2023_Leagues_Cup_group_stage

2023 Leagues Cup group stage

Soccer tournament in North America

The 2023 Leagues Cup group stage was played from July 21 to 31, 2023. A total of 45 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 30 of the 32 places in the knockout stage of the 2023 Leagues Cup.^[1]

Format

In each of the 15 groups, teams played against each other in a round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the round of 32.^[2]

Besides the teams receiving byes, the top 15 remaining teams from each league were placed into groups in reverse order (for example, the 2nd-ranked MLS club was drawn against the 16th-ranked Liga MX club). The remaining teams (13 MLS and 2 Liga MX) were drawn into groups and divided into geographical regions.^[3]

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win in regulation, 2 points for a win in a penalty shoot-out, 1 point for a loss in a penalty shoot-out, 0 points for a loss in regulation).^[2] If, at the end of the group stage, two or more clubs were tied in points, their positions in the table were determined according to a set of tie-breaking criteria.^[4]

In case only two teams were tied on points, the direct head-to-head match result between the tied clubs determined the ranking (for clarity, a victory on penalties was considered a win for purposes of this tiebreaker);
In case three teams were tied on points, the following criteria would apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remained tied, their head-to-head match result would determine their ranking):^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1. Direct head-to-head match result between the tied clubs (for clarity, a victory on penalties was considered a win for purposes of this tiebreaker);
2. Better overall goal differential between goals scored and goals conceded during the group stage;
3. Greater number of goals scored during the group stage;
4. Fewer number of goals conceded during the group stage;
5. Clubs' fair-play table
  - First yellow card: –1 point
  - Second yellow card (indirect red card): –3 points (The first yellow card would not be considered)
  - Direct red card: –3 points
  - Yellow card followed by a direct red card: –4 points;
6. A draw organized by the organizing committee.

Notes

When there were two or more teams tied in points, criteria 1–6 were applied. After these criteria were applied, they may have defined the position of some of the teams involved, but not all of them. For example, if there was a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria may only have broken the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams to still be tied. In this case, the result between the remaining two teams would break the tie.

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[5] When there were two or more teams tied in points, criteria 1–6 were applied. After these criteria were applied, they may have defined the position of some of the teams involved, but not all of them. For example, if there was a three-way tie on points, the application of the first three criteria may only have broken the tie for one of the teams, leaving the other two teams to still be tied. In this case, the result between the remaining two teams would break the tie.

[West_3-7] [N 1]
The match between the LA Galaxy and León was originally scheduled for July 25 but was delayed by a day due to a mechanical problem with León's charter plane. As a result the match between the LA Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC on July 29 was also rescheduled to July 30.^[5]

[Guadalajara_v_FC_Cincinnati-9] [N 2]
The match between FC Cincinnati and Guadalajara was suspended in the 60th minute due to inclement weather and resumed on July 28 at 14:00 EDT, with Cincinnati leading 2–0.^[6]

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[SI-Format-2] [2]
Straus, Brian (October 6, 2022). "How MLS, Liga MX's Leagues Cup Competition Will Work". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[MLS-Format-3] [3]
"Leagues Cup 2023 dates and structure announced". Major League Soccer. October 6, 2022. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[4] [4]
"Leagues Cup 2023 Tournament Regulations". Leagues Cup. p. 13. Retrieved July 16, 2023.

[6] [5]
"Vancouver Whitecaps, Los Angeles Galaxy Leagues Cup match rescheduled to Sunday". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. July 25, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023.

[CIN-CHV-8] [6]
"Chivas Guadalajara vs. FC Cincinnati Leagues Cup match postponed due to inclement weather". Major League Soccer. July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 28, 2023.

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"Mazatlán vs Juárez draws worst attendance figures in the Leagues Cup". Diario AS. July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	UAN	POR	SJE
1	UANL	2	2	0	3	1	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	1–0
2	Portland Timbers	2	1	1	3	2	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	2–0
3	San Jose Earthquakes	2	0	2	0	3	−3	0		—	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MON	RSL	SEA
1	Monterrey	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	4–2
2	Real Salt Lake	2	1	1	3	3	0	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	3–0
3	Seattle Sounders FC	2	0	2	2	7	−5	0		—	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LEO	VAN	LAX
1	León	2	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	2–2	—	—
3	LA Galaxy	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0		0–1	1–2	—

León	2–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Moreno 23' Hernández 77'	Report	Córdova 44', 57'
Penalties
Frías Ramírez Hernández Sánchez Rubio O. Rodríguez Tesillo Ambríz Romero Barreiro Cota Frías Hernández Romero Tesillo Rubio Ramírez O. Rodríguez Sánchez	16–15	Gauld Caicedo Cubas Martins White Blackmon Veselinović Laborda Becher Teibert Takaoka Gauld Caicedo White Veselinović Blackmon Becher Cubas Martins

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CLB	CAM	STL
1	Columbus Crew	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	2–1
2	América	2	1	1	5	4	+1	3	Advance to knockout stage	1–4	—	4–0
3	St. Louis City SC	2	0	2	1	6	−5	0		—	—	—

