Seattle Sounders-Puebla, Inter Miami-tigres UANL, Toluca-Orendo City and Pachuca-La Galaxy They will be the quarter -final crosses of the Leagues Cup. The third edition of this tournament on Thursday completed its first round after brand new format this year with the 18 teams of the MX League and with the 18 best sets of the MLS in 2024 (with the exception of San Diego instead of the Vancouver Whitecaps).
All the games of this first round had a MLS team and another from the MX League. The four best of each of the two competitions were classified. In this way, Inter Miami, which at the moment cannot count on Lionel Messi due to a muscle injury, ended second in the MLS table with 8 points. His rival in the quarter will be the UANL Tigers, which was third in the classification of the MX League with 6 points. Inter Miami has just signed a Rodrigo de Paul who will meet a former partner at Atlético de Madrid as his compatriot Ángel Correa, who has just landed in the MX League.
For its part, the galaxy has found an oasis in the Leagues Cup in the middle of a disastrous season. The most laureate team in the history of the MLS and in force champion of the MLS Cup is a west colist with 16 points and only three wins in 24 games. But in the Leagues Cup, the Angelino team has stood out until qualifying as third of the MLS with 7 points after crushing this Thursday by 4-0 a Santos Laguna who stayed with nine players before the break. In the rooms you will see the faces with the Pachuca, which took the ticket to the qualifiers as second from the MX League with 7 points.
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The best Mexican team of the first round was the Toluca, winner of the Clausura 2025 and that, with 8 points, will challenge in the quarterfinals an Orlando City who won 7. However, the Seattle Sounders are the only combined of the CUP leagues that can boast of having made a full with three wins in three games. As the first of the MLS with 9 points, he will play in rooms for the great surprise of the tournament so far: the Puebla (6 points).
The quarterfinals of the CUP leagues will be played on August 19 and 20. The semifinals will be played on 26 and 27 while the final and the meeting for third place will take place on 31
