2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup

The 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup is the 59th and current edition of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier football club competition organized by CONCACAF, the regional governing body of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The tournament is the first under a revised format featuring 27 teams and a five-round knockout phase, and the first since being renamed from the CONCACAF Champions League.

2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Tournament details
Dates6 February – 2 June
Teams27 (from 10 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored151 (3.15 per match)
Attendance774,775 (16,141 per match)
Top scorer(s)Venezuela Salomón Rondón
(7 goals)
2023 (Champions League)
2025
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2024.

The winner of the final will qualify for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States alongside the 2021 winners Monterrey, the 2022 winners Seattle Sounders FC, and the 2023 winners León.[1][2] The winner will also qualify for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup to be held in December.[3]

León are the title holders, but they did not qualify for this tournament and are unable to defend their title.

Qualification edit

Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five of them earning direct qualification to the round of 16. The remaining twenty-two teams entered in round one.

In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths were determined by international competitions, including the revamped North American zonal competition, the 2023 Leagues Cup (three), and the existing regional or zonal championships in the Caribbean and Central America, the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three) and CONCACAF Central American Cup (six), respectively.[4]

Unlike in previous years, the three MLS teams based in Canada were eligible to qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup through slots allocated to MLS (five), in addition to the slot for the Canadian Championship winners, while two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically for the first time. The United States-only 2023 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and the Canada-only equivalent, the 2023 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.

The winners of the three zonal championships, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2023 and the highest-scored champion from the 2022–23 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.[4][5][6]

Distribution edit

A total of 27 teams (from 10 associations) qualified for the tournament.[6]

Five teams received a bye into the round of 16.

  • The champion of the regional competitions for each of CONCACAF's constituent zones; North American, Central American and Caribbean
  • The champions of Liga MX of Mexico and Major League Soccer of the United States and Canada (Liga MX had a split Clausura and Apertura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points took this place.)

The remaining 22 teams entered in round one.

Teams edit

The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.

Teams entering in Round of 16 (5)
Competition Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Caribbean Cup   Robinhood 2023 Caribbean Cup champions 14th (1994) Runners-up (1983)
Central American Cup   Alajuelense 2023 Central American Cup champions 27th (2023) Champions (2004)
Leagues Cup   Inter Miami CF 2023 Leagues Cup champions 1st Debut
Liga MX   Pachuca 2022–23 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura champions with higher aggregate table points 10th (2023) Champions (2016–17)
Major League Soccer   Columbus Crew MLS Cup 2023 champions 5th (2021) Quarter-finals (2021)
Teams entering in Round one (22)
Competition Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Canadian Championship
(1 berth)
  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2023 Canadian Championship champions 4th (2023) Semi-finals (2016–17)
Canadian Premier League
(2 berths)
  Forge FC 2023 Canadian Premier League champions 2nd (2022) Round of 16 (2022)
  Cavalry FC 2023 Canadian Premier League CPL Shield winners 1st Debut
Caribbean Cup
(2 berths)
  Cavalier 2023 Caribbean Cup runners-up 1st Debut
  Moca 2023 Caribbean Cup third place 1st Debut
Central American Cup
(5 berths)
  Real Estelí 2023 Central American Cup runners-up 12th (2021) Round of 16 (2021)
  Independiente 2023 Central American Cup semi-finalists 2nd (2019) Quarter-finals (2019)
  Herediano 16th (2019) Semi-finals (2014–15)
  Comunicaciones 2023 Central American Cup play-in winners 28th (2022) Champions (1978)
  Saprissa 37th (2022) Champions (2005)
Leagues Cup
(2 berths)
  Nashville SC 2023 Leagues Cup runners-up 1st Debut
  Philadelphia Union 2023 Leagues Cup third place 3rd (2023) Semi-finals (2023)
Liga MX
(5 berths)
  UANL 2022–23 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura champions with lower aggregate table points 11th (2023) Champions (2020)
  Toluca 2022–23 Liga MX Apertura runners-up 13th (2019) Champions (2003)
  Guadalajara 2022–23 Liga MX Clausura runners-up 9th (2018) Champions (2018)
  Monterrey Next two best clubs in 2022–23 Liga MX aggregate table 12th (2021) Champions (2021)
  América 15th (2021) Champions (2015–16)
Major League Soccer
(4 berths)
  FC Cincinnati 2023 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners 1st Debut
  St. Louis City SC 2023 Major League Soccer Western Conference regular season winners 1st Debut
  Orlando City SC Next two best clubs in the 2023 Supporters' Shield standings 2nd (2023) Round of 16 (2023)
  New England Revolution 5th (2022) Quarter-finals (2022)
U.S. Open Cup
(1 berth)
  Houston Dynamo FC 2023 U.S. Open Cup champions 8th (2019) Semi-finals (2008)

