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
2022   cancelled
2023 Inter Miami

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]

2022

Due to the change in format for 2023, the 2022 edition was cancelled, instead a series 
of exhibition matches between teams from both countries were scheduled.

[Aug 3]
SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 Guadalajara
  [Dejan Joveljic 27, Jonathan Pérez 62]
Los Angeles FC     0-0 América     [5-6pen]
[Sep 21]
Geodis Park, Nashville
Nashville SC       3-3 América     [4-2pen]
  [Josh Bauer 6, Luke Haakenson 14, Jack Maher 89; Jürgen Damm 38, Miguel Layún 51, Román Martínez 90+5]
TQL Stadium, Cincinnati
FC Cincinnati      3-1 Guadalajara
  [Yuya Kubo 53, Calvin Harris 69, Brandon Vázquez 76; Pavel Pérez 19]
[Sep 22]
America First Field, Salt Lake City
Real Salt Lake     1-2 Atlas
  [Aaron Herrera 17; Edgar Zaldívar 41, Lucas Rodríguez 71]

2023

Qualifying tournament for CONCACAF Champions Cup 2024

Group Stage

NB: 15 groups of 3 teams each one, Los Angeles FC (MLS Cup winners 2022) and Pachuca (best regular season record 2022-23) 
    qualified automatically to Round of 32 stage.
In case of tie, there was a penalty shootout, winners received an extra point.

Goup West 1

[Jul 22]
Providence Park, Portland
Portland Timbers       2–0 San Jose Earthquakes
  [Evander da Silva 33, Felipe Mora 86]
[Jul 26]
Providence Park, Portland
Tigres UANL            2–1 Portland Timbers
  [André-Pierre Gignac 42, Jesús Alberto Angulo 80; Evander da Silva 24]
[Jul 30]
PayPal Park, San Jose
San Jose Earthquakes   0-1 Tigres UANL
  [Fernando Gorriarán 19]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Tigres UANL		   2  2  0  0  3: 1   6    0   6 (qualified)
  2.Portland Timbers	   2  1  0  1  3: 2   3    0   3 (qualified)
  3.San Jose Earthquakes   2  0  0  2  0: 3   0    0   0


Group West 2

[Jul 22]
America First Field, Sandy
Real Salt Lake         3–0 Seattle Sounders
  [Jefferson Savarino 48, Cristian Arango 51, Rubio Rubín 88]
[Jul 26]
America First Field, Sandy
Real Salt Lake         0-3 Monterrey
  [Justen Glad 8og, Germán Berterame 13, 74]
[Jul 30]
Lumen Field, Seattle
Seattle Sounders       2–4 Monterrey
  [Nicolás Lodeiro 2, Jordan Morris 6; Germán Berterame 31, 45+2pen, 63, Jordi Cortizo 48]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Monterrey		   2  2  0  0  7: 2   6    0   6 (qualified)
  2.Real Salt Lake	   2  1  0  1  3: 3   3    0   3 (qualified)
  3.Seattle Sounders	   2  0  0  2  2: 7   0    0   0


Group West 3

[Jul 21]
BC Place, Vancouver
Vancouver Whitecaps    2–2 León                   [15-16pen]
  [Sergio Córdova 44, 57; Iván Moreno 23, Elías Hernández 77]
[Jul 26]
Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson
Los Angeles Galaxy     0–1 León                   x
  [Ángel Mena 58]
[Jul 30]
Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson
Los Angeles Galaxy     1–2 Vancouver Whitecaps
  [Riqui Puig 16; Lucas Calegari 81og, Brian White 90+1]
x originally scheduled to play on Jul. 25, postponed because León was stranded for a day at Vancouver 
  airport due to plane failure.

