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)
2020 →
International football competition
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.
^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.