Draw edit

The draw for the tournament was held on 13 December 2023. Teams were seeded based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 11 December 2023. This ranking formula replaced the CONCACAF club index which was used in past editions.[7] Eight teams – the five receiving byes and the top-three ranked teams entering in the first round – were directly assigned positions in the bracket based on their club ranking. The remaining nineteen teams were divided into two pots and then randomly drawn into positions.[8]

Entering in the round of 16 edit

Seed Team Ranking points
1   Pachuca 1207
2   Columbus Crew 1203
3   Inter Miami CF 1182
4   Alajuelense 1145
5   Robinhood 1040

Entering in round one edit

Seeded teams
Seed Team Ranking points
1   América 1254
2   Monterrey 1243
3   UANL 1235
Pot 1
Team Ranking points
  Philadelphia Union 1214
  Toluca 1212
  Guadalajara 1205
  Orlando City SC 1200
  Nashville SC 1191
  FC Cincinnati 1189
  New England Revolution 1179
  Houston Dynamo FC 1178
Pot 2
Team Ranking points
  Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1170
  Saprissa 1150
  St. Louis City SC 1144
  Herediano 1129
  Comunicaciones 1122
  Independiente 1117
  Cavalry FC 1115
  Forge FC 1111
  Real Estelí 1071
  Moca 1029
  Cavalier 1028

Schedule edit

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[8]

Round First leg Second leg
Round one 6–8 and 20–22 February 13–15 and 27–29 February
Round of 16 5–7 March 12–14 March
Quarter-finals 2–3 April 9–10 April
Semi-finals 23–24 April 30 April – 1 May
Final 2 June

Times are EST or EDT,[note 1] as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Bracket edit

 
Round oneRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
                            
 
 
 
 
  Independiente000
 
 
 
  New England Revolution134
 
  New England Revolution415
 
 
  Alajuelense011
 
 
 
 
 
  New England Revolution022
 
 
 
  América459
 
  Forge FC112
 
 
 
  Guadalajara325
 
  Guadalajara033
 
 
 
  América325
 
  Real Estelí202
 
 
 
  América123
 
  América 100
 
 
  Pachuca 100
 
 
 
 
 
  Herediano213
 
 
 
  Robinhood011
 
  Herediano (a)134
 
 
 
  Toluca224
 
  Herediano011
 
 
  Pachuca527
 
 
 
 
 
  Philadelphia Union000
 
 
 
  Pachuca066
 
  Saprissa235
 
2 June
 
  Philadelphia Union (a.e.t.)336
 
  0
 
 
 
  0
 
  St. Louis City SC202
 
 
 
  Houston Dynamo FC112
 
  Houston Dynamo FC011
 
 
  Columbus Crew112
 
 
 
 
 
  Columbus Crew (p)112 (4)
 
 
 
  UANL112 (3)
 
  Cavalry FC011
 
 
 
  Orlando City SC336
 
  Orlando City SC022
 
 
 
  UANL044
 
  Vancouver Whitecaps FC101
 
 
 
  UANL134
 
  Columbus Crew 200
 
 
 
  Monterrey 100
 
  Moca000
 
 
 
  Nashville SC347
 
  Nashville SC213
 
 
  Inter Miami CF235
 
 
 
 
 
  Inter Miami CF112
 
 
 
  Monterrey235
 
  Cavalier000
 
 
 
  FC Cincinnati246
 
  FC Cincinnati011
 
 
 
