Club América's Leagues Cup fixtures revealed | OneFootball

We are exactly one week away from the start of the third edition of the Leagues Cup, the tournament that pits Liga MX teams against MLS sides.

Club América will face San Diego FC, Austin FC, and the Portland Timbers in the first phase of the Leagues Cup, with one of these matches being played in Mexico for the first time.

More specifically, the match against San Diego will be played at Estadio Azteca (now Banorte), one of the four matches that will be held in Mexico for this edition of the Leagues Cup.

This is how América’s schedule was set:

The qualification system.

The teams that qualify for the next round will also be determined in the same way as last year’s tournament, with two separate tables: one for Liga MX and the other for MLS.

While competing on the field against teams from the other league, MLS and Liga MX clubs will compete in a specific Leagues Cup table against teams from their own league. For example, a win by an MLS club awards points in the MLS Leagues Cup standings, while a LIGA MX win contributes to the LIGA MX Leagues Cup standings.

The top four (4) clubs from each specific Leagues Cup table advance to the quarterfinals. The tables were designed to ensure more direct matchups between the leagues through the quarterfinals.

Draws have also been eliminated, so if a match ends level, each team will receive one point, but there will be a penalty shootout to determine a winner, and the club that wins will receive an extra point.

Single-elimination stage.

The top-ranked team in the Liga MX table will face the lowest-ranked team in the MLS table (1st vs 4th), and vice versa with the top team in the MLS table.

Starting with the quarterfinals, matches will be played as single-elimination games, and in the event of a tie, there will be a penalty shootout to determine who advances to the next round.

As in the previous two editions, the Leagues Cup champion will earn a direct berth in the Round of 16 of the 2027 Concacaf W Champions Cup, while the second- and third-place finishers will go to the first round of the competition.

Leagues Cup champions.

So far, no Mexican club has been able to win the competition, with all three champions coming from MLS.

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