Leagues Cup (Mexico-USA)


In another attempt to establish a bi-national tournament the Liga MX (Mexico) and MLS (USA) organize the Leagues Cup, an annual competition similar to the defunct SuperLiga (2007-2010).

Palmares

2019 Cruz Azul
2020   cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021 León

2019

One single leg
[Jul 23]
Seatgek Stadium, Chicago
Chicago Fire       0-2 Cruz Azul
  [Roberto Alvarado 42, Elías Hernández 90]
Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson
Los Angeles Galaxy 2-2 Tijuana            [3-1 pen]
  [Ema Boateng 27, David Romney 54; Ariel Nahuelpan 33, Washington Camacho 45]
[Jul 24]
BBVA Stadium, Houston
Houston Dynamo     1-1 América            [5-6 pen]
  [Damarcus Beasley 85; Nicolás Benedetti 73]
Rio Tinto Stadium, Salt Lake City
Real Salt Lake     0-1 Tigres
  [Eduardo Jesús Vargas 57]

Semifinals

One single leg
[Aug 20]
BBVA Stadium, Houston
América            2-2 Tigres             [3-5pen]
  [Andrés Ibargüen 36pen, 83; Paul Nicolás Aguilar 14og, Bruno Valdez 90og]
Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson
Los Angeles Galaxy 1-2 Cruz Azul
  [Emil Cuello 37; José Antonio Madueña 4, Orbelín Pineda 47]

Final
[Sep 18]
Sam Boyd Stadium, Las Vegas
Tigres             1-2 Cruz Azul
  [Guido Pizarro 90; Yoshimar Yotún 73pen, Jonathan Rodríguez 75]

2021

Quarterfinals

Over one leg
[Aug 10]
Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City 1-6 León
  [Cameron Duke 61; Santiago Colombatto 16, Omar Fernández 27, 44, 
   Ángel Mena 62, Jean Meneses 72, Víctor Dávila 78]
Lumen Field, Seattle
Seattle Sounders     3-0 Tigres UANL
  [Raúl Ruidiaz 23pen, Fredy Montero 64, Nicolás Lodeiro 70]
[Aug 11]
Yankee Stadium, New York
New York City        1-1 Pumas UNAM     [2-3pen]
  [Valentín Castellanos 61; Rogeiro de Oliveira 71]
[Aug 12]
Exploria Stadium, Orlando
Orlando City         0-1 Santos Laguna
  [Juan Otero 30]

Semifinales

Over one leg
[Sep 14]
Lumen Field, Seattle
Seattle Sounders     1-0 Santos Laguna
  [Raúl Ruidiaz 90+3]
[Sep 15]
BBVA Stadium, Houston
Pumas UNAM           0-2 León
  [Santiago Colombatto 16, Santiago Ormeño 68]

Final
[Sep 22]
Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
Seattle Sounders     2-3 León
  [Cristian Roldán 48, Nicolas Benezet 90; Ángel Mena 61, 81pen, Emmanuel Gigliotti 85]


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Author: Erik Francisco Lugo (eaglelugo@yahoo.com.mx)
Last updated: 23 Sep 2021

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