2019 Leagues Cup

Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada hosted the final

Tournament details
Dates| July 23 – September 18
Teams| 8 (from 2 associations)
Final positions
Champions|  Cruz Azul
(1st title)
Runners-up|  UANL
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 7
Goals scored| 19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance| 122,884 (17,555 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Andrés Ibargüen
(2 goals)

~~2020~~ ->

International football competition

The 2019 Leagues Cup was the inaugural edition of Leagues Cup, a club soccer competition featuring four clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX in an eight-team single-elimination tournament hosted in the United States. It began on July 23, 2019, with the first set of quarterfinals, and culminated in a final match played in Whitney, Nevada, near Las Vegas, on September 18, 2019. Cruz Azul won the final, defeating UANL 2–1.

## Qualification

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The inaugural edition of the Leagues Cup featured eight teams—four invitees from Major League Soccer and four Liga MX clubs chosen based on competitive results.[1]

## Teams

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The following 8 teams (from two associations) participated in the tournament.

Association  | Team

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Mexico (4 teams) | América
Cruz Azul
UANL
Tijuana
United States (4 teams) | Chicago Fire
Houston Dynamo
LA Galaxy
Real Salt Lake

## Bracket

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| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

| July 23 – Carson, CA| | | | |

|  LA Galaxy (p)| 2 (3)

| August 20 – Carson, CA

|  Tijuana| 2 (1) |

|  LA Galaxy| 1

| July 23 – Bridgeview, IL

| |  Cruz Azul| 2 |

|  Chicago Fire| 0

| | September 18 – Whitney, NV

|  Cruz Azul| 2 |

|  Cruz Azul| 2

| July 24 – Houston, TX

| |  UANL| 1

|  Houston Dynamo| 1 (5)

| August 20 – Houston, TX|

|  América (p)| 1 (6) |

|  América| 2 (3)

| July 24 – Sandy, UT

| |  UANL (p)| 2 (5) |

|  Real Salt Lake| 0

|  UANL| 1 |

### Quarterfinals

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July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)

19:30 CDT

Chicago Fire | 0–2|  Cruz Azul

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|

| Report |

* Alvarado 43'
* Hernández 90'

SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 14,213

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

* * *

July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)

20:00 PDT

LA Galaxy | 2–2|  Tijuana

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* Boateng 27'
* Romney 54'

| Report |

* Nahuelpán 33'
* Camacho 45'

Penalties

* Carrasco
* E. Álvarez
* Cuello
* Boateng
* González

| 3–1 |

* Torres
* Nahuelpán
* Braghieri
* Sepúlveda

Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California

Attendance: 10,421

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

* * *

July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)

19:30 CDT

Houston Dynamo | 1–1|  América

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Beasley 85' | Report | Benedetti 73'
Penalties

* Quioto
* Cerén
* Elis
* Cabezas
* Bird
* Garcia
* Junqua

| 5–6 |

* Castillo
* Aguilera
* Uribe
* Ibargüen
* Martínez
* Benedetti
* Dos Santos

BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas

Attendance: 20,315

Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

* * *

July 24, 2019 (2019-07-24)

20:30 MDT

Real Salt Lake | 0–1|  UANL

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|

| Report |

* Vargas 57'

Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah

Attendance: 15,136

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

### Semifinals

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August 20, 2019 (2019-08-20)

19:30 CDT

América | 2–2|  UANL

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* Ibargüen 36' (pen.), 83'

| Report |

* Aguilar 14' (o.g.)
* Valdez 90+5' (o.g.)

Penalties

* Rodríguez
* Valdez
* López
* Aguilar

| 3–5 |

* Gignac
* Valencia
* L. Quiñones
* Rodríguez
* Salcedo

BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas

Attendance: 22,532

Referee: Diego Montaño Robles (Mexico)

* * *

August 20, 2019 (2019-08-20)

19:30 PDT

LA Galaxy | 1–2|  Cruz Azul

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* Cuello 37'

| Report |

* Madueña 4'
* Pineda 47'

Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California

Attendance: 20,135

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

### Final

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September 18, 2019 (2019-09-18)

19:30 PDT

Cruz Azul | 2–1|  UANL

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* Yotún 73' (pen.)
* Rodríguez 75'

| Report |

* Pizarro 90'

Sam Boyd Stadium, Whitney, Nevada

Attendance: 20,132

Referee: Marco Antonio Ortíz Nava (Mexico)

Team details

Cruz Azul

Tigres UANL

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|  |

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GK | 1 |  José de Jesús Corona |  30'
DF | 4  |  Julio César Domínguez
DF |  23 |  Pablo Aguilar
DF | 5  |  Igor Lichnovsky |  23'
DF | 16  |  Adrián Aldrete
MF | 25  |  Roberto Alvarado |  |  68'
MF | 22  |  Rafael Baca
MF | 31  |  Orbelín Pineda
MF |  19 |  Yoshimar Yotún
MF | 21  |  Jonathan Rodríguez |  30' |  87'
FW | 9  |  Milton Caraglio |  |  89'
Substitutes:
MF | 11 |  Elías Hernández |  |  68'
FW | 13 |  Bryan Angulo |  |  89'
MF | 17 |  Édgar Méndez |  90+4' |  87'
Manager:
Robert Siboldi
|  |

|

GK | 1 |  Nahuel Guzmán |  90+8'
DF | 29 |  Jesús Dueñas |  37'
DF | 4 |  Hugo Ayala
DF | 18 |  Diego Reyes |  |  74'
DF | 6 |  Jorge Torres Nilo
MF | 23  |  Luis Quiñones |  |  85'
MF | 19 |  Guido Pizarro
MF |  8 |  Lucas Zelarayán |  |  62'
MF | 5  |  Rafael Carioca |  30'
MF | 20 |  Javier Aquino
FW | 10 |  André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutes:
FW | 9 |  Eduardo Vargas |  |  62'
MF | 22 |  Jürgen Damm |  |  85'
DF | 28 |  Luis A. Rodríguez |  |  74'
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti

## Top goalscorers

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Club eliminated for this round.

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals  | By round

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QF | SF | F
1  |  Andrés Ibargüen |  América | 2  |  | 2 |
2  |  Roberto Alvarado |  Cruz Azul | 1  | 1 |  |
DaMarcus Beasley |  Houston Dynamo | 1 |
Nicolás Benedetti |  América | 1 |  |
Emmanuel Boateng |  LA Galaxy | 1 |  |
Washington Camacho |  Tijuana | 1 |
Emil Cuello |  LA Galaxy |  | 1 |
Elías Hernández |  Cruz Azul | 1 |  |
José Madueña |  Cruz Azul |  | 1 |
Ariel Nahuelpán |  Tijuana | 1 |
Orbelín Pineda |  Cruz Azul |  | 1 |
Guido Pizarro |  UANL |  |  | 1
Jonathan Rodríguez |  Cruz Azul |  |  | 1
David Romney |  LA Galaxy | 1 |  |
Eduardo Vargas |  UANL | 1 |  |
Yoshimar Yotún |  Cruz Azul |  |  | 1

## References

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1. ^ Santaromita, Dan (May 29, 2019). "MLS, Liga MX announce Leagues Cup 8-team tournament". Pro Soccer USA. Tribune Publishing. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.

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