2021 Leagues Cup

Association football tournament

2021 Leagues Cup

The Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada hosted the final

Tournament details
Dates| August 10 – September 22
Teams| 8 (from 2 associations)
Final positions
Champions|  León (1st title)
Runners-up|  Seattle Sounders FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 7
Goals scored| 21 (3 per match)
Attendance| 98,635 (14,091 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Ángel Mena
(3 goals)

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The 2021 Leagues Cup was the second edition of the Leagues Cup organized by Major League Soccer (MLS) and Liga MX. The tournament was originally planned to include sixteen teams but was later reduced to eight teams.

The 2020 edition of the tournament was canceled in May 2020 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in North America.[1] In the final at Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada, near Las Vegas, León defeated Seattle Sounders FC 3–2 to win their first title.

## Qualification

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The top two Major League Soccer teams from each conference in the 2020 season who did not qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League qualified for the Leagues Cup.[2]

The top four Liga MX from the 2020–21 season aggregate table who are not competing in the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League semifinals or the 2021 Campeones Cup qualified for the Leagues Cup.[3]

Major League Soccer (4 berths)  | Team  | Qualification method

|

Sporting Kansas City | 1st, Western Conference
Orlando City SC | 4th, Eastern Conference
Seattle Sounders FC | 2nd, Western Conference
New York City FC | 5th, Eastern Conference

Liga MX (4 berths)  | Team  | Qualification method

|

León | 3rd, aggregate table
UANL | 5th, aggregate table
Santos Laguna | 6th, aggregate table
UNAM | 7th, aggregate table

## Matchups and schedule

[edit]

On July 7, 2021, Major League Soccer and Liga MX announced the Leagues Cup schedule as well as the opening round matches.[4][5]

## Results

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| Quarterfinals| | Semifinals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

| August 12 – Orlando, FL| | | | |

|  Orlando City SC| 0

| September 14 – Seattle, WA

|  Santos Laguna| 1 |

|  Santos Laguna | 0

| August 10 – Seattle, WA

| |  Seattle Sounders FC | 1 |

|  Seattle Sounders FC| 3

| | September 22 – Paradise, NV

|  UANL| 0 |

|  Seattle Sounders FC | 2

| August 11 – New York, NY

| |  León | 3

|  New York City FC| 1 (2)

| September 15 – Houston, TX|

|  UNAM (p)| 1 (3) |

|  UNAM| 0

| August 10 – Kansas City, KS

| |  León | 2 |

|  Sporting Kansas City| 1

|  León| 6 |

### Quarterfinals

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August 12

7:00 p.m. EDT

Orlando City SC | 0–1|  Santos Laguna

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|

| Report |

* Otero 30'

Exploria Stadium, Orlando, Florida

Attendance: 750

Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

* * *

August 11

8:00 p.m. EDT

New York City FC | 1–1|  UNAM

|
|

* Castellanos 61'

| Report |

* Rogério 72'

Penalties

* Castellanos
* Tajouri-Shradi
* Callens
* Sands
* Moralez

| 2–3 |

* Velarde
* Mozo
* Lira
* Galindo
* Saucedo

Yankee Stadium, New York, New York

Attendance: 17,276

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

* * *

August 10

7:00 p.m. PDT
(10:00 p.m. EDT)

Seattle Sounders FC | 3–0|  UANL

|
|

* Ruidíaz 23' (pen.)
* Montero 64'
* Lodeiro 70'

| Report |

Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 17,077

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

* * *

August 10

7:00 p.m. CDT
(8:00 p.m. EDT)

Sporting Kansas City | 1–6|  León

|
|

* Duke 61'

| Report |

* Colombatto 16'
* Fernández 27', 44'
* Mena 62'
* Meneses 72'
* Dávila 79'

Children's Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas

Attendance: 15,579

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

### Semifinals

[edit]

September 14

7:00 p.m. PDT
(10:00 p.m. EDT)

Seattle Sounders FC | 1–0|  Santos Laguna

|
|

* Ruidíaz 90+3'

| Report |

Lumen Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 12,201

Referee: Keylor Herrera (Costa Rica)

* * *

September 15

7:00 p.m. CDT
(8:00 p.m. EDT)

