Campeones Cup

Campeones Cup
Founded2018
RegionNAFU (Canada, Mexico, United States)
Teams2
Current championMexico Toluca (1st title)
Most championshipsMexico Tigres UANL (2 titles)
Broadcaster(s)United States
MLS Season Pass (English, also available worldwide)
Univision (Spanish)
Canada
TSN (English)
TVA Sports (French)
Mexico
Televisa (Spanish)
TUDN (Spanish)
Websitecampeonescup.com
2026 Campeones Cup

The Campeones Cup (lit. 'Champions Cup') is an annual match in North American football, held between the reigning MLS Cup champion from Major League Soccer (MLS) and the Campeón de Campeones winner from Liga MX, determining a champion between the top clubs from North America's two premier leagues. Broadcast on platforms like Apple TV and TelevisaUnivision, the match drew significant attention for its dramatic comebacks and late drama, underscoring the competition's role in fostering cross-border competition.[1][2]

Format

The Campeones Cup, which began in 2018,[3] is contested between the winner of the MLS Cup, a championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), and the winner of the Campeón de Campeones, decided between the two seasonal tournament champions of the Liga MX.[4]

If a Liga MX team wins both the Apertura and Clausura tournaments, then the team automatically wins the Campeón de Campeones and compete in the Campeones Cup. The Major League Soccer team, based in either Canada or the United States, hosts the match, at the end of the summer.[5]

The two leagues had previously fielded teams in the SuperLiga, which ran from 2007 to 2010, and currently compete in the CONCACAF Champions Cup.[6] 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.[7] The inaugural edition was hosted by Toronto FC at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, on September 19, 2018 (the only time, as of 2025, that a Canadian club qualified for the cup), and won by Tigres UANL.[6] Atlanta United FC became the first MLS team to win, defeating Club América 3–2 in 2019.[8]

The 2020 edition, which would have been hosted by Seattle Sounders FC, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9] MLS and Liga MX announced that the game would return in 2021.[10] The return of Campeones Cup ended in a 2–0 Columbus Crew win over Cruz Azul at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio, on September 29, 2021.

Results

Year MLS club Result Liga MX club Venue Attendance
2018 Toronto FC 1–3 Tigres 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, New York, New York 24,823
2023 Los Angeles FC 0–0
(2–4 p)		 Tigres UANL United States BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, California 20,605
2024 Columbus Crew 1–1
(4–5 p)		 América United States Lower.com Field, Columbus, Ohio 20,198
2025 LA Galaxy 2–3 Toluca United States Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California 16,104
2026 Inter Miami CF Cruz Azul United States Nu Stadium, Miami, Florida

Performances

By club

As of the 2025 edition, a total of 11 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 Wins Losses Years of appearance(s)
Mexico Tigres UANL202018, 2023
United States Columbus Crew112021, 2024
Mexico América112019, 2024
Mexico Toluca102025
United States Atlanta United FC102019
United States New York City FC102022
United States Seattle Sounders FC––2020
Canada Toronto FC012018
Mexico Cruz Azul012021
Mexico Atlas012022
United States Los Angeles FC012023
United States LA Galaxy012025

By nation

Nation Times won Times runners-up Winning clubs Runners-up
 Mexico 4 3 Tigres UANL (2)
América (1)
Toluca (1)		 América (1)
Cruz Azul (1)
Atlas (1)
 United States 3 3 Atlanta United FC (1)
Columbus Crew (1)
New York City FC (1)		 Columbus Crew (1)
LA Galaxy (1)
Los Angeles FC (1)
 Canada 0 1 Toronto FC (1)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Campeones Cup: Un título sin validez ni reconocimiento". SI. August 14, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  2. ↑ Mancilla, Sergio (September 24, 2024). "¿La Campeones Cup cuenta como título oficial?". Diario AS (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved June 15, 2026.
  3. ↑ "Historia". Leagues Cup (in Spanish). Archived from the original on January 17, 2026. Retrieved June 30, 2026.
  4. ↑ Vázquez, Fernando (October 1, 2025). "Campeones Cup: ¿sabes quiénes son todos los ganadores?". TUDN (in Spanish). Archived from the original on October 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Major League Soccer and Liga MX Fuel Rivalry with New Partnership" (Press release). Major League Soccer. March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  6. 1 2 Peterson, Anne M. (March 13, 2018). "Toronto FC to host first Campeones Cup as MLS, Mexico's Liga MX form partnership". Toronto Star. Associated Press. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  7. ↑ Marshall, Tom (March 13, 2018). "Campeones Cup latest venture to unite Liga MX with Major League Soccer". ESPN. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Warshaw: Atlanta United bring the swagger, take home Campeones Cup" (Press release). Major League Soccer. August 14, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  9. 1 2 "MLS All-Star Game, Leagues Cup and Campeones Cup canceled for 2020" (Press release). Major League Soccer. May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  10. ↑ "MLS, Liga MX cancel 2020 Campeones Cup, eye 2021 return" (Press release). Campeones Cup. May 19, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
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