Leagues Cup 2024 bracket, schedule, standings as Lionel Messi, Inter Miami aim to defend MLS vs Liga MX title | Sporting News (2024)

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami look to defend their Leagues Cup title in 2024 as the competition enters the second year of its existence.

The Leagues Cup debuted in 2023, as both Major League Soccer and Liga MX clubs took a break from domestic league action to contest a knockout competition against one another.

Messi helped the Leagues Cup explode onto the U.S. soccer scene, leading Inter Miami to its first ever trophy as he made his club debut in the competition and pushed the team to silverware in dramatic fashion.

Now, details for the 2024 competition have been released as the two North American leagues have come together to tweak the format and layout of the tournament, hoping to build a response to criticism from last season's inaugural edition.

The Sporting News brings you the groups, fixtures, and schedule for this year's Leagues Cup as 46 clubs hope to dethrone Messi and Inter Miami.

MORE: How does the 2024 Leagues Cup work? A full breakdown of the new format with latest tweaks

TV channel

Streaming

Global

MLS Season Pass

USA

FOX, FS1, TUDN

Fubo USA , MLS Season Pass

Canada

TSN, RDS

Fubo Canada , MLS Season Pass

Apple

YOUR HOME FOR THE LEAGUES CUP

As was the case in 2023, all Leagues Cup matches across the entirety of the tournament will stream on MLS Season Pass for all subscribers across the world.

In the United States, select matches will be broadcast on FOX Sports, while TSN and RDS will have select games for air on TV in Canada. For those games, FOX and FS1 are available to stream on Fubo USA , while TSN and RDS are available to stream on Fubo Canada .

There will also be Spanish-language broadcasts of select matches in the USA, with that channel also available on Fubo .

The 2024 Leagues Cup will proceed largely as it did in its inaugural 2023 season, with a few format tweaks.

As was the case in its first year, all 47 teams from across the United States, Canada, and Mexico (29 from MLS and 18 from Liga MX) will take part in the tournament, first contesting a group stage before a 32-team knockout bracket determines the eventual winner.

The group stage consists of 45 teams, with the previous year's league champions from both leagues — Columbus Crew and Club America — earning a bye to the knockout round. All other clubs were arranged into 15 groups of three by a selection process that included ranking the clubs into three tiers and crafting groups with one club from each tier, with geographical proximity taken into account.

The top two teams in each group will qualify for the knockout round, with all group matches played across 90 minutes. Three points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw, but with one additional quirk: all matches ending in a draw proceed to a penalty shootout, whereby the winner earns an additional point, much like the NHL.

Once the knockout-round bracket is set, play proceeds as usual in single-elimination competition until a winner is crowned, with a spot in next year's CONCACAF Champions Cup on the line.

Round

Dates

Teams

Group Stage

Jul.26-Aug 6

Round of 32

Aug. 7-9

Round of 16

Aug. 12-13

Quarterfinals

Aug. 16-17

Semifinals

Aug. 20-21

3rd Place / Final

Sun, Aug. 25

The group stage of the 2024 Leagues Cup features 15 groups of three teams each, broken apart by East and West, crafted with geographical proximity in mind.

Hosting Rights

Unlike 2023, when group matches were contested in a single location, this year the MLS clubs will nearly all host group matches against Mexican opposition at their own stadiums, which will increase travel significantly for many Liga MX teams who have to travel across the U.S. to face multiple MLS sides.

Matches between two MLS clubs will be hosted by the higher-ranked side. Meanwhile, the four highest-ranked Liga MX clubs will have "hosting privileges," having earned limited travel through specific rounds of play. Those four sides are:

Club

Rank

Venue 1

Venue 2

Thru Round

Club America

Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego, CA)

Monterrey

Q2 Stadium (Austin, TX)

Chivas Guadalajara

Levi's Stadium (Santa Clara, CA)

Dignity Health Sports Park (Carson, CA)

Tigres

Shell Energy (Houston, TX)

NRG Stadium (Houston, TX)

That's fine, until you look a little closer — Monterrey are in a group with Austin FC, whose home stadium is their "host" venue, meaning they're essentially the road team for that game, and same goes for Chivas whose second match against the LA Galaxy will be played at their "host" venue of Dignity Health Sports Park, which is the Galaxy's home stadium.