  Monterrey123
 
  Comunicaciones101
 
 
  Monterrey437
 

Round one edit

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 6 and 7 February and 20, 21 and 22 February, and the second legs were played on 13, 14 and 15 February and 27, 28 and 29 February 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Saprissa   5–6   Philadelphia Union 2–3 3–3 (a.e.t.)
Herediano   4–4 (a)   Toluca 1–2 3–2
Real Estelí   2–3   América 2–1 0–2
Forge FC   2–5   Guadalajara 1–3 1–2
Independiente   0–4   New England Revolution 0–1 0–3
St. Louis City SC   2–2 (a)   Houston Dynamo FC 2–1 0–1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC   1–4   UANL 1–1 0–3
Cavalry FC   1–6   Orlando City SC 0–3 1–3
Comunicaciones   1–7   Monterrey 1–4 0–3
Cavalier   0–6   FC Cincinnati 0–2 0–4
Moca   0–7   Nashville SC 0–3 0–4


Matches edit

Saprissa  2–3  Philadelphia Union
Report
Philadelphia Union  3–3 (a.e.t.)  Saprissa
Report
Attendance: 18,513[10]

Philadelphia Union won 6–5 on aggregate.


Herediano  1–2  Toluca
Report
Toluca  2–3  Herediano
Report

4–4 on aggregate. Herediano won on away goals.


Real Estelí  2–1  América
Report
América  2–0  Real Estelí
Report

América won 3–2 on aggregate.


Forge FC  1–3  Guadalajara
Report
Guadalajara  2–1  Forge FC
Report
Attendance: 25,059[16]

Guadalajara won 5–2 on aggregate.


Independiente  0–1  New England Revolution
Report
New England Revolution  3–0  Independiente
Report

New England Revolution won 4–0 on aggregate.


St. Louis City SC  2–1  Houston Dynamo FC
Report
Attendance: 20,900[19]
Houston Dynamo FC  1–0  St. Louis City SC
Report

2–2 on aggregate. Houston Dynamo FC won on away goals.


Vancouver Whitecaps FC  1–1  UANL
Report
UANL  3–0  Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report

UANL won 4–1 on aggregate.


Cavalry FC  0–3  Orlando City SC
Report
Orlando City SC  3–1  Cavalry FC
Report

Orlando City SC won 6–1 on aggregate.


Comunicaciones  1–4  Monterrey
Report
Monterrey  3–0  Comunicaciones
Report
Attendance: 21,307[28]

Monterrey won 7–1 on aggregate.


Cavalier  0–2  FC Cincinnati
Report
FC Cincinnati  4–0  Cavalier
Report

FC Cincinnati won 6–0 on aggregate.


Moca  0–3  Nashville SC
Report
Nashville SC  4–0  Moca
Report
Attendance: 6,289[31]

Nashville SC won 7–0 on aggregate.

Round of 16 edit

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 5, 6, and 7 March, and the second legs were played on 12, 13, and 14 March 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Philadelphia Union   0–6   Pachuca 0–0 0–6
Herediano   3–1   Robinhood 2–0 1–1
Guadalajara   3–5   América 0–3 3–2
New England Revolution   5–1   Alajuelense 4–0 1–1
Houston Dynamo FC   1–2   Columbus Crew 0–1 1–1
Orlando City SC   2–4   UANL 0–0 2–4
FC Cincinnati   1–3   Monterrey 0–1 1–2
Nashville SC   3–5   Inter Miami CF 2–2 1–3

Matches edit

Philadelphia Union  0–0  Pachuca
Report
Attendance: 16,558[32]
Pachuca  6–0  Philadelphia Union
Report
Attendance: 19,658[33]

Pachuca won 6–0 on aggregate.


Herediano  2–0  Robinhood
Report
Robinhood  1–1  Herediano
Report

Herediano won 3–1 on aggregate.


Guadalajara  0–3  América
Report
Attendance: 43,111
América  2–3  Guadalajara
Report

América won 5–3 on aggregate.


New England Revolution  4–0  Alajuelense
Report
Alajuelense  1–1  New England Revolution
Report

New England Revolution won 5–1 on aggregate.


Houston Dynamo FC  0–1  Columbus Crew
Report
Columbus Crew  1–1  Houston Dynamo FC
Report
Attendance: 12,420

Columbus Crew won 2–1 on aggregate.


Orlando City SC  0–0  UANL
Report
UANL  4–2  Orlando City SC
Report

UANL won 4–2 on aggregate.


FC Cincinnati  0–1  Monterrey
Report
Attendance: 21,175
Monterrey  2–1  FC Cincinnati
Report

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.


