Current:Home > MarketsColumbus Crew vs. Los Angeles FC Leagues Cup final: How to watch Sunday's championship -Elevate Capital Network
Columbus Crew vs. Los Angeles FC Leagues Cup final: How to watch Sunday's championship
View
Date:2025-04-17 01:52:26
The 2024 Leagues Cup final is a 2023 MLS Cup rematch.
The reigning MLS champion Columbus Crew will host Los Angeles FC at Lower.com Field in another high-profile matchup between these two clubs.
That these two teams are in the Leagues Cup final is not a surprise. In the lead-up to the tournament, the Crew and LAFC were pegged as Major League Soccer's best chances of hoisting the Leagues Cup trophy.
Los Angeles FC enters having boat-raced its opponents during the knockout rounds. LAFC has won its four knockout round games by a combined score of 13-1, easily dispatching the Colorado Rapids 4-0 in Wednesday's semifinal.
However, the Columbus Crew seem to have LAFC's number. In addition to prevailing in last season's MLS Cup, the Crew embarrassed LAFC, 5-1, on July 15 at BMO Stadium. It's LAFC's only home defeat in 2024. The Crew — which has only lost once at home — cruised past the Philadelphia Union in the Leagues Cup semifinals.
With their semifinal wins, both the Crew and LAFC have qualified for next year's Concacaf Champions Cup competition.
When is Columbus Crew vs. LAFC Leagues Cup final?
Date: Sunday, Aug. 25
Start time: 7:15 p.m. ET
Venue: Lower.com Field, Columbus, Ohio
How to watch Columbus Crew vs. LAFC in Leagues Cup final
The final match will be streamed live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
Univision will provide a Spanish-language broadcast on linear TV.
Which teams are in the Leagues Cup third-place match?
The Philadelphia Union will host the Colorado Rapids in the Leagues Cup third-place match.
The third-place match also will take place on Sunday, Aug. 25. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. ET at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. The third-place match will be streamed live on MLS Season Pass.
This is a second consecutive third-place match for the Union, which defeated Liga MX powerhouse Monterrey in last year's third-place game to qualify for the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup.
What is Leagues Cup?
North America's top two professional soccer leagues halt their respective regular-season competitions for a month to compete in a World Cup-style tournament.
What formerly was an eight-team tournament, the Leagues Cup evolved in 2023 into a 47-team competition featuring every Major League Soccer and Liga MX club. Inter Miami CF, led by Lionel Messi, won the first edition of the expanded competition.
Before last year's inaugural 47-team tournament included every MLS and Liga MX club, the Leagues Cup was held twice before (2019 and 2021) with limited participation.
The 29 MLS and 18 Liga MX clubs were divided into 15 groups in two regions: East and West. The group stage began on July 26 and continued until Aug. 6. The top two finishing teams from each group advanced to the single-elimination knockout rounds, which started on Aug. 7. The championship match will be held Aug. 25.
Previous Leagues Cup finals
- 2023: Inter Miami CF over Nashville SC, 1-1 (Inter Miami won penalty shootout, 10-9)
- 2021: Club León over Seattle Sounders FC, 3-2
- 2019: Cruz Azul over UANL Tigres, 2-1
We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn’t influence our coverage.
veryGood! (325)
Related
- New Zealand official reverses visa refusal for US conservative influencer Candace Owens
- Biden's new student debt repayment plan has 4 million signups. Here's how to enroll in SAVE.
- Seal Says His and Heidi Klum's Daughter Leni Made Him a Better Person in Heartfelt Message
- Best back-to-school tech: Does your kid need a laptop? Can they use AI?
- 9/11 hearings at Guantanamo Bay in upheaval after surprise order by US defense chief
- At least 14 dead in boating, swimming incidents over Labor Day weekend across the US
- Inflation is easing and a risk of recession is fading. Why are Americans still stressed?
- 23 people injured after driver crashes car into Denny’s restaurant in Texas
- Behind on your annual reading goal? Books under 200 pages to read before 2024 ends
- Judge blocks Wisconsin officials from using federal voter registration form
Ranking
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- A thrift store shopper snags lost N.C. Wyeth painting worth up to $250,000 for just $4
- Minnesota prison put on lockdown after about 100 inmates refuse to return to their cells
- Information theft is on the rise. People are particularly vulnerable after natural disasters
- US Open player compensation rises to a record $65 million, with singles champs getting $3.6 million
- 20 years of pumpkin spice power
- The 30 Most-Loved Fall Favorites From Amazon With Thousands of 5-Star Reviews: Clothes, Decor, and More
- Georgia can resume enforcing ban on hormone replacement therapy for transgender youth, judge says
Recommendation
Audit: California risked millions in homelessness funds due to poor anti-fraud protections
Fan accused by player of using Hitler regime language is booted from U.S. Open
Governor announces record investment to expand access to high-speed internet in Kentucky
Chiefs’ All-Pro TE Travis Kelce hyperextends knee in practice for opener vs Detroit
Buckingham Palace staff under investigation for 'bar brawl'
An equipment outage holds up United flights, but the airline and FAA say they’re resuming
The Best Labor Day 2023 Sales You Can Still Shop: Nordstrom Rack, Ulta, Sephora, Madewell, and More
Pier collapses into lake on Wisconsin college campus, 1 hospitalized, 20 others slightly injured