The lack of travel is nice and all, but they're still basically playing on the road.

East 1 standings

Pos

Team

Pts

W-D-L

NYCFC

0-1-0

Queretaro

FC Cincinnati

0-0-0

East 1 fixtures

Date

Time (ET)

Match

Location

Jul. 28

8 p.m.

NYCFC 0-0 Queretaro NYCFC won 4-3 on pens

Yankee Stadium (New York City, NY)

Aug. 1

FC Cincinnati vs. Queretaro

TQL Stadium (Cincinnati, OH)

Aug. 5

FC Cincinnati vs. NYCFC

East 2 standings

Orlando City

1-0-0

Atletico de San Luis

CF Montreal

0-0-1

East 2fixtures

Jul. 26

Orlando City 4-1 CF Montreal

Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando, FL)

Jul. 30

7 p.m.

CF Montreal vs. Atletico de San Luis

Stade Saputo (Montreal, Canada)

Aug. 4

Orlando City vs. Atletico de San Luis

East 3 standings

Inter Miami

Puebla

East 3fixtures

Jul. 27

Inter Miami 2-0 Puebla

Chase Stadium (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)

Jul. 31

9:30 p.m.

Tigres vs. Puebla

Shell Energy Stadium (Houston, TX)

Aug. 3

Tigres vs. Inter Miami

East 4 standings

Philadelphia Union

Cruz Azul

Charlotte FC

East 4fixtures

Philadelphia 1-0 Charlotte

Subaru Park (Chester, PA)

Charlotte vs. Cruz Azul

Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, NC)

Philadelphia vs. Cruz Azul

East 5 standings

New England Rev.

Nashville SC

Mazatlan

East 5fixtures

New England 1-0 Mazatlan

Gillette Stadium (Foxboro, MA)

9 p.m.

Nashville SC vs. Mazatlan

GEODIS Park (Nashville, TN)

Aug. 6

7:30 p.m.

New England vs. Nashville

East 6 standings

Toronto FC

NY Red Bulls

Pachuca

East 6fixtures

NY Red Bulls 0-0 Toronto FC Toronto FC won 5-4 on pens

Red Bull Arena (Harrison, NJ)

NY Red Bulls vs. Pachuca

Toronto FC vs. Pachuca

BMO Field (Toronto, Canada)

East 7

DC United

Atlanta United

Santos Laguna

East 7fixtures

Atlanta United 3-3 DC United DC United won 6-5 on pens

Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta, GA)

DC United vs. Santos Laguna

Audi Field (Washington, DC)

4 p.m.

Atlanta United vs. Santos Laguna

West 1 standings

Austin FC

Pumas

West 1 fixtures

Pumas 2-3 Austin FC

Monterrey vs. Austin FC

10 p.m.

Monterrey vs. Pumas

West 2 standings

San Jose Earthquakes

LA Galaxy

West 2fixtures

Chivas 1-1 San Jose San Jose won 4-3 on pens

10:30 p.m.