Nashville SC  2–2  Inter Miami CF
Report
Attendance: 30,109
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
Inter Miami CF  3–1  Nashville SC
Report

Inter Miami CF won 5–3 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

In the quarter-finals, the matchups were determined as follows:

  • QF1: Winner R16-1 vs. Winner R16-2
  • QF2: Winner R16-3 vs. Winner R16-4
  • QF3: Winner R16-5 vs. Winner R16-6
  • QF4: Winner R16-7 vs. Winner R16-8

The quarter-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) hosted the second leg.

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 2 and 3 April, and the second legs were played on 9 and 10 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Herediano   1–7   Pachuca 0–5 1–2
New England Revolution   2–9[A]   América 0–4 2–5
Columbus Crew   2–2 (4–3 p)   UANL 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Inter Miami CF   2–5   Monterrey 1–2 1–3

Notes

  1. ^ Due to the availability of their stadium, New England Revolution requested to play the first leg at home, followed by the second leg away. This switch request was accepted by CONCACAF and América.[43]

Matches edit

Herediano  0–5  Pachuca
Pachuca  2–1  Herediano
Report
Attendance: 19,083

Pachuca won 7–1 on aggregate.


New England Revolution  0–4  América
Report
América  5–2  New England Revolution
Report
Attendance: 18,636

América won 9–2 on aggregate.


Columbus Crew  1–1  UANL
Report
Attendance: 8,587
UANL  1–1 (a.e.t.)  Columbus Crew
Report
Penalties
3–4

2–2 on aggregate. Columbus Crew won 4–3 on penalties.


Inter Miami CF  1–2  Monterrey
Report
Monterrey  3–1  Inter Miami CF
Report

Monterrey won 5–2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals edit

In the semi-finals, the matchups are determined as follows:

  • SF1: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2
  • SF2: Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4

The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) host the second leg.

Summary edit

The first legs were played on 23 and 24 April, and the second legs will be played on 30 April and 1 May 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
América   1   Pachuca 1–1 30 Apr
Columbus Crew   2   Monterrey 2–1 1 May

Matches edit

América  1–1  Pachuca
Report
Pachuca  v  América
Report

Columbus Crew  2–1  Monterrey
Report
Monterrey  v  Columbus Crew
Report

Final edit

The final will be played on 2 June 2024. The finalist which has the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) will host the match.[45]

TBD  v  TBD

Standings edit

In the final (Winners of SF1 vs. Winners of SF2), the finalist which has the better performances in previous rounds (excluding round one) will host the single-leg match.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final
1   Monterrey 5 4 0 1 9 5 +4 12 Host
2   Pachuca 5 3 2 0 14 2 +12 11
3   América 5 3 1 1 15 6 +9 10
4   Columbus Crew 5 2 3 0 6 4 +2 9
Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2024. Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points (1 point for yellow card, 3 points for indirect red card, 4 points for direct red card, 5 points for yellow card and direct red card); 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.9.5).

Statistics edit

Top goalscorers edit

  Team eliminated for this round.
  Team was inactive for this round.
Rank Player Club By round Total
goals[46]
1R1 1R2 2R1 2R2 QF1 QF2 SF1 SF2 F
1   Salomón Rondón   Pachuca 3 3 1 7
2   Alejandro Zendejas   América 1 1 1 1 1 5
3   Julián Carranza   Philadelphia Union 3 1 4
  Tomás Chancalay   New England Revolution 1 1 2
  André-Pierre Gignac   UANL 1 1 1 1
  Brandon Vázquez   Monterrey 1 1 1 1
7   Cade Cowell   Guadalajara 2 1 3
  Henry Martín   América 1 1 1
  Julián Quiñones   América 1 1 1
  Jacob Shaffelburg   Nashville SC 1 2
  Facundo Torres   Orlando City SC 2 1
  Giacomo Vrioni   New England Revolution 1 2

Notes edit

  1. ^ EST (UTC−5) for dates up to 7 March 2024 (Round one and first legs of Round of 16), and EDT (UTC−4) for dates thereafter.
  2. ^ Due to scheduling conflicts, the Vancouver Whitecaps could not host the match at their usual home stadium of BC Place.[21]
  3. ^ Due to expected winter weather issues in Calgary, Cavalry FC played their first round match in Langford, British Columbia.[24]
  4. ^ The Columbus Crew v UANL match, originally scheduled to be played at 19:00, was postponed to 21:00 due to thunderstorms in the area.

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External links edit