Allegiant Stadium to host MLS, Mexican league tournament final

The Leagues Cup Final, a tourney that includes teams from MLS and Mexico’s LIGA MX, volition beryllium played astatine Allegiant Stadium the adjacent 2 years.

This year’s crippled is Sept. 22 astatine 7 p.m. and volition beryllium televised connected ESPN2.

Ticket accusation volition beryllium announced later.

Sporting Kansas City, Orlando City SC, Seattle Sounders FC and New York City FC volition correspond MLS successful the tournament, which begins Aug. 10. Tigres, Pumas, Leon and Santos Laguna volition vie for LIGA MX, though Chivas could regenerate Leon.

Cruz Azul defeated Tigres UANL 2-1 in the archetypal final, which was successful 2019 astatine Sam Boyd Stadium.

“As the concern betwixt MLS and LIGA MX continues to turn successful the coming years and show what is imaginable betwixt our 2 leagues, the passionate shot marketplace of Las Vegas is the cleanable big for the Leagues Cup Final successful 2021 and 2022,” MLS commissioner Don Garber said successful a statement.

“The fans of the portion person proven their emotion of the athletics passim the years, including a sellout of the upcoming Concacaf Gold Cup Final. We look guardant to playing Leagues Cup astatine Allegiant Stadium, an unthinkable venue that has rapidly go a destination for world-class shot events.”

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