2021 Leagues Cup Semifinals Set
August 13, 2021 - Major League Soccer (MLS) News Release
NEW YORK CITY AND MEXICO CITY - The semifinals for the 2021 Leagues Cup are set. Seattle Sounders will host Santos Laguna on Tuesday, September 14 at Seattle's Lumen Field, while León and Pumas will compete in the second semifinal matchup on Wednesday, September 15 at BBVA Stadium in Houston. Full schedule is below.
Tickets to the Seattle Sounders vs Santos Laguna match will go on sale to the public starting today, Friday, August 13 at 2:00 p.m. local via Ticketmaster.com. The León-Pumas semifinal match in Houston will go on sale to the public on Thursday, August 19 at 10 a.m. local via Seatgeek.com and BBVAstadium.com. More information, including the Leagues Cup bracket, is available at LeaguesCup.com.
BBVA Stadium in Houston, TX has been selected as the venue for the all-LIGA MX semifinal between León and Pumas on September 15. Kickoff time for this match will be announced when confirmed. This marks the second time that BBVA Stadium was selected as the venue for an all-LIGA MX semifinal in the tournament, after hosting a sellout Leagues Cup semifinal between Club América and Tigres in 2019, the inaugural year of the event. The Leagues Cup Final is scheduled for September 22 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.
Leagues Cup, the official annual single-elimination tournament featuring Major League Soccer and LIGA MX clubs, kicked off five weeks of MLS vs. LIGA MX matchups in August and September, including the MLS All-Star Game presented by Target on August 25 and rounding out with Campeones Cup the last week of September.
The tournament kicked off this week with quarterfinal matches, including resounding wins by Seattle Sounders and Leon, a Pumas win decided by kicks from the penalty mark and a 1-0 win by Santos Laguna in Orlando.
Beyond the rivalry, Leagues Cup has taken on an increased focus for both MLS and LIGA MX clubs. Concacaf recently announced that Leagues Cup will have a qualifying slot to the Concacaf Champions League, starting with the new format in 2023, positioning Leagues Cup as an important part of the North American soccer landscape.
Leagues Cup, sponsored by BODYARMOR, GEICO, MGM Resorts International and Procter & Gamble, will be broadcast on Univision and ESPN networks and digital platforms in the United States, TSN and TVA Sports in Canada, and Televisa and TUDN platforms in Mexico.
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Leagues Cup™ 2021 Schedule
All Times Eastern / * Subject to change
Quarterfinal Results
Tuesday, August 10
QF4: Sporting Kansas City 1, Club León 6
QF3: Seattle Sounders FC 3, Tigres UANL 0
Wednesday, August 11
QF2: New York City FC 1 (2), Pumas 1 (3)
Thursday, August 12
QF1: Orlando City SC 0, Santos Laguna 1
Semifinals
Tuesday, September 14
Seattle Sounders vs. Santos Laguna (Lumen Field - Seattle, WA), 10:00 p.m. (TUDN, ESPN2)
Wednesday, September 15
León vs. Pumas (BBVA Stadium - Houston, TX), Time TBD (TUDN, ESPN+)
Final
September 22
Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2 (Allegiant Stadium - Las Vegas, NV), 10:00 p.m. ET (ESPN2, UniMás, TUDN)
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