MIAMI, Florida – With the draw set for the 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League this Monday in Mexico City, Mexico, Concacaf.com is looking back on the past performances of the participating countries in this year’s tournament.

This season, the Montreal Impact will be representing Canadian football in the SCCL for the fourth time in their history, and if their past performances are any indication, the Impact should be an interesting team to watch in the 2020 SCCL.

The Impact competed in the first edition of the SCCL in 2008-09 and earned a spot in the quarterfinals after a win over Real Esteli of Nicaragua in the Preliminary Round and a second-place finish in the group stage. Montreal squared off against Mexico’s Santos Laguna in what turned out to be a quarterfinal series for the ages, with the Impact narrowly falling 5-4 on aggregate.

One year after a group stage finish in 2013-14, the Impact mounted another memorable run, this time reaching the Final of the 2014-15 tournament before falling to Club America 5-3 on aggregate. Montreal became just the second MLS team to reach a SCCL Final.

The Vancouver Whitecaps have two SCCL appearances under their belt and also enjoyed a deep run in the tournament in their second appearance in 2016-17. The Whitecaps finished atop their group and then defeated fellow MLS side the New York Red Bulls in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinals, where a valiant effort fell short against UANL Tigres.

No Canadian club has played in the SCCL more than Toronto FC, who have six appearances in the tournament. The team made waves in their third SCCL appearance in 2011-12 when they finished second in the group and then upended the Los Angeles Galaxy to advance to the semifinal stage before falling to Santos Laguna.

Yet in was their fifth participation that will forever live in SCCL lore, as the MLS team eliminated Mexican giants UANL Tigres in the quarterfinals and then seven-time Concacaf champions Club America in the semifinals to become just the third MLS team to qualify for a SCCL Final. Toronto FC then nearly became the first team from MLS to win the SCCL, only to lose the Final in heartbreaking fashion in a penalty shootout versus Chivas.

Nevertheless, history shows that any team from Canada in the SCCL can never be taken lightly and no doubt Montreal will be out to prove that theory again in 2020.