San Jose vs. LA Galaxy

PayPal Park (San Jose, CA)

Chivas vs. LA Galaxy

Dignity Health Sports Park (Santa Clara, CA)

West 3 standings

St. Louis City

Juarez

FC Dallas

West 3fixtures

St. Louis City 2-1 FC Dallas

CITYPARK (St. Louis, MO)

FC Dallas vs. Juarez

Toyota Stadium (Frisco, TX)

St. Louis City vs. Juarez

West 4 standings

Toluca

Sporting KC

Chicago Fire

West 4fixtures

Sporting KC vs. Chicago Fire

Children's Mercy Park (Kansas City, MO)

Chicago Fire vs. Toluca

SeatGeek Stadium (Bridgeview, IL)

Sporting KC vs. Toluca

West 5 standings

Portland Timbers

Colorado Rapids

Club Leon

West 5fixtures

Portland Timbers 1-2 Club Leon

Providence Park (Portland, OR)

Portland Timbers vs. Colorado Rapids

Colorado Rapids vs. Club Leon

Dicks Sporting Goods Park (Commerce City, CO)

West 6 standings

Seattle Sounders

Necaxa

Minnesota United

West 6fixtures

Seattle Sounders 2-0 Minnesota United

Lumen Field (Seattle, WA)

Minnesota United vs. Necaxa

Allianz Field (Saint Paul, MN)

Seattle Sounders vs. Necaxa

West 7 schedule

LAFC

Vancouver Whitecaps

Tijuana

West 7fixtures

11 p.m.

LAFC 3-1 Tijuana

BMO Stadium (Los Angeles, CA)

LAFC vs. Vancouver Whitecaps

Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Tijuana

BC Place (Vancouver, Canada)

West 8 standings

Atlas

Real Salt Lake

Houston Dynamo

West 8fixtures

Houston Dynamo 0-1 Atlas

RSL vs. Atlas

America First Field (Sandy, UT)

Houston Dynamo vs. RSL

One new feature of the 2024 Leagues Cup is the "hub" system to give deserving Liga MX clubs a softer travel burden. The highest-ranking Liga MX clubs in the Leagues Cup tiered system are given "hosting rights" through various stages of the knockout bracket, seeing them designated with a "host city" that allows the club to avoid traveling up to a certain point should they reach deeper into the knockout round.

Club America have "hub" rights through the semifinal, Monterrey have "hub" rights through the Round of 16, Chivas have "hub" rights through the Round of 32, and Tigres have "hub" rights for the group stage. Each club will be designated a city in which they may remain through their maximum stage before having to travel to the home city of a potential MLS opponent.

TBD

M1: Club Americavs. 2nd, West 8

M2: 2nd, West 3 vs. 1st, West 5

M3: 1st, West 4 vs. 1st, West 8

M4: 2nd, West 5 vs. 1st, West 3

M5: 1st, West 2 vs. 2nd, West 6

M6: 2nd, West 1vs. 1st, West 7

M7: 1st, West 6 vs. 2nd, West 2

M8: 2nd, West 7 vs. 1st, West 1

M9: 1st, East 1 vs. 2nd, East 7

M10: 2nd, East 2 vs. 1st, East 4

M11: 1st, East 7 vs. 2nd, East 5

M12: 2nd, East 4 vs. 1st, East 2

M13: 1st, East 3 vs. 2nd, East 6

M14: 2nd, East 1vs. 1st, East 5

M15: 1st, East 6 vs. 2nd, East 3

M16: 2nd, West 4 vs. Columbus Crew

M1: Winner, M1 vs. Winner, M2

M2: Winner, M3vs. Winner, M4

M3: Winner, M5vs. Winner, M6

M4: Winner, M7vs. Winner, M8

M5: Winner, M9vs. Winner, M10

M6: Winner, M11vs. Winner, M12

M7: Winner, M13 vs. Winner, M14

M8: Winner, M15vs. Winner, M16

QF1: Winner, M1 vs. Winner, M2

QF2: Winner, M3vs. Winner, M4

QF3: Winner, M5vs. Winner, M6

QF4: Winner, M7vs. Winner, M8

Aug. 20

SF1: Winner, QF1 vs. Winner, QF2

Aug. 21

SF2: Winner, QF3vs. Winner, QF4

Third Place

Aug. 25

Loser, SF1 vs. Loser, SF2

Final

Winner, SF1 vs. Winner, SF2

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