The 2019 Leagues Cup was the inaugural edition of
Leagues Cup
The Leagues Cup is an annual association football competition between clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX in North America. It debuted in July 2019 with four teams participating from each league. The first edition was a single-eliminati ...
, a club competition featuring four clubs from
Major League Soccer and
Liga MX in an eight-team
single-elimination tournament
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
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
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas ...
on September 18, 2019.
Cruz Azul
Club de Futbol Cruz Azul or simply Cruz Azul () is a professional football club based in Mexico City, Mexico. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. Because "azul" means "blue" in Spanish, the club has traditionally ...
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. Future editions are planned to use league results to determine the participating teams from MLS.
Teams
The following 8 teams (from two associations) participated in the tournament.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Final
Top goalscorers
References
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2019
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2019 in American soccer
2018–19 in Mexican football
2019–20 in Mexican football