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.León		   2  1  1  0  3: 2   4    1   5 (qualified)
  2.Vancouver Whitecaps	   2  1  1  0  4: 3   4    0   4 (qualified)
  3.Los Angeles Galaxy	   2  0  0  2  1: 3   0    0   0


Group Center 1

[Jul 23]
Lower.com Field, Columbus
Columbus Crew SC       2–1 St. Louis City FC
  [Lucas Zelarayán 11, Camilo Hernández 29pen; Jacen Russell-Rowe 85og] 
[Jul 27]
CITYPARK, St. Louis Missouri
St. Louis City FC      0–4 América
  [Henry Josué Martín 5, Julián Quiñones 51, Kevin Álvarez 54, Alejandro Zendejas 77]
[Jul 31]
Lower.com Field, Columbus
Columbus Crew SC       4–1 América
  [Juan Camilo Hernández 41 69pen, Christian Ramírez 81, Steven Moreira 90+3; Kevin Álvarez 29]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Columbus Crew	   2  2  0  0  6: 2   6    0   6 (qualified)
  2.América		   2  1  0  1  5: 4   3    0   3 (qualified)
  3.St. Louis City	   2  0  0  2  1: 6   0    0   0


Group Center 2

[Jul 23]
Allianz Field, St. Paul
Minnesota United       4–0 Puebla
  [Bongokuhle Hlongwane 24, 51, Emanuel Reynoso 59, 65]
[Jul 27]
Allianz Field, St. Paul
Minnesota United       2–3 Chicago Fire
  [Bongokuhle Hlongwane 62, 73; Xherdan Shaqiri 69pen, Arnaud Souquet 79, Kei Kamara 83]
[Jul 31]
SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview
Chicago Fire           1–1 Puebla                 [9-10pen]
  [Xherdan Shaqiri 79; Brayan Angulo 74]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Chicago Fire	   2  1  1  0  4: 3   4    0   4 (qualified)
  2.Minnesota United	   2  1  0  1  6: 3   3    0   3 (qualified)
  3.Puebla		   2  0  1  1  1: 5   1    1   2


Group Center 3

[Jul 23]
TQL Stadium, Cincinnati
FC Cincinnati          3–3 Sporting Kansas City   [4-2pen]
  [John Pulskamp 34og, Brandon Vázquez 56, Luciano Acosta 90+8pen; Nick Hagglund 9og, 
   Daniel Rosero 12, Gadi Kinda 69pen]
[Jul 27]
TQL Stadium, Cincinnati
FC Cincinnati          3–1 Guadalajara            x
  [Brandon Vázquez 2, 8, 73; Antonio Briseño 60]
[Jul 31]
Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City
Sporting Kansas City   1–0 Guadalajara
  [Johnny Russell 27]
x Suspended at 59 due to electrical storm, 30 minutes left played on Jul. 28.

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.FC Cincinnati	   2  1  1  0  6: 4   4    1   5 (qualified)
  2.Sporting Kansas City   2  1  1  0  4: 3   4    0   4 (qualified)
  3.Guadalajara		   2  0  0  2  1: 4   0    0   0


Group Center 4

[Jul 23]
Geodis Park, Nashville
Nashville SC           2–1 Colorado Rapids
  [Hany Mukhtar 57, Jacob Shaffelburg 65; Andrew Gutman 80]
[Jul 27]
Geodis Park, Nashville
Nashville SC           3–4 Toluca
  [Walker Zimmerman 3, Fabrice Picault 37, Luke Haakenson 70; Marcel Ruiz 27, 44, 
   Thiago Volpi 45+8pen, Robert Morales 61]
[Jul 31]
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City
Colorado Rapids        1–4 Toluca
  [Diego Rubio 90+1pen; Pedro Raúl Garay 45, Edgar Iván López 76, Jesús Ricardo Angulo 90+3, 
   Valber Huerta 90+7]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Toluca		   2  2  0  0  8: 4   6    0   6 (qualified)
  2.Nashville SC	   2  1  0  1  5: 5   3    0   3 (qualified)
  3.Colorado Rapids	   2  0  0  2  2: 6   0    0   0


