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BBVA Stadium to Host 2021 Leagues Cup Semifinal Featuring León v Pumas September 15

August 13, 2021 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Houston Dynamo FC News Release


HOUSTON - Houston's BBVA Stadium will play host to a semifinal matchup in the 2021 Leagues Cup featuring LIGA MX powers UNAM Pumas and León on Wednesday, September 15, Major League Soccer and LIGA MX announced this morning.

The León-Pumas semifinal match will go on sale to the public on Thursday, August 19 at 10 a.m. local via Seatgeek.com and BBVAstadium.com. The other semifinal will feature Seattle Sounders SC of Major League Soccer playing host to Santos Laguna of LIGA MX on Tuesday, September 14. More information, including the Leagues Cup bracket, is available at LeaguesCup.com.

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, UniMas, TUDN)

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