MLS × Liga MX
Leagues Cup
In US-sports termsAn in-season tournament where EVERY MLS club plays EVERY Liga MX club — imagine the whole NBA and the whole EuroLeague pausing to hold one combined bracket. Newer, and a bit of a spectacle.
What it is
A mid-season knockout tournament between MLS and Liga MX clubs, run jointly by the two leagues.
How you get in
All of Liga MX and most of MLS — the exact format keeps shifting (2025 trimmed it to 18 clubs a side), but the point is constant: the two leagues collide.
What it feeds
Its top finishers earn Concacaf Champions Cup berths.
Inter Miami won the first edition in 2023 as Lionel Messi arrived — the tournament's biggest moment so far.