Group South 1

[Jul 21]
Q2 Stadium, Austin
Austin FC              1–3 Mazatlán
  [Diego Fagundez 65pen; David Colmán 49, Andrés Montaño 67, Eduard Bello 88]
[Jul 25]
Q2 Stadium, Austin
Mazatlán               1–1 FC Juárez              [4-2pen]
  [Ake Loba 49; Jefferson Intriago 25og]
[Jul 29]
Q2 Stadium, Austin
Austin FC              1–3 FC Juárez
  [Ethan Finlay 23; Sebastián Saucedo 35, Aitor García 62, 69]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Mazatlán		   2  1  1  0  4: 2   4    1   5 (qualified)
  2.FC Juárez		   2  1  1  0  4: 2   4    0   4 (qualified)
  3.Austin FC		   2  0  0  2  2: 6   0    0   0


Group South 2

[Jul 21]
Exploria Stadium, Orlando
Orlando City           1–1 Houston Dynamo         [5-4pen]
  [Duncan McGuire 46; Amine Bassi 45+5pen]
[Jul 25]
Shell Energy Stadium, Houston
Houston Dynamo         2–2 Santos Laguna          [5-4pen]
  [Corey Baird 14, Griffin Dorsey 26; Harold Preciado 45, 63pen]
[Jul 29]
Exploria Stadium, Orlando
Orlando City           3–2 Santos Laguna
  [Duncan McGuire 44, Mauricio Pereyra 46, Wilder Cartagena 90+2; Raúl López 41, 
   Harold Preciado 58]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Orlando City	   2  1  1  0  4: 3   4    1   5 (qualified)
  2.Houston Dynamo	   2  0  2  0  3: 3   2    1   3 (qualified)
  3.Santos Laguna	   2  0  1  1  4: 5   1    0   1


Group South 3

[Jul 21]
DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale
Inter Miami            2–1 Cruz Azul
  [Robert Taylor 44, Lionel Messi 90+4; Uriel Antuna 65]
[Jul 25]
DRV PNK Stadium, Fort Lauderdale
Inter Miami            4–0 Atlanta United
  [Lionel Messi 8, 22, Robert Taylor 44, 53]
[Jul 29]
Mercedes Benz Stadium, Atlanta
Atlanta United         1–1 Cruz Azul              [4-5pen]
  [Thiago Almada 75; Moisés Vieira 20]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Inter Miami		   2  2  0  0  6: 1   6    0   6 (qualified)
  2.Cruz Azul		   2  0  1  1  2: 3   1    1   2 (qualified)
  3.Atlanta United	   2  0  1  1  1: 5   1    0   1


Group South 4

[Jul 21]
Toyota Stadium, Frisco
FC Dallas              2–2 Charlotte FC           [1-4pen]
  [Bernard Kamungo 45, Sebastian Lletget 75; Karol Swiderski 61pen, Benjamin Bender 90+7]
[Jul 25]
Toyota Stadium, Frisco
FC Dallas              3–0 Necaxa
  [Sebastian Lletget 24, Eugene Ansah 62, Jesús Ferreira 73]
[Jul 29]
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte
Charlotte FC           4–1 Necaxa
  [Brandt Bronico 6, Karol Swiderski 42, Scott Arfield 45+7, Patrick Agyemang 87; 
   Vicente Poggi 89]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Charlotte FC	   2  1  1  0  6: 3   4    1   5 (qualified)
  2.FC Dallas		   2  1  1  0  5: 2   4    0   4 (qualified)
  3.Necaxa		   2  0  0  2  1: 7   0    0   0


Gorup East 1

[Jul 22]
Subaru Park, Chester
Philadelphia Union     3–1 Tijuana
  [Daniel Gazdag 21pen, Julián Carranza 26, 71; Carlos Gabriel González 46]
[Jul 26]
Subaru Park, Chester
Philadelphia Union     5–1 Querétaro
  [Daniel Gazdag 30, 39pen, 63pen, Nathan Harriel 43, Jack McGlynn 89; Raúl Sandoval 84]
[Jul 30]
Subaru Park, Chester
Tijuana                0–1 Querétaro
  [Emanuel Gularte 45+1]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Philadelphia Union	   2  2  0  0  8: 2   6    0   6 (qualified)
  2.Querétaro		   2  1  0  1  2: 5   3    0   3 (qualified)
  3.Tijuana		   2  0  0  2  1: 4   0    0   0

