2025 Leagues Cup

The 2025 Leagues Cup is the fifth edition of the Leagues Cup, an international club soccer tournament contested by Major League Soccer (MLS) and Liga MX clubs in North America. It will be held from July 29 to August 31, 2025, and feature 36 teams. Unlike the previous editions, only the top 18 MLS teams from the 2024 season qualified for the tournament. All 18 Liga MX clubs will participate.

2025 Leagues Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	Canada United States
Dates	July 29 – August 31
Teams	36 (from 3 associations)
Venue(s)	TBD
Tournament statistics
Matches played	54
Goals scored	182 (3.37 per match)
Attendance	877,031 (16,241 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ángel Correa Paulinho (4 goals each)
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of August 6, 2025.

Format

The tournament will consist of a group stage, known as "Phase One", and a knockout phase. During phase one, teams will play three games against teams in the other league (i.e., all games will be MLS vs Liga MX).^[1] The top four teams from each league will advance to the knockout stage which will consist of the quarterfinals, semifinals and a final. Like previous editions of the Leagues Cup the top three clubs will qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup.^[2]

In Phase One, teams earn three points for a win in regulation, two points for a win in a penalty shootout, or one point for a loss in a penalty shootout.^[3] In the event two or more teams end the group stage tied on points, these tiebreakers in order are used for ranking:^[4]

1. Greater number of wins in regular time.
2. Greater goal difference.
3. Greater number of goals scored.
4. Fewer number of goals conceded.
5. Fewer points in the team’s Fair Play Table.
6. A draw organized by the Organizing Committee.

Teams

Thirty-six teams will participate in the Leagues Cup including all 18 Liga MX teams and 18 out of 30 MLS teams.^[5] The 18 MLS teams qualified for Leagues Cup by reaching the 2024 MLS Cup playoffs, with one exception. San Diego FC replaced Vancouver Whitecaps FC, who will not participate because they will compete in two other cup competitions in 2025.^[2]

Draw

To determine matchups, all teams were placed into a combined ranking that used the 2024 Supporters' Shield table for MLS teams and the most recent 34 matches in the 2024 Clausura and Apertura seasons for Liga MX teams. These teams were then divided into an East region and a West region based on geographical and performance criteria. Within each region, teams were assigned to tiers based on the combined ranking with the restriction that each tier includes three teams from each league.

Eastern clubs

Rank	Tier	Team	League
2	Tier 1	Inter Miami CF	MLS
3	Tier 1	Toluca	Liga MX
4	Tier 1	Columbus Crew	MLS
8	Tier 1	Monterrey	Liga MX
11	Tier 1	FC Cincinnati	MLS
12	Tier 1	UNAM	Liga MX
14	Tier 2	Guadalajara	Liga MX
16	Tier 2	Orlando City SC	MLS
18	Tier 2	Charlotte FC	MLS
19	Tier 2	New York City FC	MLS
27	Tier 2	León	Liga MX
28	Tier 2	Necaxa	Liga MX
22	Tier 3	New York Red Bulls	MLS
25	Tier 3	CF Montréal	MLS
29	Tier 3	Atlanta United FC	MLS
30	Tier 3	Atlas	Liga MX
32	Tier 3	Juárez	Liga MX
35	Tier 3	Puebla	Liga MX

Western clubs

Rank	Tier	Team	League
1	Tier 1	Cruz Azul	Liga MX
5	Tier 1	UANL	Liga MX
6	Tier 1	Los Angeles FC	MLS
7	Tier 1	LA Galaxy	MLS
9	Tier 1	América	Liga MX
10	Tier 1	Real Salt Lake	MLS
13	Tier 2	Seattle Sounders FC	MLS
15	Tier 2	Houston Dynamo FC	MLS
17	Tier 2	Minnesota United FC	MLS
23	Tier 2	Atlético San Luis	Liga MX
24	Tier 2	Tijuana	Liga MX
26	Tier 2	Pachuca	Liga MX
20	Tier 3	Colorado Rapids	MLS
21	Tier 3	Portland Timbers	MLS
31	Tier 3	Querétaro	Liga MX
33	Tier 3	Mazatlán	Liga MX
34	Tier 3	Santos Laguna	Liga MX
36	Tier 3	San Diego FC	MLS

Sets

Finally, six "sets" were formed by drawing one team per league from each of the three tiers of a region. Teams will play three matches against teams from their set who are not from their league.^[2]

