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.
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| 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) |
Qualification
editThe 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
editThe following 8 teams (from two associations) participated in the tournament.
| Association | Team |
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| Mexico (4 teams)
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América |
| Cruz Azul | |
| UANL | |
| Tijuana | |
 United States (4 teams)
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Chicago Fire |
| Houston Dynamo | |
| LA Galaxy | |
| Real Salt Lake | |
Bracket
edit| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| 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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| Real Salt Lake | 0–1 | UANL |
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Semifinals
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Top goalscorers
edit Club eliminated for this round.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | By round | |||||||
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| QF | SF | F | |||||||||
| 1 | Andrés Ibargüen
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América
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2 | 2 | |||||||
| 2 | Roberto Alvarado
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Cruz Azul
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1 | 1 | |||||||
| DaMarcus Beasley
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Houston Dynamo
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1 | |||||||||
| Nicolás Benedetti
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América
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1 | |||||||||
 Emmanuel Boateng
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LA Galaxy
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1 | |||||||||
 Washington Camacho
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Tijuana
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1 | |||||||||
 Emil Cuello
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LA Galaxy
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1 | |||||||||
| Elías Hernández
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Cruz Azul
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1 | |||||||||
| José Madueña
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Cruz Azul
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1 | |||||||||
| Ariel Nahuelpán
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Tijuana
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1 | |||||||||
| Orbelín Pineda
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Cruz Azul
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1 | |||||||||
| Guido Pizarro
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UANL
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1 | |||||||||
| Jonathan Rodríguez
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Cruz Azul
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1 | |||||||||
| David Romney
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LA Galaxy
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1 | |||||||||
 Eduardo Vargas
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UANL
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1 | |||||||||
 Yoshimar Yotún
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Cruz Azul
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1 | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ 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.