Group East 2

[Jul 22]
Stade Saputo, Montreal
CF Montreal            2–2 Pumas UNAM             [4-2pen]
  [Bryce Duke 23, Mathieu Choiniere 43; Gabriel Fernández 88, Emanuel Montejano 90+1]
[Jul 26]
Stade Saputo, Montreal
CF Montreal            0–1 DC United
  [Erik Hurtado 70]
[Jul 29]
Audi Field, Washington DC
DC United              0–3 Pumas UNAM
  [César Huerta 6, Nathaniel Ananias 42, Gabriel Fernández 52]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Pumas UNAM		   2  1  1  0  5: 2   4    0   4 (qualified)
  2.DC United		   2  1  0  1  1: 3   3    0   3 (qualified)
  3.CF Montreal		   2  0  1  1  2: 3   1    1   2

Group East 3

[Jul 23]
Citi Field, New York
New York City FC       0–1 Atlas
  [Aldo Rocha 7]
[Jul 26]
Citi Field, New York
New York City FC       5–0 Toronto FC
  [Maxime Chanot 30, Monsef Bakrar 45, Santiago Rodríguez 45+2, 75, 
   Andrés Jasson 56]]
[Jul 30]
BMO Field, Toronto
Toronto FC             0–1 Atlas
  [Jordy Caicedo 2]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.Atlas		   2  0  0  0  2: 0   6    0   6 (qualified)
  2.New York City FC	   2  1  0  1  5: 1   3    0   3 (qualified)
  3.Toronto FC		   2  0  0  2  0: 6   0    0   0

Group East 4

[Jul 22]
Red Bull Arena, Harrison
New York Red Bulls     0–0 New England Revolution [4-2pen]
[Jul 26]
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro
New England Revolution 5–1 Atlético de San Luis
  [Giacomo Vrioni 15, 39, 60, Gustavo Bou 29, Julio César Domínguez 32og; 
   Mateo Klimowicz 22]
[Jul 30]
Red Bull Arena, Harrison
New York Red Bulls     2–1 Atlético de San Luis
  [Dante Vanzeir 56, 90+2; Jhon Murillo 69]

                           M  W  T  L  GF GA PTS  EP  TP
  1.New York Red Bulls	   2  1  1  0  2: 1   4    1   5 (qualified)
  2.New England Revolution 2  1  1  0  5: 1   4    0   4 (qualified)
  3.Atlético de San Luis   2  0  0  2  2: 7   0    0   0


Round of 32
[Aug 2]
BMO Stadium
Los Angeles FC        7-1 FC Juárez 
  [Ryan Hollingshead 31, Carlos Vela 33, 61, Denis Bouanga 52, 66, 78pen, 
   Nathan Ordaz 90; Amaury Escoto 47]
DRV PNK Stadium
Inter Miami           3-1 Orlando City
  [Lionel Messi 7, 72, Josef Martínez 51pen; César Araujo 17]
Toyota Stadium
Mazatlán              1-2 FC Dallas
  [Andrés Montaño 57; Alan Velasco 48pen, Eugene Ansah 75]
Shell Energy Stadium
Pachuca               0-0 Houston Dynamo         [3-5pen]
[Aug 3]
Subuaru Stadium
Philadelphia Union    0-0 DC United              [5-4pen]
Red Bull Arena
New York Red Bulls    1-0 New York City
  [Omir Fernández 31pen]
Audi Field
Pumas UNAM            0-1 Querétaro
  [Ángel Sepúlveda 74]
Gillette Stadium
Atlas                 2-2 New England Revolution [7-8pen]
  [Mateo García 8, Jordy Caicedo 11; Gustavo Bou 30, 79]
Toyota Stadium, Frisco
Charlotte FC          0-0 Cruz Azul              [4-3pen]
[Aug 4]
America First Field
León                  1-3 Real Salt Lake         x
  [Iván Moreno 8; Daniel Musovski 69, 71, Cristian Arango 81]
BC Place
Tigres UANL           1-1 Vancouver Whitecaps    [5-3pen]
  [André-Pierre Gignac 53; Pedro Vite 9]
Providence Park
Monterrey             1-0 Portland Timbers
  [Maximiliano Meza 45+1]
Lower.com Field
Columbus Crew         3-2 Minnesota United       [3-4pen]
  [Malte Amundsen 42, Alexandru Matan 51, Christian Ramírez 83; Bongokuhle Hlongwane 17, 54, 
   Hassani Dotson 90]
Toluca                4-1 Sporting Kansas City
  [Daniel Rosero 29og, Pedro Raúl Garay 32, Robert Morales 54, Juan Pablo Domínguez 63; 
   William Agada 88]
SeatGeek Stadium
Chicago Fire          0-1 América
  [Gastón Giménez 64og]
TQL Stadium
FC Cincinnati         1-1 Nashville SC           [4-5pen]
  [Brandon Vázquez 85pen; Aníbal Godoy 64]
x originally scheduled to play on Aug. 3, postponed due to electrical storm.