León | 2–0|  UNAM

|
|

* Colombatto 16'
* Ormeño 68'

| Report |

BBVA Stadium, Houston, Texas

Attendance: 10,928

Referee: Walter López (Guatemala)

### Final

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September 22

7:00 p.m. PDT
(10:00 p.m. EDT)

León | 3–2|  Seattle Sounders FC

|
|

* Mena 61', 81' (pen.)
* Gigliotti 85'

| MLS
ESPN |

* C. Roldan 48'
* Benezet 90+2'

Allegiant Stadium, Paradise, Nevada

Attendance: 24,824

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Team details

León

Seattle Sounders FC

|

|  |

|

GK | 1 |  Rodolfo Cota
DF | 4 |  Andrés Mosquera |  |  59'
DF | 21 |  Jaine Barreiro
DF | 6 |  William Tesillo
DF | 24 |  Osvaldo Rodríguez
MF | 25  |  Omar Fernández |  |  71'
MF | 8 |  José Rodríguez
MF | 22 |  Santiago Colombatto |  23'
MF | 13 |  Ángel Mena
FW | 7 |  Víctor Dávila |  |  60'
FW | 16 |  Jean Meneses |  |  60'
Substitutes:
DF | 28 |  David Ramírez |  |  59'
MF | 10 |  Luis Montes |  90+3' |  71'
FW | 20 |  Emanuel Gigliotti |  |  60'
MF | 11 |  Elías Hernández |  |  60'
Manager:
Ariel Holan
|  |

|

GK | 24 |  Stefan Frei
DF | 28 |  Yeimar Gómez
DF | 3 |  Xavier Arreaga |  10'
DF | 27 |  Shane O'Neill |  |  83'
MF | 16 |  Alex Roldán
MF | 6 |  João Paulo |  15'
MF | 22 |  Kelyn Rowe |  |  83'
MF | 94 |  Jimmy Medranda |  |  68'
MF | 7 |  Cristian Roldan |  82'
MF | 12 |  Fredy Montero |  |  77'
FW | 9 |  Raúl Ruidíaz |  27'
Substitutes:
MF | 20 |  Nicolas Benezet |  |  83'
MF | 84 |  Josh Atencio |  |  83'
DF | 11 |  Brad Smith |  |  68'
FW | 17 |  Will Bruin |  |  77'
Manager:
Brian Schmetzer

## Top goalscorers

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Club eliminated for this round.

Rank  | Player  | Club  | Goals  | By round

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|
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QF | SF | F
1  |  Ángel Mena |  León | 3  | 1 |  | 2
2  |  Santiago Colombatto |  León | 2  | 1 | 1 |
Omar Fernández |  León | 2 |  |
Raúl Ruidíaz |  Seattle Sounders FC | 1 | 1 |
5  |  Nicolas Benezet |  Seattle Sounders FC | 1  |  |  | 1
Valentín Castellanos |  New York City FC | 1 |
Víctor Dávila |  León | 1 |  |
Cameron Duke |  Sporting Kansas City | 1 |
Emmanuel Gigliotti |  León |  |  | 1
Nicolás Lodeiro |  Seattle Sounders FC | 1 |  |
Jean Meneses |  León | 1 |  |
Fredy Montero |  Seattle Sounders FC | 1 |  |
Santiago Ormeño |  León |  | 1 |
Juan Ferney Otero |  Santos Laguna | 1 |  |
Cristian Roldan |  Seattle Sounders FC |  |  | 1
Rogério |  UNAM | 1 |  |

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "MLS All-Star Game, Leagues Cup and Campeones Cup canceled for 2020" (Press release). Major League Soccer. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
2. ^ Straus, Brian. "MLS Reveals Leagues Cup Participants, Campeones Cup Date". Sports Illustrated.
3. ^ "Tigres, Pumas, León and Santos Laguna set to represent Liga MX in the 2021 Leagues Cup". Leagues Cup. July 7, 2021. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
4. ^ "2021 Leagues Cup schedule and Liga MX participants announced". Major League Soccer. July 7, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
5. ^ "2021 Leagues Cup: Semifinal matchups, locations & times". Major League Soccer. August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.

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