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Campeones Cup
Founded2018
RegionNAFU (Canada, Mexico, United States)
Number of teams2
Current champion(s)United States New York City FC
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Mexico UANL
United States Atlanta United FC
United States Columbus Crew
United States New York City FC
(1 title each)
Television broadcastersUnited States
ESPN (English)
Univision (Spanish)
Canada
TLN (English)
TSN (English)
TVA Sports (French)
Mexico
Televisa (Spanish)
TUDN (Spanish)
Websitecampeonescup.com
2022 Campeones Cup

The Campeones Cup is an annual North American association football match contested between the winners of the previous MLS Cup from Major League Soccer and the winners of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX. The competition was established by the two leagues in 2018.

Format

The Campeones Cup is contested by the winner of the MLS Cup, held annually in November or December, to decide the winner of the Major League Soccer season, and the Campeón de Campeones, held annually in July between the winners of the Apertura and Clausura tournaments in Liga MX. If a Liga MX team wins both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, then the team automatically wins the Campeón de Campeones and will also compete in the Campeones Cup. The competition is hosted by the Major League Soccer team, based in either Canada or the United States, at the end of the summer.[1] Its format is similar to that of the J.League Cup / Copa Sudamericana Championship, which is always hosted by the Japanese team.

The two leagues had previously fielded teams in the SuperLiga, which ran from 2007 to 2010, and currently compete in the CONCACAF Champions League.[2] The inter-league partnership was spurred in part by the joint North American bid for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and a desire to improve the level of play in CONCACAF.[3] The inaugural edition was hosted by Toronto FC at BMO Field in Toronto on 19 September 2018 and won by Tigres UANL.[2] Atlanta United FC became the first MLS team to win, after defeating Club América 3–2 in 2019.[4]

The 2020 edition, which would have been hosted by Seattle Sounders FC, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] MLS and Liga MX announced that the game would return in 2021.[6] The return of Campeones Cup ended in a 2-0 Columbus Crew win over Cruz Azul at Lower.com Field in Columbus on 29 September 2021.

Results

Year MLS club Result Liga MX club Venue Attend­ance
2018 Toronto FC 1–3 UANL Canada BMO Field, Toronto, Ontario 14,823
2019 Atlanta United FC 3–2 América United States Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia 40,128
2020 Seattle Sounders FC [a] — United States CenturyLink Field, Seattle, Washington —
2021 Columbus Crew 2–0 Cruz Azul United States Lower.com Field, Columbus, Ohio 18,026
2022 New York City FC 2–0 Atlas United States Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York 24,823
2023 Los Angeles FC – TBD TBA

Performances

By club

As of the 2022 season, a total of eight teams have qualified for the cup. In the table below, teams are ordered first by the number of appearances, then by the number of wins, and finally by alphabetical order. In the "Years of Appearance" column, bold years indicate a winning Campeones Cup appearance.

Club Appearances Wins Losses Years of Appearance
Mexico UANL 1 1 0 2018
United States Atlanta United FC 1 1 0 2019
United States Columbus Crew 1 1 0 2021
United States New York City FC 1 1 0 2022
Canada Toronto FC 1 0 1 2018
Mexico América 1 0 1 2019
Mexico Cruz Azul 1 0 1 2021
Mexico Atlas 1 0 1 2022

By nation

Nation Times won Times runner-up Winning clubs Runners-up
 United States 3 0 Atlanta United FC (1)
Columbus Crew (1)
New York City FC (1)
 Mexico 1 3 UANL (1) América (1)
Cruz Azul (1)
Atlas (1)
 Canada 0 1 Toronto FC (1)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Major League Soccer and Liga MX Fuel Rivalry with New Partnership" (Press release). Major League Soccer. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b Peterson, Anne M. (13 March 2018). "Toronto FC to host first Campeones Cup as MLS, Mexico's Liga MX form partnership". Toronto Star. Associated Press. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. ^ Marshall, Tom (13 March 2018). "Campeones Cup latest venture to unite Liga MX with Major League Soccer". ESPN. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Warshaw: Atlanta United bring the swagger, take home Campeones Cup" (Press release). Major League Soccer. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "MLS All-Star Game, Leagues Cup and Campeones Cup canceled for 2020" (Press release). Major League Soccer. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ "MLS, Liga MX cancel 2020 Campeones Cup, eye 2021 return" (Press release). Campeones Cup. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
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