By Edgardo Avelar
07 Aug 2024, 01:19 AM EDT
In the midst of a crisis of results in the Leagues Cup of the Liga MX teams that has even cost the job of the first coach of a Liga MX team like it was Fernando Ortiz with Monterrey, The round of 32 of this competition is of interest to know If the American teams will continue to dominate the second phase of this competition.
Obviously the second phase of the Leagues Cup increased in interest, but above all because of the duels between North American and Mexican teams, andn where the matches between Cruz Azul vs. Orlando City and Pumas vs. Vancouver Whitecaps, They lead the seven direct clashes between teams from these two leagues, as well as the clashes between Mexican teams and the clashes between MLS teams.
For now, in the 16 scheduled matches of this competition, in addition to the two matches already mentioned between Mexicans against Americans, we cannot leave aside the debut of the champion team of the Liga MX, America will face Atlas, while in duels between MLS teams, the current Leagues Cup champion Inter Miami Still without its international star Lionel Messi, it will face Toronto, which occupies the eighth position in the Western Conference of the current 2024 Major League Soccer tournament.
The rivalry between MLS vs. Liga MX
In these 16 games of the second phase, the rivalry between MLS and Liga MX will continue to be the order of the day and has scheduled games between Cruz Azul vs. Orlando City, Vancouver Whitecaps vs. Pumas, San José Earthquakes vs. Necaxa, Cincinnati vs. Santos Laguna, DC United vs. Mazatlán, FC Juárez vs. Colorado Rapids and Toluca vs. Houston Dynamo
Duels between Mexican teams
It also includes games between Mexican teams such as América vs. Atlas and Tigres vs. Pachuca, where the current Liga MX champion, The Eagles will make their debut in this competition and will try to advance as high as possible, as befits his awards as champion of the Aztec competition.
MLS clashes between teams
Finally, the games between MLS teams include the crosses between LAFC vs. Austin FC, Inter Miami vs. Toronto, Seattle Sounders vs. LA Galaxy, New York City FC vs. New England Revolution, Columbus Crew vs. Sporting Kansas City, Philadelphia Union vs. Montreal and St. Louis City vs. Portland Timbers, which shows that the North American teams dominated the first phase, sending home teams like Monterrey and Chivas, among the most notable. and which even cost Rayados technical director Fernando “Tano” Ortiz his job.
So we expect a second phase of shouting and where the Mexican teams will seek to improve the numbers of the rivalry with the MLS, where, at least in the 2014 edition of the Leagues Cup, things are not in their favor.
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