Leagues Cup 2025

After two hugely successful editions of Leagues Cup, a World Cup-style tournament sanctioned by Concacaf between Major League Soccer and Liga MX teams, 2025's tournament sports a refreshed look at the North American competition.

This year, Leagues Cup will feature exclusively interleague matches between MLS and Liga MX clubs through the quarterfinals. The tournament will also be split into Phase One and the Knockout Rounds, deviating from 2023 and 2024's Group Stage and Knockout Stage format.

From July 29 to August 31, the tournament will host games at MLS stadiums throughout the U.S. and Canada. In Phase One, Colorado will host Santos Laguna and Tijuana at DICK'S Sporting Goods Park before traveling to Dignity Health Sports Park to take on Cruz Azul.

Format

• The tournament is an official Concacaf competition.
• 18 MLS clubs and 18 Liga MX clubs will participate.
• It's a World Cup-style tournament with a Phase One round of three games followed by knockout rounds.
• The four advancing clubs from the MLS and Liga MX tables of Phase One will be placed in a fixed bracket to compete in the single-game elimination knockout rounds beginning with the quarterfinals, featuring only MLS vs. LIGA MX matchups. The quarterfinal pairings will be decided based on Leagues Cup Phase One performance.

No ties

• There are no ties in Leagues Cup 2025.
  • Each team receives one point if the game is tied after 90 minutes.
  • The winner of the subsequent penalty shootout will earn an additional point.
• Regulation wins count as three points.

Phase One

• Each club will play three games against opponents from the opposite league in Phase One. Performance in the Phase One games will determine advancement to the Kockout Rounds.
• While competing on the field against teams from the opposite league, MLS and Liga MX teams will be competing in a league-specific table against the teams from their own league. Clubs will earn points within their league-specific tables; an MLS club's win earns points in the Leagues Cup MLS table, while a Liga MX win contributes to the Leagues Cup Liga MX table.
• The top four clubs from each Leagues Cup league-specific table advance to the Knockout Rounds and will be placed in a fixed bracket to compete in the single-game elimination matches beginning with the Quarterfinals (four matches). Four MLS clubs and four Liga MX clubs will advance.

Knockout Rounds

• Quarterfinal pairings will be decided based on Leagues Cup Phase One performance with an inverse order of ranking among the respective league tables
  • MLS 1 vs. LIGA MX 4
  • MLS 2 vs. LIGA MX 3
  • MLS 3 vs. LIGA MX 2
  • MLS 4 vs. LIGA MX 1
• The four advancing clubs will compete in the two Semifinal matches, as determined by the bracket.
• The losers of the Semifinals will compete in a Third Place Match
• The winners of the Semifinals will compete in the Leagues Cup Final on Sunday, August 31