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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)
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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

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

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


Association	Team
Mexico (4 teams)	América
	Cruz Azul
	UANL
	Tijuana

United States (4 teams)	Chicago Fire
	Houston Dynamo
	LA Galaxy
	Real Salt Lake

Bracket

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

July 23, 2019

19:30 CDT

Chicago Fire	0–2	Cruz Azul
	Report	Alvarado 43' Hernández 90'

SeatGeek Stadium, Bridgeview, Illinois

Attendance: 14,213

Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

July 23, 2019

20:00 PDT

LA Galaxy	2–2	Tijuana
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

19:30 CDT

Houston Dynamo	1–1	América
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

20:30 MDT

Real Salt Lake	0–1	UANL
	Report	Vargas 57'

Rio Tinto Stadium, Sandy, Utah

Attendance: 15,136

Referee: John Pitti (Panama)

Semifinals

August 20, 2019

19:30 CDT

América	2–2	UANL
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

19:30 PDT

LA Galaxy	1–2	Cruz Azul
Cuello 37'	Report	Madueña 4' Pineda 47'

Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California

Attendance: 20,135

Referee: Mario Escobar (Guatemala)

Final

September 18, 2019

19:30 PDT

Cruz Azul	2–1	UANL
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


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

Club eliminated for this round.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals	By round
Rank	Player	Club	Goals	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

^ 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.

[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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