2026 Leagues Cup: It's Toluca vs. Monterrey For The Crown

 The semifinal round of the 2026 Leagues Cup was played with two games on Wednesday.


At Shell Energy Stadium, Houston:


Federico Pereira (41') and Federico Vinas (69') each tallied once as Club Toluca blanked Club Leon 2-0.


At Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California:


After a 2-2 regulation draw, and with overtime disposed of, Luca Orellano, Diego Rossi (who had scored in the 49th minute in regulation), Victor Guzman, Jesus Corona, and Hugo Cuypers all converted their spot kicks as CF Monterrey defeated Club America 5-4 in the penalty-kick shootout.


This coming Sunday, at Houston's Shell Energy Stadium, Club Leon will take on Club America in the third-place match with the winner advancing to the 2027 CONCACAF Champions Cup (3:30 PM Pacific Time on Apple TV).


The Championship Match, with Club Toluca battling CF Monterrey, with both Liga MX Clubs having assured of berths in next year's CONCACAF Champions Cup, will take place also at Shell Energy Stadium, starting at 6:15 PM Pacific Time on Sunday (Apple TV, Univision, Telemundo Deportes).

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

MLS Cup Playoffs: Loons, Cincy, SDFC (Who Oust Timbers) Advance To Conference Semis

  Major League Soccer's Cup Playoffs continued with three games contested over the weekend. SATURDAY'S GAMES: EASTERN CONFERENCE: At TQL Stadium, Cincinnati: Brenner Sousa de Silva scored twice (67', 86') as FC Cincinnati came from behind to upend the visiting Columbus Crew 2-1 and win their best-of-three conference quarterfinal series two games to one. WESTERN CONFERENCE: At Allianz Field, St. Paul, Minnesota: After a 3-3 regulation draw, and with overtime dispensed with, Nectarios Triantis, Owen Gene, Morris Duggan, Michael Boxall, Carlos Harvey, Bongi Hlongwane, and Dane St. Clair converted their spot kicks as Minnesota United outlasted the visiting Seattle Sounders 7-6 in the penalty-kick shootout and won their conference quarterfinal series, two games to one. SUNDAY'S GAME: At Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego: Anders Dreyer (5', 79') and Amahl Pellegrino (17', 53') each scored twice (one goal in each half) as San Diego FC belted the visiting Por...
Read more