Round of 16
[Aug 6]
Toyota Stadium
FC Dallas             4-4 Inter Miami            [3-5pen]
  [Facundo Quignon 37, Bernard Kamungo 45, Alan Velasco 63, Robert Taylor 68og; 
   Lionel Messi 6, 85, Benjamin Creamschi 65, Marco Farfán 80og]
[Aug 7]
Gillette Stadium
Querétaro             1-1 New England Revolution [4-3pen]
  [Jaime Gómez 46; Esmir Bajraktarevic 78]
Shell Energy Stadium
Charlotte FC          2-1 Houston Dynamo
  [Patrick Agyemang 80, Micael dos Santos 81og; Corey Bard 10]
[Aug 8]
Subaru Park
Philadelphia Union    1-1 New York Red Bulls     [4-3pen] x
  [Nathan Harriel 68; Elías Manoel 4]
Geodis Park
América               2-2 Nashville SC           [5-6pen]
  [Diego Valdés 78, Julián Quiñones 90+4pen; Walker Zimmerman 61, Sam Surridge 90+9]
Allianz Field
Toluca                2-2 Minnesota United       [2-4pen]
  [Valber Huerta 66, Thiago Volpi 75pen; Joseph Rosales 13, Bongokuhle Hlongwane 32]
Shell Energy Stadium, Houston
Tigres UANL           0-1 Monterrey
  [Sergio Canales 90+7pen]
BMO Stadium
Los Angeles FC        4-0 Real Salt Lake
  [Denis Bouanga 52, 56, Nathan Ordaz 62, Filip Krastev 84] 
x originally scheduled to play on Aug. 7, postponed due to electrical storm.

Quarterfinals
[Aug 11]
Subaru Park
Philadelphia Union    2-1 Querétaro
  [Jesús Añez 10, Chris Donovan 90+10; Ángel Sepúlveda 65]
DRV PNK Stadium
Inter Miami           4-0 Charlotte FC
  [Josef Martínez 12pen, Robert Taylor 32, Adilson Malanda 78og, Lionel Messi 86]
Geodis Park
Nashville SC          5-0 Minnesota United
  [Shaquell Moore 39, Teal Bunbury 44, Alex Muyl 50, Sam Surridge 53, Hany Mukhtar 59]
Rose Bowl
Los Angeles FC        2-3 Monterrey
  [Denis Bouanga 2pen, Mateusz Bogusz 42; Sergio Canales 68pen, Sergi Palencia 80og, 
   Rogelio Funes Mori 88]

Semifinals
[Aug 15]
Subaru Park
Philadelphia Union    1-4 Inter Miami
  [Alejandro Bedoya 73; Josef Martínez 3, Lionel Messi 20, Jordi Alba 45+3, David Ruiz 84]
Geodis Park
Nashville SC          2-0 Monterrey
[Sam Surridge 67, Fabrice Picault 90+6]

Third Place Match
[Aug 19]
Subaru Park
Philadelphia Union    3-0 Monterrey
  [Jesús Bueno 1, Mikael Uhre 45+1, Alejandro Bedoya 69]

Final
[Aug 19]
Geodis Park
Nashville SC          1-1 Inter Miami             [9-10pen]
  [Fabrice Picault 57; Lionel Messi 23]


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