2022 Leagues Cup Showcase

2022 Leagues Cup Showcase

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	August 3 – September 22
Teams	8 (from 2 associations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	5
Goals scored	15 (3 per match)
Attendance	189,980 (37,996 per match)
Top scorer(s)	15 players (1 goal each)
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The 2022 Leagues Cup Showcase was a friendly edition of the Leagues Cup, an annual soccer competition between clubs from Major League Soccer and Liga MX in North America. The event featured five matches between MLS and Liga MX sides, played in August and September 2022.^[1] It served as a one-time replacement of the previously-planned 2022 Leagues Cup, which was not held due to fixture congestion from the 2022 FIFA World Cup and other factors.^[2]

Background

The third edition of the Leagues Cup was initially planned for 2022, with Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada chosen as the host for the final.^[3] However, on April 14, 2022, MLS and Liga MX announced announced that the 2022 tournament would not be held due to fixture congestion from the 2022 FIFA World Cup and other factors, and instead would be replaced by a series of friendly matches, known as the Leagues Cup Showcase. According to Major League Soccer, it was intended to "serve as a preview" for the expanded tournament in 2023.^[2] As part of the announcement, it was confirmed that the Leagues Cup Showcase would be held on August 3, 2022, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The event featured a doubleheader of matches: LA Galaxy against Guadalajara and Los Angeles FC against América.^[4] On June 30, 2022, it was announced that the Leagues Cup Showcase would expand to include three more matches—FC Cincinnati against Guadalajara at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio; Nashville SC against América at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee, on September 21; and Real Salt Lake against Atlas at America First Field in Sandy, Utah, on September 22.^[5]

Teams

The following eight teams (from two associations) participated in the event.^[1]

Association	Team	Location
Mexico (3 Liga MX teams)	América	Mexico City
	Atlas	Guadalajara, Jalisco
	Guadalajara	Zapopan, Jalisco
United States (5 MLS teams)	FC Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio
	LA Galaxy	Carson, California
	Los Angeles FC	Los Angeles, California
	Nashville SC	Nashville, Tennessee
	Real Salt Lake	Sandy, Utah

Venues

Inglewood (Los Angeles Area)	Cincinnati	Inglewood Nashville Cincinnati Sandy
SoFi Stadium	TQL Stadium
Capacity: 70,240	Capacity: 26,000
Nashville	Sandy (Salt Lake City Area)
Geodis Park	America First Field
Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 20,213

Matches

August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)

5:30 p.m. PDT

LA Galaxy	2–0	Guadalajara
Joveljić 28' Pérez 62'	Report

SoFi Stadium, Inglewood

Attendance: 71,189^[6]

Referee: Luis Enrique Santander (Mexico)

August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03)

8:15 p.m. PDT

Los Angeles FC	0–0	América
	Report
Penalties
Palacios Vela Jennings Ilie Bale Escobar Cifuentes	5–6	Valdez Martín Zendejas Campos J. Rodríguez Cáceres Lara

SoFi Stadium, Inglewood

Attendance: 71,189^[6]

Referee: Victor Rivas (United States)

September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)

7:00 p.m. EDT

FC Cincinnati	3–1	Guadalajara
Kubo 53' Harris 69' Vázquez 77'	Report	Pérez 20'

TQL Stadium, Cincinnati

Attendance: 14,727^[7]

Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

September 21, 2022 (2022-09-21)

8:00 p.m. CDT

Nashville SC	3–3	América
Bauer 6' Haakenson 14' Maher 89'	Report	Damm 38' Layún 51' Martínez 90+5'
Penalties
Leal Zubak Maher Haakenson Anunga	4–2	Fidalgo Viñas Martínez Layún

Geodis Park, Nashville

Attendance: 24,553^[8]

Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

September 22, 2022 (2022-09-22)

8:00 p.m. MDT

Real Salt Lake	1–2	Atlas
Herrera 17'	Report	Zaldívar 41' Rodríguez 71'

America First Field, Sandy

Attendance: 8,322^[9]

Referee: Joe Dickerson (United States)

References

External links

• Official website