa from Costa Rica at the end of the call then Champions League.
Since then, no team outside Mexico was crowned in the biggest club competition in the region, which has dominated the MX League for the past 15 years, with seven different teams, three of them participating in this 2021 edition.
America, The Blue Cross, Monterrey and Lion, the only club out of these four that did not lift this title, the race to maintain the hegemony of Mexican football in the Confederation begins for the 16th consecutive year, with eagle and machinery with the special ingredient of being the top winners of this tournament with seven and six championships, respectively.
Striped they will also have their individual struggle, which will be equals Tuzos de Pachuca with five participations in the Club World Cup, competition in which the champion Concacaf since 2005, coincidentally in the only year in which Mexico he had no presence.
Fair, current monarch and with eight titles in the MX League, failed to surpass internationally, and after the bitter drink that meant elimination in The eighth final last year, in this edition they will seek to give the emerald institution its first foreign title, which is already part of the five clubs with the most stars on the highest national circuit.
The first matches of the Mexican clubs will be this Tuesday with his visit The car to Arcahaie (21:00 from central Mexico), while America will also be visitor on Wednesday (21:00) when Lion is local (19:00), while Striped It will be visited on Thursday (21:00), with all Vuelta games next week, between 13 and 15 April.
EIGHTH FINAL SERIES:
- Cruz Azul (Mexico) -Arcahaie (Haiti)
- America (Mexico) – Olimpia (Honduras)
- Monterrey (Mexico) -Atlético Pantoja (Dominican Republic)
- Leon (Mexico) -Toronto FC (Canada)
- Columbus Crew (United States) -Real Estelí (Nicaragua)
- Portland Timbers (United States) -Marathon FC (Honduras)
- Atlanta United (United States) -Alajuelense (Costa Rica)
- Philadelphia (United States), Saprissa (Costa Rica)
THE OTHER CHAMPIONS
In addition to the Mexican clubs that have already won the title in the tournament Concacaf Clubs, Costa Rican teams, Saprissa and AlajuelenseThey also won it three times (1993, 1995 and 2005) and twice (1986 and 2004) respectively.
Another who has already embroidered a star on his shield in this competition is Olympia in Honduras, that one Champion was proclaimed in the 1972 and 1988 editions. While football MLS, with its four representatives, will seek the third title of Concacaf, who only won DC United in 1998 and Angels Galaxy in 2000.