Club América's Leagues Cup 2026 schedule | OneFootball

We are exactly two months 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, and for the first time, one of these matches will be played in Mexico.

More specifically, the match against San Diego will be played at the Estadio Azteca (now Banorte), making it 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 advance to the next round will also be determined in the same way as last tournament, with two separate tables: one for Liga MX and one 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 table, while a Liga MX win contributes to the Liga MX Leagues Cup table.

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

Starting from the quarterfinals, matches will be played as single games, and in the event of a draw, there will be a penalty shootout to determine which team advances to the next round.

Just like 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 second and third place 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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