# 2023 Leagues Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2023 Leagues Cup was the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. The knockout stage began on August 2 and concluded with the final on August 19. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. There were 32 matches in the knockout stage, including a third-place play-off played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals.

## Format

The knockout stage of the 2023 Leagues Cup was contested between 30 teams that qualified from the group stage and two that received a bye. Matches in the knockout stage were played to a finish. If the score of a match was level at the end of 90 minutes of playing time, no extra time was played, and the match was decided by a penalty shoot-out.

## Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the fifteen groups qualified for the knockout stage, joining Los Angeles FC and Pachuca, who received byes to this round.
League path :
| League | Team | Qualification |
| Liga MX | Pachuca | Champion with the most points in the accumulated table of the 2022 Clausura and Apertura tournaments |
| MLS | Los Angeles FC | MLS Cup 2022 winner |
Group stage path :
| Group | Winners | Runners-up |
| W1 | UANL | Portland Timbers |
| W2 | Monterrey | Real Salt Lake |
| W3 | León | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |
| C1 | Columbus Crew | América |
| C2 | Chicago Fire FC | Minnesota United FC |
| C3 | FC Cincinnati | Sporting Kansas City |
| C4 | Toluca | Nashville SC |
| S1 | Mazatlán | Juárez |
| S2 | Orlando City SC | Houston Dynamo FC |
| S3 | Inter Miami CF | Cruz Azul |
| S4 | Charlotte FC | FC Dallas |
| E1 | Philadelphia Union | Querétaro |
| E2 | UNAM | D.C. United |
| E3 | Atlas | New York City FC |
| E4 | New York Red Bulls | New England Revolution |

