T&T Pro League champion, W Connection or Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA could well find themselves grouped with US Major League Soccer's Seattle Sounders, the club of T&T's Cordell Cato should they win the Caribbean Football Union Club Championship title later this month. W Connection, four-time CFU champions (2001, 2002, 2006 and 2009) will meet tw-time reigning champions Puerto Rico Islanders in one semifinal at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, on June 19 while Caledonia AIA takes on Antigua Barracudas in the other with the final set for two days later at the same venue.
The winning semifinalists and the third place finisher will then advance to the Concacaf Champions League. Based on Tuesday's Champions League draw, the Caribbean club winner will play the Seattle Sounders FC and Marathon of Honduras in Group 4. The runner-up will face Xelaju of Guatemala and Chivas de Guadalajara in Group Eight while the third-place team will go into Group Five with the LA Galaxy and Isidro Metapan of El Salvador. Concacaf revealed what the initial round of its 2012-13 Champions League will look like, with the revamped three-team, eight-group format taking center stage. Defending champion Monterrey will face Guatemala's Municipal and Panama's Chorrillo FC in Group Seven, while runner-up Santos Laguna will square off against Toronto FC and El Salvador's Aguila in what is perceived to be the toughest group going forward.
Concacaf Champions League draw
Group 1: Santos Laguna (Mexico), Toronto FC (Canada), Aguila (El Salvador)
Group 2: Herediano (Costa Rica), Real Salt Lake (USA), Tauro FC (Panama)
Group 3: Olimpia (Honduras), Houston Dynamo (USA), FAS (El Salvador)
Group 4: Seattle Sounders FC (USA), Marathon (Honduras), CFU 1
Group 5: LA Galaxy (USA), Metapan (El Salvador), CFU 3
Group 6: Tigres UANL (Mexico), Alajuelense (Costa Rica), Real Esteli (Nicaragua),
Group 7: Chorillo (Panama), Monterrey (Mexico)
Municipal (Guatemala)
Group 8: Xelaju (Guatemala), Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico), CFU 2