2024 Leagues Cup

now Chivas Nacos ties the match…
Cowell missed a pk to get Quakes a victory, now he ties to extend and potentially eliminate Quakes..

 

That Chivas attack didn't look dangerous until the ball was in the net.

 

What a tackle from Mozo. Neal would have had an empty net to shoot at.

 

Stoppage time goal wins the group for Necaxa. Seattle still advances.

 

Galaxy maybe being a little too cute with that last corner. Playing it to the top of the box was just poor awareness of how much stoppage time was left.

 

Terrible game from Seattle. Completely imploded after the second goal was called back.

 

Diego Rapinoe with the miss

 

What a day. Two big teams going home from Liga MX and five games to go to decide the final 32. This is Leagues Cup!

 

How about, I don’t know, prize money as a prize? If teams don’t care about the third place match they need to be financially incentivised. This is after all the tournament of financial incentives.

As for the rest of your post… "¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

 

The Euros use head-to-head. This aspect of the format is perfectly valid.

 

In the end only one out of three “hub” teams progressed from the group stage. But as you correctly pointed out, these hub privileges expire for Tigres after the group stage. The only hub aspect left going forward is Club America up until the semis. They are the best bet for the organisers to keep Liga MX alive until the final four.

For many of the others, significant travel is about to happen if it hasn’t already. Pumas UNAM get to travel 3,000 km from Austin to Vancouver.

 

The same for both sides. MLS refs are pretty strict but they're the exception rather than the rule.

But the strict no-nonsense approach leads to consistency, which makes MLS refs the best IMHO.

It always amazes me when people complain about MLS reffing. Do they watch other leagues?

 

May have missed it somewhere in this chain but any info on how they determine hosts in the knockout stages?

 

Leagues Cup ranking

 

The Leagues Cup Ranking Table will be used to determine the Host Club for the Knockout
Stage Matches, including the Final, as follows:
i. If an MLS Club plays another MLS Club, the higher seeded team in the Leagues Cup
Ranking Table will be the Host Club.
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ii. If an MLS Club plays a LIGA MX Club, the MLS Club will be the Host Club, with the
exception of the Tier 1 LIGA MX Clubs (i.e., Club América, CF Monterrey, and Chivas de
Guadalajara) who will have “hub” hosting rights.
iii. If a LIGA MX Club plays another LIGA MX Club, the Organizing Committee will select the
Stadium in its sole discretion.
https://mlssoccer.app.box.com/s/np9w1o6fcqhlqu31th1q4p93ee2tqhx2/file/1598277044619

One other exception:
For the 2024 edition of the Tournament, Columbus Crew (as the MLS Champion) has the right
to host until the Final even if their opposing team is ranked higher, and Club América (as the
LIGA MX Champion) will advance directly to the Round of 32 and will have hub privileges until
Semifinals

 

I am stealing this. Thanks, @JasonMa

 

Cincy is not ahead, by some MIRACLE for NYC!

 

I have no sound for this game.

Good attendance for the circumstances. A dead rubber played on a Monday evening against unattractive opposition.

 

And NYC takes the lead against the run of play.

 

Santi puts NYCFC ahead 1-0.

 

Cincy's 13 year- old academy keeper concedes the first.

 

Good foot save by the 11 year-old keeper.

And another against Man City prospect McFarlane.

 

New York are waltzing through the Cincinnati defense. Only the heroics of the 7 year- old keeper is keeping the score down.

 

0-2 NYC!