## Bracket

The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.
| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| August 2 – Los Angeles, CA | August 2 – Los Angeles, CA | | | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles FC | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles FC | 7 | August 8 – Los Angeles, CA | August 8 – Los Angeles, CA | | | | | | | | |
| Juárez | 1 | August 8 – Los Angeles, CA | August 8 – Los Angeles, CA | | | | | | | |
| Juárez | 1 | Los Angeles FC | 4 | | | | | | | |
| August 4 – Sandy, UT | August 4 – Sandy, UT | | Los Angeles FC | 4 | | | | | | | |
| August 4 – Sandy, UT | August 4 – Sandy, UT | Real Salt Lake | 0 | | | | | | | |
| León | 1 | Real Salt Lake | 0 | | | | | | | |
| León | 1 | | | | August 11 – Pasadena, CA | August 11 – Pasadena, CA | | | | | |
| Real Salt Lake | 3 | | | | August 11 – Pasadena, CA | August 11 – Pasadena, CA | | | | |
| Real Salt Lake | 3 | | | | Los Angeles FC | 2 | | | | |
| August 4 – Vancouver, BC | August 4 – Vancouver, BC | | | | | Los Angeles FC | 2 | | | | |
| August 4 – Vancouver, BC | August 4 – Vancouver, BC | | | | Monterrey | 3 | | | | |
| UANL | 1 (5) | | | | Monterrey | 3 | | | | |
| UANL | 1 (5) | August 8 – Houston, TX | August 8 – Houston, TX | | | | | | | | |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 (3) | August 8 – Houston, TX | August 8 – Houston, TX | | | | | | | |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1 (3) | UANL | 0 | | | | | | | |
| August 4 – Portland, OR | August 4 – Portland, OR | | UANL | 0 | | | | | | | |
| August 4 – Portland, OR | August 4 – Portland, OR | Monterrey | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Monterrey | 1 | Monterrey | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Monterrey | 1 | | | | | | | August 15 – Nashville, TN | August 15 – Nashville, TN | | |
| Portland Timbers | 0 | | | | | | | August 15 – Nashville, TN | August 15 – Nashville, TN | |
| Portland Timbers | 0 | | | | | | | Monterrey | 0 | |
| August 4 – Columbus, OH | August 4 – Columbus, OH | | | | | | | | Monterrey | 0 | |
| August 4 – Columbus, OH | August 4 – Columbus, OH | | | | | | | Nashville SC | 2 | |
| Columbus Crew | 3 (3) | | | | | | | Nashville SC | 2 | |
| Columbus Crew | 3 (3) | August 8 – Saint Paul, MN | August 8 – Saint Paul, MN | | | | | | | | |
| Minnesota United FC (p) | 3 (4) | August 8 – Saint Paul, MN | August 8 – Saint Paul, MN | | | | | | | |
| Minnesota United FC (p) | 3 (4) | Minnesota United FC (p) | 2 (4) | | | | | | | |
| August 4 – Kansas City, KS | August 4 – Kansas City, KS | | Minnesota United FC (p) | 2 (4) | | | | | | | |
| August 4 – Kansas City, KS | August 4 – Kansas City, KS | Toluca | 2 (2) | | | | | | | |
| Toluca | 4 | Toluca | 2 (2) | | | | | | | |
| Toluca | 4 | | | | August 11 – Nashville, TN | August 11 – Nashville, TN | | | | | |
| Sporting Kansas City | 1 | | | | August 11 – Nashville, TN | August 11 – Nashville, TN | | | | |
| Sporting Kansas City | 1 | | | | Minnesota United FC | 0 | | | | |
| August 4 – Bridgeview, IL | August 4 – Bridgeview, IL | | | | | Minnesota United FC | 0 | | | | |
| August 4 – Bridgeview, IL | August 4 – Bridgeview, IL | | | | Nashville SC | 5 | | | | |
| Chicago Fire FC | 0 | | | | Nashville SC | 5 | | | | |
| Chicago Fire FC | 0 | August 8 – Nashville, TN | August 8 – Nashville, TN | | | | | | | | |
| América | 1 | August 8 – Nashville, TN | August 8 – Nashville, TN | | | | | | | |
| América | 1 | América | 2 (5) | | | | | | | |
| August 4 – Cincinnati, OH | August 4 – Cincinnati, OH | | América | 2 (5) | | | | | | | |
| August 4 – Cincinnati, OH | August 4 – Cincinnati, OH | Nashville SC (p) | 2 (6) | | | | | | | |
| FC Cincinnati | 1 (4) | Nashville SC (p) | 2 (6) | | | | | | | |
| FC Cincinnati | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | | August 19 – Nashville, TN | August 19 – Nashville, TN |
| Nashville SC (p) | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | | | August 19 – Nashville, TN | August 19 – Nashville, TN |
| Nashville SC (p) | 1 (5) | | | | | | | | | | Nashville SC | 1 (9) |
| August 3 – Chester, PA | August 3 – Chester, PA | | | | | | | | | | | Nashville SC | 1 (9) |
| August 3 – Chester, PA | August 3 – Chester, PA | | | | | | | | | | Inter Miami CF (p) | 1 (10) |
| Philadelphia Union (p) | 0 (5) | | | | | | | | | | Inter Miami CF (p) | 1 (10) |
| Philadelphia Union (p) | 0 (5) | August 8 – Chester, PA | August 8 – Chester, PA | | | | | | | | | |
| D.C. United | 0 (4) | August 8 – Chester, PA | August 8 – Chester, PA | | | | | | | | | |
| D.C. United | 0 (4) | Philadelphia Union (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | |
| August 3 – Harrison, NJ | August 3 – Harrison, NJ | | Philadelphia Union (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | |
| August 3 – Harrison, NJ | August 3 – Harrison, NJ | New York Red Bulls | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | |
| New York Red Bulls | 1 | New York Red Bulls | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | |
| New York Red Bulls | 1 | | | | August 11 – Chester, PA | August 11 – Chester, PA | | | | | | | |
| New York City FC | 0 | | | | August 11 – Chester, PA | August 11 – Chester, PA | | | | | | |
| New York City FC | 0 | | | | Philadelphia Union | 2 | | | | | | |
| August 3 – Washington, D.C. | August 3 – Washington, D.C. | | | | | Philadelphia Union | 2 | | | | | | |
| August 3 – Washington, D.C. | August 3 – Washington, D.C. | | | | Querétaro | 1 | | | | | | |
| UNAM | 0 | | | | Querétaro | 1 | | | | | | |
| UNAM | 0 | August 7 – Foxborough, MA | August 7 – Foxborough, MA | | | | | | | | | | |
| Querétaro | 1 | August 7 – Foxborough, MA | August 7 – Foxborough, MA | | | | | | | | | |
| Querétaro | 1 | Querétaro (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | |
| August 3 – Foxborough, MA | August 3 – Foxborough, MA | | Querétaro (p) | 1 (4) | | | | | | | | | |
| August 3 – Foxborough, MA | August 3 – Foxborough, MA | New England Revolution | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlas | 2 (7) | New England Revolution | 1 (3) | | | | | | | | | |
| Atlas | 2 (7) | | | | | | | August 15 – Chester, PA | August 15 – Chester, PA | | | | |
| New England Revolution (p) | 2 (8) | | | | | | | August 15 – Chester, PA | August 15 – Chester, PA | | | |
| New England Revolution (p) | 2 (8) | | | | | | | Philadelphia Union | 1 | | | |
| August 2 – Frisco, TX | August 2 – Frisco, TX | | | | | | | | Philadelphia Union | 1 | | | |
| August 2 – Frisco, TX | August 2 – Frisco, TX | | | | | | | Inter Miami CF | 4 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Mazatlán | 1 | | | | | | | Inter Miami CF | 4 | | Third place play-off | Third place play-off |
| Mazatlán | 1 | August 6 – Frisco, TX | August 6 – Frisco, TX | | | | | | | | August 19 – Chester, PA | August 19 – Chester, PA |
| FC Dallas | 2 | August 6 – Frisco, TX | August 6 – Frisco, TX | | | | | | | | August 19 – Chester, PA | August 19 – Chester, PA |
| FC Dallas | 2 | FC Dallas | 4 (3) | | | | | | | | Philadelphia Union | 3 |
| August 2 – Fort Lauderdale, FL | August 2 – Fort Lauderdale, FL | | FC Dallas | 4 (3) | | | | | | | | Philadelphia Union | 3 |
| August 2 – Fort Lauderdale, FL | August 2 – Fort Lauderdale, FL | Inter Miami CF (p) | 4 (5) | | | | | | | | Monterrey | 0 |
| Inter Miami CF | 3 | Inter Miami CF (p) | 4 (5) | | | | | | | | Monterrey | 0 |
| Inter Miami CF | 3 | | | | August 11 – Fort Lauderdale, FL | August 11 – Fort Lauderdale, FL | | | | | | |
| Orlando City SC | 1 | | | | August 11 – Fort Lauderdale, FL | August 11 – Fort Lauderdale, FL | | | | | | |
| Orlando City SC | 1 | | | | Inter Miami CF | 4 | | | | | | |
| August 2 – Houston, TX | August 2 – Houston, TX | | | | | Inter Miami CF | 4 | | | | | | |
| August 2 – Houston, TX | August 2 – Houston, TX | | | | Charlotte FC | 0 | | | | | | |
| Pachuca | 0 (3) | | | | Charlotte FC | 0 | | | | | | |
| Pachuca | 0 (3) | August 7 – Houston, TX | August 7 – Houston, TX | | | | | | | | | | |
| Houston Dynamo FC (p) | 0 (5) | August 7 – Houston, TX | August 7 – Houston, TX | | | | | | | | | |
| Houston Dynamo FC (p) | 0 (5) | Houston Dynamo FC | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 3 – Frisco, TX | August 3 – Frisco, TX | | Houston Dynamo FC | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| August 3 – Frisco, TX | August 3 – Frisco, TX | Charlotte FC | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Charlotte FC (p) | 0 (4) | Charlotte FC | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| Cruz Azul | 0 (3) | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Round of 32
### Summary

