Philadelphia Union Announce Schedule for Leagues Cup 2023

March 9, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Philadelphia Union News Release

CHESTER, Pa. – The Leagues Cup 2023 Bracket Announcement presented by Coors Light today revealed the official 2023 match schedule. The inaugural edition of the official Concacaf competition will see all 47 clubs (18 from LIGA MX, 29 from MLS) compete in a World Cup-style tournament from July 21 – August 19, 2023. With LAFC earning a first-round bye and the Union coming in second place in the 2022 Supporters’ Shied Standings, the club enters the tournament as the number one seeded MLS club and will play in the East 1 group. They will face two LIGA MX teams, Club Tijuana (number 15) and Querétaro (17).

Philadelphia Union will host Club Tijuana on July 22 and Queretaro on July 26 at Subaru Park. Additionally, Club Tijuana will face Queretaro at Subaru Park on July 30.

The Group Stage kicks off on July 21 and runs through July 31, and will see rivalries born and renewed, as well as feature exciting rematches between LIGA MX and MLS clubs.

Advancing teams will compete in the single-game elimination Knockout Rounds, beginning with the Round of 32 on August 2-4 (16 matches), followed by the Round of 16 on August 6-8 (eight matches). The eight advancing teams will compete in the Quarterfinals from August 11-12 (four matches) before the two Semifinal matches on August 15.

The Leagues Cup 2023 Final and third-place game will be played on Saturday, August 19 and determine the three clubs that will qualify for the 2024 Concacaf Champions League.

Fans in over 100 countries and regions will be able to watch Leagues Cup* on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app, which is available on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices from Roku, Amazon, and Google, game consoles, and the web at tv.apple.com.

In addition, TelevisaUnivision, FOX Sports, TSN and RDS will be the linear broadcast home for select Leagues Cup matches in the United States and Canada.

The MLS Cup 2022 champion, the Los Angeles Football Club, has qualified directly and will host its Round of 32 match. Club de Fútbol Pachuca earned the bye as the LIGA MX champion with the most combined points accumulated across the Clausura and Apertura seasons in the 2022 calendar year.

Knockout Rounds: Pachuca will enter the Knockout Stage in the South region, in the opposite bracket from the MLS Cup champion, LAFC, which enters in the West region. Following the Group Stage, the advancing teams will join LAFC and Pachuca to compete in the…