US Open Cup: Semifinals
These games will get played on Wed July 17. The Eastern match is the stronger of the two, Red Bull NY vs Orlando. RBNY is currently in third place in the MLS East, while Orlando is in 5th place.
The Western match is pretty weak. Kansas City is dead last in the MLS West. Sacramento is in 7th place in the USL West. The USL could win this one, but both teams are playing terribly as of late.
Canadian Voyageurs Cup: Final
The final is on Tue July 26th, with a champions league bid on the line. Montreal is the only Canadian team that would make the MLS playoffs if the season were to end today, but they were eliminated by Toronto in the Canadian semifinals.
So the MLS Final is Toronto-Vancouver. Toronto is currently 13th out of 14 in the MLS East, while Vancouver sits at 10th in the MLS West. Vancouver is pretty cursed in this Canadian tournament, winning it only once, so this is a golden opportunity for them. So they will probably beef it.
Concacaf League: Opening Round
This is the final season of this Champions League qualifier tournament, to be replaced with a purely Central American Tournament going forward, without the Caribbean/Canadian teams tossed in. The first leg of the play-in round will be played Tue July 26 - Thu July 28, with the second leg the following week.
Bracket:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_CONCACAF_League#Bracket- Costa Rica, Honduras and Panama are the best situated with three teams each, two of which get an opening round bye.
- El Salvador and Guatemala also get three teams each, but only one gets an opening round bye.
- Nicaragua and the DR each get two teams in, one team from each country gets an opening round bye.
- The lovable Anglophone trio of Canada, Jamaica and Belize each get only one team in, none of which get a first round bye.
The Canadian team and the Jamaican team will play each other in the opening round, for the battle of funny English accents at polar opposite ends of the spectrum. Tue July 26 for that one. [/list]