The matches were played from August 2 to 4, 2023.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Inter Miami CF | 3–1 | Orlando City SC |
| Mazatlán | 1–2 | FC Dallas |
| Pachuca | 0–0 (3–5 p) | Houston Dynamo FC |
| Los Angeles FC | 7–1 | Juárez |
| Atlas | 2–2 (7–8 p) | New England Revolution |
| Philadelphia Union | 0–0 (5–4 p) | D.C. United |
| UNAM | 0–1 | Querétaro |
| New York Red Bulls | 1–0 | New York City FC |
| Charlotte FC | 0–0 (4–3 p) | Cruz Azul |
| León | 1–3 | Real Salt Lake |
| Columbus Crew | 3–3 (3–4 p) | Minnesota United FC |
| FC Cincinnati | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Nashville SC |
| Chicago Fire FC | 0–1 | América |
| Toluca | 4–1 | Sporting Kansas City |
| Monterrey | 1–0 | Portland Timbers |
| UANL | 1–1 (5–3 p) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC |

### Matches
## Round of 16
### Summary

The matches were played from August 6 to 8, 2023.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Dallas | 4–4 (3–5 p) | Inter Miami CF |
| Querétaro | 1–1 (4–3 p) | New England Revolution |
| Charlotte FC | 2–1 | Houston Dynamo FC |
| América | 2–2 (5–6 p) | Nashville SC |
| Philadelphia Union | 1–1 (4–3 p) | New York Red Bulls |
| Toluca | 2–2 (2–4 p) | Minnesota United FC |
| UANL | 0–1 | Monterrey |
| Los Angeles FC | 4–0 | Real Salt Lake |

### Matches
## Quarter-finals
### Summary

The matches were played on August 11, 2023.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Inter Miami CF | 4–0 | Charlotte FC |
| Nashville SC | 5–0 | Minnesota United FC |
| Philadelphia Union | 2–1 | Querétaro |
| Los Angeles FC | 2–3 | Monterrey |

### Matches
## Semi-finals
### Summary

The matches were played on August 15, 2023.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Philadelphia Union | 1–4 | Inter Miami CF |
| Monterrey | 0–2 | Nashville SC |

### Matches
## Third place play-off

The winner of the third place match qualified for the first round of the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

## Final

Both clubs in the final qualified for the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup, with the winners qualifying directly to the round of 16.