# 2019 Leagues Cup

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.

## Teams

The following 8 teams (from two associations) participated in the tournament.
| Association | Team |
| Mexico (4 teams) | América |
| Mexico (4 teams) | Cruz Azul |
| Mexico (4 teams) | UANL |
| Mexico (4 teams) | Tijuana |
| United States (4 teams) | Chicago Fire |
| United States (4 teams) | Houston Dynamo |
| United States (4 teams) | LA Galaxy |
| United States (4 teams) | Real Salt Lake |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| July 23 – Carson, CA | July 23 – Carson, CA | | | |
| LA Galaxy (p) | 2 (3) | | | |
| LA Galaxy (p) | 2 (3) | August 20 – Carson, CA | August 20 – Carson, CA | | |
| Tijuana | 2 (1) | August 20 – Carson, CA | August 20 – Carson, CA | |
| Tijuana | 2 (1) | LA Galaxy | 1 | |
| July 23 – Bridgeview, IL | July 23 – Bridgeview, IL | | LA Galaxy | 1 | |
| July 23 – Bridgeview, IL | July 23 – Bridgeview, IL | Cruz Azul | 2 | |
| Chicago Fire | 0 | Cruz Azul | 2 | |
| Chicago Fire | 0 | | | | September 18 – Whitney, NV | September 18 – Whitney, NV |
| Cruz Azul | 2 | | | | September 18 – Whitney, NV | September 18 – Whitney, NV |
| Cruz Azul | 2 | | | | Cruz Azul | 2 |
| July 24 – Houston, TX | July 24 – Houston, TX | | | | | Cruz Azul | 2 |
| July 24 – Houston, TX | July 24 – Houston, TX | | | | UANL | 1 |
| Houston Dynamo | 1 (5) | | | | UANL | 1 |
| Houston Dynamo | 1 (5) | August 20 – Houston, TX | August 20 – Houston, TX | | | |
| América (p) | 1 (6) | August 20 – Houston, TX | August 20 – Houston, TX | | | |
| América (p) | 1 (6) | América | 2 (3) | | | |
| July 24 – Sandy, UT | July 24 – Sandy, UT | | América | 2 (3) | | | |
| July 24 – Sandy, UT | July 24 – Sandy, UT | UANL (p) | 2 (5) | |
| Real Salt Lake | 0 | UANL (p) | 2 (5) | |
| UANL | 1 | | | |

### Final

Team details :
Cruz Azul
Tigres UANL
GK1 José de Jesús Corona 30'
DF4 Julio César Domínguez
DF 23 Pablo Aguilar
DF5 Igor Lichnovsky 23'
DF16 Adrián Aldrete
MF25 Roberto Alvarado 68'
MF22 Rafael Baca
MF31 Orbelín Pineda
MF 19 Yoshimar Yotún
MF21 Jonathan Rodríguez 30' 87'
FW9 Milton Caraglio 89'
Substitutes:
MF11 Elías Hernández 68'
FW13 Bryan Angulo 89'
MF17 Édgar Méndez 90+4' 87'
Manager:
Robert Siboldi
GK1 Nahuel Guzmán 90+8'
DF29 Jesús Dueñas 37'
DF4 Hugo Ayala
DF18 Diego Reyes 74'
DF6 Jorge Torres Nilo
MF23 Luis Quiñones 85'
MF19 Guido Pizarro
MF 8 Lucas Zelarayán 62'
MF5 Rafael Carioca 30'
MF20 Javier Aquino
FW10 André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutes:
FW9 Eduardo Vargas 62'
MF22 Jürgen Damm 85'
DF28 Luis A. Rodríguez 74'
Manager:
Ricardo Ferretti :

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | By round | By round | By round |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | QF | SF | F |
| 1 | Andrés Ibargüen | América | 2 | | 2 | |
| 2 | Roberto Alvarado | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | DaMarcus Beasley | Houston Dynamo | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | Nicolás Benedetti | América | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | Emmanuel Boateng | LA Galaxy | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | Washington Camacho | Tijuana | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | Emil Cuello | LA Galaxy | 1 | | 1 | |
| 2 | Elías Hernández | Cruz Azul | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | José Madueña | Cruz Azul | 1 | | 1 | |
| 2 | Ariel Nahuelpán | Tijuana | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | Orbelín Pineda | Cruz Azul | 1 | | 1 | |
| 2 | Guido Pizarro | UANL | 1 | | | 1 |
| 2 | Jonathan Rodríguez | Cruz Azul | 1 | | | 1 |
| 2 | David Romney | LA Galaxy | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | Eduardo Vargas | UANL | 1 | 1 | | |
| 2 | Yoshimar Yotún | Cruz Azul | 1 | | | 1 |