2023_Leagues_Cup_group_stage

2023 Leagues Cup group stage

Format

Groups

West 1

West 2

West 3

Central 1

Central 2

Central 3

Central 4

South 1

South 2

South 3

South 4

East 1

East 2

East 3

East 4

Notes

References

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CHI	MIN	PUE
1	Chicago Fire FC	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
2	Minnesota United FC	2	1	0	0	1	6	3	+3	3	Advance to knockout stage	2–3	—	—
3	Puebla	2	0	1	0	1	1	5	−4	2		1–1	0–4	—

Puebla	1–1	Chicago Fire FC
Angulo 74'	Report	Shaqiri 79'
Penalties
Mancuello Álvarez Barragán Ferrareis Angulo Silva Velasco Olmedo González Rodríguez Mancuello	10–9	Czichos Shaqiri Gutiérrez Przybyłko Pineda Aceves Torres Doumbia Terán Brady Czichos

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CIN	SKC	GUA
1	FC Cincinnati	2	1	1	0	0	6	4	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–3	—
2	Sporting Kansas City	2	1	0	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	Guadalajara	2	0	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0		1–3	0–1	—

FC Cincinnati	3–3	Sporting Kansas City
Pulskamp 34' (o.g.) Vázquez 56' Acosta 90+8' (pen.)	Report	Hagglund 9' (o.g.) Rosero 12' Kinda 69' (pen.)
Penalties
Acosta Vázquez Kubo Miazga	4–2	Thommy Shelton Walter Fontàs

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TOL	NAS	COL
1	Toluca	2	2	0	8	4	+4	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	4–1
2	Nashville SC	2	1	1	5	5	0	3	Advance to knockout stage	3–4	—	2–1
3	Colorado Rapids	2	0	2	2	6	−4	0		—	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MAZ	JUA	AUS
1	Mazatlán	2	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	—
2	Juárez	2	1	0	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	Austin FC	2	0	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0		1–3	1–3	—

Mazatlán	1–1	Juárez
Loba 49'	Report	Intriago 25' (o.g.)
Penalties
Montaño Amarilla Almada Intriago	4–2	Ortega Urzi Osuna Nevárez

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ORL	HOU	SAN
1	Orlando City SC	2	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	1–1	—
2	Houston Dynamo FC	2	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	Santos Laguna	2	0	0	1	1	4	5	−1	1		2–3	2–2	—

Orlando City SC	1–1	Houston Dynamo FC
McGuire 46'	Report	Bassi 45+5' (pen.)
Penalties
Kara Santos Jansson Carlos Torres	5–4	Herrera Úlfarsson Carrasquilla Dorsey Smith

Santos Laguna	2–2	Houston Dynamo FC
Preciado 45', 62' (pen.)	Report	Baird 14' Dorsey 26'
Penalties
Brunetta Preciado Dória Torres R. López	4–5	Bassi Úlfarsson Franco Smith Caicedo

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MIA	CAZ	ATL
1	Inter Miami CF	2	2	0	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	4–0
2	Cruz Azul	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	1–1
3	Atlanta United FC	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1		—	—	—

Cruz Azul	1–1	Atlanta United FC
Moisés 20'	Report	Almada 75'
Penalties
Salcedo Rivero Tabó Rotondi Antuna Lotti	5–4	Lennon Muyumba Berry Almada Giakoumakis Purata

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CLT	DAL	NEC
1	Charlotte FC	2	1	1	0	0	6	3	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
2	FC Dallas	2	1	0	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage	2–2	—	3–0
3	Necaxa	2	0	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0		1–4	—	—

FC Dallas	2–2	Charlotte FC
Kamungo 45' Lletget 75'	Report	Świderski 61' (pen.) Bender 90+7'
Penalties
Lletget Farfan Ferreira	1–4	Świderski Bender Cambridge Agyemang

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PHI	QFC	TIJ
1	Philadelphia Union	2	2	0	8	2	+6	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	5–1	3–1
2	Querétaro	2	1	1	2	5	−3	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	Tijuana	2	0	2	1	4	−3	0		—	0–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	UNM	DCU	MTL
1	UNAM	2	1	0	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	3–0	—
2	D.C. United	2	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	3	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	CF Montréal	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2		2–2	0–1	—

CF Montréal	2–2	UNAM
Duke 23' Choinière 43'	Report	Fernández 88' Montejano 90+1'
Penalties
Camacho Choinière Corbo Lappalainen	4–2	Aldrete Fernández Huerta Ruvalcaba

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ATL	NYC	TOR
1	Atlas	2	2	0	2	0	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	1–0
2	New York City FC	2	1	1	5	1	+4	3	Advance to knockout stage	0–1	—	5–0
3	Toronto FC	2	0	2	0	6	−6	0		—	—	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	NYR	NER	ASL
1	New York Red Bulls	2	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–0	2–1
2	New England Revolution	2	1	0	1	0	5	1	+4	4	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
3	Atlético San Luis	2	0	0	0	2	2	7	−5	0		—	1–5	—

New York Red Bulls	0–0	New England Revolution
	Report
Penalties
Manoel Edelman Vanzeir S. Nealis Tolkin	4–2	C. Gil Bou Jones Vrioni