2019_Leagues_Cup
2019 Leagues Cup
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 Las Vegas on September 18, 2019. Cruz Azul won the final, defeating UANL 2–1.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...
Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas hosted the final | |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | July 23 – September 18, 2019 |
| 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) |
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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]
The following 8 teams (from two associations) participated in the tournament.
More information Association, Team ...
| Association | Team |
|---|---|
| Mexico (4 teams) |
América |
| Cruz Azul | |
| UANL | |
| Tijuana | |
 United States (4 teams) |
Chicago Fire |
| Houston Dynamo | |
| LA Galaxy | |
| Real Salt Lake |
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| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| July 23 – Carson | ||||||||||
| LA Galaxy (p) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| August 20 – Carson | ||||||||||
| Tijuana | 2 (1) | |||||||||
| LA Galaxy | 1 | |||||||||
| July 23 – Bridgeview | ||||||||||
| Cruz Azul | 2 | |||||||||
| Chicago Fire | 0 | |||||||||
| September 18 – Las Vegas | ||||||||||
| Cruz Azul | 2 | |||||||||
| Cruz Azul | 2 | |||||||||
| July 24 – Houston | ||||||||||
| UANL | 1 | |||||||||
| Houston Dynamo | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| August 20 – Houston | ||||||||||
| América (p) | 1 (6) | |||||||||
| América | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| July 24 – Sandy | ||||||||||
| UANL (p) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
| Real Salt Lake | 0 | |||||||||
| UANL | 1 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
More information Houston Dynamo, 1–1 ...
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Semifinals
More information LA Galaxy, 1–2 ...
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Final
More information Cruz Azul, 2–1 ...
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Club eliminated for this round.
More information Rank, Player ...
| 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 | |||||||||
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- 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.