CONCACAF Champions League To Be Leading Cause of "Tournament Fatigue" in America By 2009

Good morning to ya. I'm sitting here reading my morning emails and an Outlook reminder has just popped up telling me to set the DVR to record the opening matches of CONCACAF Champions League, which begins tomorrow night. So when I get home tonight and grab the remote to set up the recording I will hear my missus say something to the effect of "another week, another tournament...when will it ever end?" The funny thing about that statement is that in 2008 that's not really a complaint, more of a slogan for the American soccer fan.

Think about the bounty of bracketed delights we have had on offer this year: CONCACAF Champions Cup, Superliga, U.S. Open Cup, Olympic Qualifiers, the Olympics and World Cup Qualifiers. And now the epic CONCACAF Champions League comes in as a late season addition that will take us all the way through April '09. It's an embarrassment of riches that is only rivaled by Hugh Hefner's harem of hot & horny hussies.

ESPN's Steve Davis will tell you what's what and help you truly understand the meaning of the term "fixture congestion" with his tournament preview. My wife on the other hand will tell you that it's cool, so long as it doesn’t conflict with Project Runway and Grey's Anatomy.