Eastern 1

Tier	Team	League
1	Toluca	Liga MX
1	Columbus Crew	MLS
2	New York City FC	MLS
2	León	Liga MX
3	CF Montréal	MLS
3	Puebla	Liga MX

Eastern 2

Tier	Team	League
1	Inter Miami CF	MLS
1	UNAM	Liga MX
2	Orlando City SC	MLS
2	Necaxa	Liga MX
3	Atlanta United FC	MLS
3	Atlas	Liga MX

Eastern 3

Tier	Team	League
1	Monterrey	Liga MX
1	FC Cincinnati	MLS
2	Guadalajara	Liga MX
2	Charlotte FC	MLS
3	New York Red Bulls	MLS
3	Juárez	Liga MX

Western 1

Tier	Team	League
1	UANL	Liga MX
1	Los Angeles FC	MLS
2	Houston Dynamo FC	MLS
2	Pachuca	Liga MX
3	Mazatlán	Liga MX
3	San Diego FC	MLS

Western 2

Tier	Team	League
1	América	Liga MX
1	Real Salt Lake	MLS
2	Minnesota United FC	MLS
2	Atlético San Luis	Liga MX
3	Portland Timbers	MLS
3	Querétaro	Liga MX

Western 3

Tier	Team	League
1	Cruz Azul	Liga MX
1	LA Galaxy	MLS
2	Seattle Sounders FC	MLS
2	Tijuana	Liga MX
3	Colorado Rapids	MLS
3	Santos Laguna	Liga MX

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.^[6]

Schedule for 2025 Leagues Cup

Phase	Round	Date
League stage	Matchday 1	July 29–31
	Matchday 2	August 1–3
	Matchday 3	August 5–7
Knockout stage	Quarterfinals	August 20
	Semifinals	August 26–27
	Third place play-off	August 31
	Final

League phase

Main article: 2025 Leagues Cup league phase

Table

Liga MX

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Toluca	3	2	1	0	0	6	4	+2	8	Advance to knockout stage
2	Pachuca	3	2	0	1	0	6	4	+2	7
3	UANL	3	2	0	0	1	7	4	+3	6
4	Puebla	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6
5	Juárez	3	1	1	1	0	7	4	+3	6
6	Guadalajara	3	1	1	0	1	4	4	0	5
7	Mazatlán	3	1	1	0	1	3	3	0	5
8	UNAM	3	1	1	0	1	5	6	−1	5
9	Atlético San Luis	3	1	1	0	1	4	6	−2	5
10	América	3	0	2	1	0	6	6	0	5
11	Necaxa	3	1	0	1	1	6	8	−2	4
12	Cruz Azul	3	0	2	0	1	3	10	−7	4
13	Tijuana	3	1	0	0	2	5	8	−3	3
14	Monterrey	3	0	1	0	2	3	6	−3	2
15	León	3	0	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
16	Querétaro	3	0	0	0	3	1	6	−5	0
17	Atlas	3	0	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0
18	Santos Laguna	3	0	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: Leagues Cup

See above for tie-breaking criteria.

Major League Soccer

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Seattle Sounders FC	3	3	0	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Inter Miami CF	3	2	1	0	0	7	4	+3	8
3	LA Galaxy	3	2	0	1	0	10	3	+7	7
4	Orlando City SC	3	2	0	1	0	9	3	+6	7
5	Portland Timbers	3	2	0	1	0	6	1	+5	7
6	Columbus Crew	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7
7	Real Salt Lake	3	1	1	1	0	5	4	+1	6
8	Los Angeles FC	3	1	1	1	0	4	3	+1	6
9	New York Red Bulls	3	1	1	1	0	3	2	+1	6
10	Minnesota United FC	3	1	0	1	1	7	6	+1	4
11	FC Cincinnati	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4
12	Colorado Rapids	3	1	0	1	1	5	5	0	4
13	Charlotte FC	3	1	0	1	1	5	6	−1	4
14	Atlanta United FC	3	1	0	0	2	7	7	0	3
15	San Diego FC	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
16	New York City FC	3	1	0	0	2	3	5	−2	3
17	CF Montréal	3	0	1	0	2	3	5	−2	2
18	Houston Dynamo FC	3	0	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: Leagues Cup

See above for tie-breaking criteria.

