https://www.leaguescup.com/news/leagues-cup-announces-broadcast-lineup-for-2026-tournament New for 2026, Imagen Televisión joins Leagues Cup's broadcast lineup in Mexico, carrying 12 Phase One matches, while TelevisaUnivision networks will broadcast three Phase One matches. . Looks like Liga MX is starting to grab some media revenue from Mexico finally.
Absolutely and with the change of season next year this should make the tournament more fair for both leagues. Eventually they need more games in Mexico but this is a good start. . Just a guess but I would imagine LC and US Open Cup with MLS teams entering will be played about the same time in the calendar in the future. Otherwise I'm not sure how MLS teams can fit the games in the schedule?
Are they in surviving mode or thriving? I believe that some of the MLS Sponsors like Walmart are partners thanks to Leagues Cup.
They've been in thriving mode since day one. The total estimated commercial revenue for the combined MLS and Liga MX tournament was roughly $150 million to $160 million. This figure was driven largely by corporate sponsorships, broadcasting rights through the MLS Season Pass on Apple TV, and in-person matchday ticket sales. Sponsorship Revenue: Corporate sponsorship revenue saw a 13% increase year-over-year, pushing past $120 million due to new partnerships like Walmart. . The world's largest prediction market signed a multi-year deal with Soccer United Marketing (the commercial arm of MLS) to become the Official Prediction Market Partner of the Leagues Cup in the United States. The partnership aims to integrate real-time fan sentiment and prediction-based data into the live match experience. They've also retained all these partners as well. https://www.leaguescup.com/partners/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/fi...&cvpid=aedb8b0b01234e0de705e46db8676f39&ei=94 Looks like the merger of MLS and Liga MX are happening in ways the rest of the world can't just understand.
The rivalries return. The stakes continue to rise. Leagues Cup is back, and once again, the best of @MLS and @LigaBBVAMX meet on the field. See you on gameday. pic.twitter.com/zlm4sJxyGI— Don Garber (@thesoccerdon) July 21, 2026
I think this year Liga MX is going to take it. If not win it, they'll at least place in 2nd and/or 3rd. This time both leagues are coming into an even playing field. And no, I'm not talking about the traveling and players not spending the night at the movies with their families after the game. I'm talking about that both leagues are coming off from a long break and both are restarting at the same time. That's different from before where MLS was coming into Leagues Cup in mid season form and had a huge advantage. The same advantage Liga MX had for years in the CCC prior to the new change where MLS was coming off a 2+ month break.
And suddenly, Liga MX fans care more about the tournament and MLS fans demand more spending on the roster. That wouldn't be a horrible outcome for both leagues.
It's still hard to win the number of consecutive road games that a Liga MX team needs to win the whole thing.
Are you talking atmosphere in stadium or travel? if it's atmosphere, I'm skeptical about that but traveling is a fair point.
Will the all star game be on turf? It is MLS vs Liga MX in Charlotte. I know it’s not leagues cup but it’s close.
Not Leagues Cup but 11 players from Liga MX won't be attending the All Star game. Just get rid of this game already. I much prefer each MLS team have some type of friendly in their own stadium against some European team in preseason tour here in the US.
Are you ready for some Soccer vs Futbol, who is Excited for this years tournament with some changes in the format with some games in Mexico, I expect better average attendance than last year
Still hate this tourney. And we won it in 2024. Total money grab and unneeded fixture congestor. Get rid of it. Take the two weeks and move out of February. Make everyone play USOC.
I preferred the initial structure and concept of the full blown Leagues Cup but it’s still more interesting than the Open Cup to me.
There was already a thread for this: https://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/2026-mls-liga-mx-leagues-cup.2137866/ It's literally still on this front page too.
Remind me again why the whole league is shutting down for a weekend in a season where we took two months off so that 40% of the league can...not play any games?