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2023 Leagues Cup group stage

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]

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]

1. 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);
2. 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):^[a]
   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

The matches were played on July 21–23, July 25–27, and July 29–31, 2023.

Times are EDT, as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

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

Portland Timbers	2–0	San Jose Earthquakes
Evander 33' Mora 86'	Report

Attendance: 21,137

Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

UANL	2–1	Portland Timbers
Gignac 42' Angulo 80'	Report	Evander 24'

Attendance: 21,755

Referee: Walter López

UANL	1–0	San Jose Earthquakes
Gorriarán 19'	Report

Attendance: 17,449

Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

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

Real Salt Lake	3–0	Seattle Sounders FC
Savarino 48' Arango 51' Rubin 88'	Report

Attendance: 10,507

Referee: Guillermo Pacheco

Monterrey	3–0	Real Salt Lake
Glad 8' (o.g.) Berterame 13', 74'	Report

Attendance: 20,734

Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

Monterrey	4–2	Seattle Sounders FC
Berterame 31', 45+2' (pen.), 63' Cortizo 48'	Report	Lodeiro 2' Morris 6'

Attendance: 33,508

Referee: Bryan López

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			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

Attendance: 17,391

Referee: Fernando Guerrero

LA Galaxy	0–1	León
	Report	Mena 58'

Attendance: 20,776

Referee: Juan Calderón

LA Galaxy	1–2	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Puig 16'	Report	Calegari 81' (o.g.) White 90+1'

Attendance: 14,787

Referee: Walter López

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

Columbus Crew	2–1	St. Louis City SC
Zelarayán 11' Hernández 29' (pen.)	Report	Russell-Rowe 85' (o.g.)

Attendance: 20,533

Referee: Reon Radix

América	4–0	St. Louis City SC
Martín 5' Quiñones 51' Álvarez 54' Zendejas 77'	Report

Attendance: 22,430

Referee: Selvin Brown

América	1–4	Columbus Crew
Álvarez 29'	Report	Hernández 41', 69' (pen.) Ramirez 81' Moreira 90+3'

Attendance: 20,217

Referee: Fernando Guerrero

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			2–3	—	—
3	Puebla	2	0	1	0	1	1	5	−4	2			1–1	0–4	—

Puebla	0–4	Minnesota United FC
	Report	Hlongwane 24', 51' Reynoso 59', 65'

Attendance: 19,609

Referee: Selvin Brown

Minnesota United FC	2–3	Chicago Fire FC
Hlongwane 62', 73'	Report	Shaqiri 69' (pen.) Souquet 79' Kamara 83'

Attendance: 18,419

Referee: Nima Saghafi

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

Attendance: 12,619

Referee: Jesús López Valle

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			—	—	—
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

Attendance: 24,524

Referee: Daniel Quintero Huitrón

Guadalajara	1–3	FC Cincinnati
Briseño 61'	Report	Vázquez 2', 8', 73'

Attendance: 25,143

Referee: Benjamin Pineda

Guadalajara	0–1	Sporting Kansas City
	Report	Russell 27'

Attendance: 20,373

Referee: Lukasz Szpala

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

Nashville SC	2–1	Colorado Rapids
Mukhtar 57' Shaffelburg 65'	Report	Gutman 80'

Attendance: 16,087

Referee: David Gómez

Nashville SC	3–4	Toluca
Zimmerman 3' Picault 37' Haakenson 70'	Report	Ruiz 27', 44' Volpi 45+8' (pen.) Morales 61'

Attendance: 19,817

Referee: Ricardo Montero

Toluca	4–1	Colorado Rapids
Pedro Raul 45' López 76' Angulo 90+3' Huerta 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Rubio 90+1' (pen.)

Attendance: 15,388

Referee: Selvin Brown

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			—	—	—
3	Austin FC	2	0	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0			1–3	1–3	—

Austin FC	1–3	Mazatlán
Fagúndez 65' (pen.)	Report	Colmán 49' Montaño 67' Bello 88'

Attendance: 20,738

Referee: Randy Encarnación Solano

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

Attendance: 958^[7]

Referee: Víctor Alfonso Cáceres Hernández

Austin FC	1–3	Juárez
Finlay 23'	Report	Saucedo 35' A. García 62', 69'

Attendance: 20,738

Referee: Ismael Rosario López

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			—	—	—
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

Attendance: 14,005

Referee: Filip Dujic

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

Attendance: 12,627

Referee: Ismael Cornejo

Santos Laguna	2–3	Orlando City SC
R. López 41' Preciado 58'	Report	McGuire 44' Pereyra 46' Cartagena 90+2'

Attendance: 16,313

Referee: Victor Rivas

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			1–2	—	1–1
3	Atlanta United FC	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1			—	—	—

Cruz Azul	1–2	Inter Miami CF
Antuna 65'	Report	Taylor 44' Messi 90+4'

Attendance: 20,512

Referee: Saíd Martínez

Inter Miami CF	4–0	Atlanta United FC
Messi 8', 22' Taylor 44', 53'	Report

Attendance: 19,758

Referee: Mario Escobar

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

Attendance: 41,108

Referee: Oliver Vergara

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			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

Attendance: 10,425

Referee: Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina

FC Dallas	3–0	Necaxa
Lletget 24' Ansah 62' Ferreira 73'	Report

Attendance: 6,149

Referee: Joseph Dickerson

Necaxa	1–4	Charlotte FC
Poggi 89'	Report	Bronico 6' Świderski 42' Arfield 45+7' Agyemang 87'

Attendance: 29,575

Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

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

Philadelphia Union	3–1	Tijuana
Gazdag 21' (pen.) Carranza 26', 71'	Report	González 46'

Attendance: 17,731

Referee: Oshane Nation

Philadelphia Union	5–1	Querétaro
Gazdag 30', 39' (pen.), 63' (pen.) Harriel 43' McGlynn 89'	Report	Sandoval 84'

Attendance: 17,731

Referee: Daneon Parchment

Tijuana	0–1	Querétaro
	Report	Gularte 45+1'

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Abraham de Jesús Contreras

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			—	—	—
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

Attendance: 19,619

Referee: Keylor Herrera Villalobos

CF Montréal	0–1	D.C. United
	Report	Hurtado 70'

Attendance: 19,619

Referee: Filip Dujic

UNAM	3–0	D.C. United
Huerta 6' Nathan 42' Fernández 52'	Report

Attendance: 14,599

Referee: Oshane Nation

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

New York City FC	0–1	Atlas
	Report	Rocha 7'

Attendance: 22,267

Referee: Bryan López

New York City FC	5–0	Toronto FC
Chanot 30' Bakrar 45' Rodríguez 45+2', 75' Jasson 56'	Report

Attendance: 7,417

Referee: Guillermo Pacheco

Atlas	1–0	Toronto FC
Caicedo 2'	Report

Attendance: 24,633

Referee: Nima Saghafi

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			—	—	—
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

Attendance: 9,139

Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

Atlético San Luis	1–5	New England Revolution
Klimowicz 22'	Report	Vrioni 15', 39', 60' Bou 29' Domínguez 32' (o.g.)

Attendance: 12,327

Referee: Rubiel Vazquez