Results

Matchday 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Toluca	2–2 (4–2 p)	Columbus Crew
UANL	4–1	Houston Dynamo FC
Los Angeles FC	1–1 (10–11 p)	Mazatlán
CF Montréal	1–1 (7–6 p)	León
New York City FC	0–3	Puebla
Pachuca	3–2	San Diego FC
Necaxa	3–1	Atlanta United FC
Inter Miami CF	2–1	Atlas
Minnesota United FC	4–1	Querétaro
UNAM	1–1 (4–3 p)	Orlando City SC
Portland Timbers	4–0	Atlético San Luis
América	2–2 (1–3 p)	Real Salt Lake
Monterrey	2–3	FC Cincinnati
Charlotte FC	1–4	Juárez
Colorado Rapids	2–1	Santos Laguna
LA Galaxy	5–2	Tijuana
Guadalajara	0–1	New York Red Bulls
Cruz Azul	0–7	Seattle Sounders FC

Matchday 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Columbus Crew	3–1	Puebla
Houston Dynamo FC	0–2	Mazatlán
Los Angeles FC	1–1 (4–2 p)	Pachuca
Toluca	2–1	CF Montréal
New York City FC	2–0	León
UANL	2–1	San Diego FC
UNAM	3–2	Atlanta United FC
Inter Miami CF	2–2 (5–4 p)	Necaxa
América	3–3 (8–7 p)	Minnesota United FC
Orlando City SC	3–1	Atlas
Portland Timbers	1–0	Querétaro
Real Salt Lake	2–2 (1–4 p)	Atlético San Luis
FC Cincinnati	2–2 (3–4 p)	Juárez
Guadalajara	2–2 (4–2 p)	Charlotte FC
Colorado Rapids	1–2	Tijuana
LA Galaxy	1–1 (7–8 p)	Cruz Azul
Monterrey	1–1 (5–3 p)	New York Red Bulls
Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Santos Laguna

Matchday 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Columbus Crew	1–0	León
Houston Dynamo FC	1–2	Pachuca
UANL	1–2	Los Angeles FC
CF Montréal	1–2	Puebla
Toluca	2–1	New York City FC
Mazatlán	0–2	San Diego FC
Atlanta United FC	4–1	Atlas
Inter Miami CF	3–1	UNAM
Minnesota United FC	0–2	Atlético San Luis
Orlando City SC	5–1	Necaxa
América	1–1 (5–3 p)	Portland Timbers
Real Salt Lake	1–0	Querétaro
Seattle Sounders FC	2–1	Tijuana
FC Cincinnati	1–2	Guadalajara
Monterrey	0–2	Charlotte FC
Cruz Azul	2–2 (5–4 p)	Colorado Rapids
LA Galaxy	4–0	Santos Laguna
New York Red Bulls	1–1 (5–3 p)	Juárez

Knockout stage

Main article: 2025 Leagues Cup knockout stage

The quarterfinal pairings will be determined as follows:^[2]

• MLS 1 vs. Liga MX 4
• MLS 2 vs. Liga MX 3
• MLS 3 vs. Liga MX 2
• MLS 4 vs. Liga MX 1

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals[broken anchor]				Final[broken anchor]
	August 20 – Seattle
	Seattle Sounders FC
					August 26/27 –
	Puebla
	August 20 – Carson
	LA Galaxy
									August 31 –
	Pachuca
	August 20 – Carson
	Toluca
					August 26/27 –
	Orlando City SC
	August 20 – Fort Lauderdale
									Third place playoff[broken anchor]
	Inter Miami CF
									August 31 –
	UANL

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Inter Miami CF	Aug 20	UANL
Toluca	Aug 20	Orlando City SC
Seattle Sounders FC	Aug 20	Puebla
LA Galaxy	Aug 20	Pachuca

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played August 7, 2025^[7]

Note: Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs are not counted towards players' goal counts or to match goal counts.

  Team eliminated for this round.

  Player was inactive for this round.

Rank	Player	Team	MD1	MD2	MD3	QF	SF	3rd	F	Total
1	Ángel Correa	UANL	2	2						4
	Paulinho	Toluca	2	1	1
3	Tomás Badaloni	Necaxa	2	1						3
	Adalberto Carrasquilla	UNAM	1	2
	David Martínez	Los Angeles FC	1		2
	Luis Muriel	Orlando City SC			3
	Braian Ojeda	Real Salt Lake		2	1
	Martín Ojeda	Orlando City SC		1	2
	Joseph Paintsil	LA Galaxy	2		1
	Rafael Navarro	Colorado Rapids	2		1