2023-08-16 12:43:00
ESPN16 de ago, 2023, 08:43 ETRead: 4 min.
The physical aspect prevailed in favor of the MLS teams in the Leagues Cup
Rafa Puente sees the United States players with better physical display.
Liga MX will not have a representative in the Leagues Cup final for the first time since the tournament was created, in 2019
The Liga MX consummated the failure that from the first phase of Leagues Cup It was drawn for Mexican soccer. striped they lost 2-0 to Nashville in the semifinals of the tournament and for the first time in three editions there will be no Mexican representative in the final.
Since the beginning of this contest, complaints were immediate from some clubs in the Liga MXespecially in situations of logistics and transfers.
For example, León was stranded on one of his trips, Rayados himself also had travel complications, coupled with the fact that only the Aztec clubs had to move further into US territory.
Rayados fell in the semifinals of the Leagues Cup and with this Mexican soccer will not have a representative in the final for the first time in the tournament.AP
Another situation that could be seen in this tournament was the low level of some clubs such as Chivas, Tijuana, Santos, Puebla, among others, which did not go to the knockout round.
Only in the quarterfinal stage only two Mexican teams were able to qualify, the cases of Querétaro and Monterrey against six from the MLS.
And this night, Monterrey era the last survivor of the 18 teams in the Liga MX that started Leagues Cup. The group stage eliminated six Mexican clubs; in the round of the best 32 they left their options to continue seven more teams; while in the round of 16 they only won striped and Queretaro.
Cruz Azul found motivation towards the ninth star in the conquest of the first edition of Leagues Cup in 2019, by beating Tigres in a 100% Mexican final.
After the pause due to the Covid-19 pandemic, León maintained his dominance of Mexican soccer in the tournament in 2021, when he beat the Seattle Sounders 3-2 in a dramatic final. Santos Laguna and Pumas stayed in the semifinals to reflect the dominance of the Liga MX in the contest.
However, the expanded edition of Leagues Cupwith the participation of the 29 teams of the MLS and the 18 of Liga MXto vacate the throne and for Inter Miami to Messi y Nashville have a chance to win the title for the United States for the first time.
The MLS let his dominance over the Liga MX in direct duels in the Leagues Cup and, after concluding the semifinals, boasts more victories than defeats against Mexican clubs, with a score of 24-22 in favor of the United States and Canadian teams.
The Liga MX dominated the Leagues Cup 2023 in the group phase, with 16 victories, for 14 defeats against teams from the MLS. However, the teams from the United States and Canada recovered in the knockout phase of the Concacaf tournament, for a direct score of 10 wins for six losses in direct confrontations.
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