2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup
61st season of the CONCACAF club football tournament
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The 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup is the 61st season of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the premier club association football tournament for North, Central America, and the Caribbean organized by CONCACAF. It is a five-round knockout tournament, with 27 teams qualified based on their national and zonal league and cup competitions; the first four rounds are played as a two-legged series at the home stadiums of the respective teams, ending with a one-legged final.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | 3 February – 30 May |
| Teams | 27 (from 10 associations) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 46 |
| Goals scored | 138 (3 per match) |
| Attendance | 626,138 (13,612 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Paulinho (Toluca) Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy) 6 goals each |
← 2025 2027 →
All statistics correct as of 15 April 2026. | |
The winner will qualify for the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup and the 2026 FIFA Intercontinental Cup.[1]
Qualification
Twenty-seven teams qualified for the tournament, with five qualifying directly to the round of 16. The remaining 22 teams enter in Round one.[1][2]
In addition to national league competitions in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, 12 of 27 berths were determined by international competitions, including the 2025 Leagues Cup (three), 2025 CONCACAF Caribbean Cup (three), and 2025 CONCACAF Central American Cup (six).[1]
Two Canadian Premier League teams qualified automatically, while the United States-only 2025 U.S. Open Cup knockout competition and Canada-only equivalent, the 2025 Canadian Championship, provided one berth each.
The winners of the three international competitions, along with the winner of MLS Cup 2025 and champion of the 2024–25 Liga MX season, received the five byes into the round of 16.[1]
Whitecaps FC Vancouver FCMonterrey teams
Monterrey UANLMexico City teams
América Cruz Azul UNAMLos Angeles teams
LA Galaxy Los Angeles FCCosta Rica teams
Alajuelense Cartaginés North American Zone Central American Zone 
Caribbean ZoneDistribution
Twenty-seven teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament.[1]
- North American Zone: 18 teams (from three associations)
- Central American Zone: 6 teams (from four associations)
- Caribbean Zone: 3 teams (from three associations)
Five teams received a bye into the round of 16.[1]
- 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 Apertura and Clausura system, so the champion team with the higher aggregate points took this place. If a team won both Apertura and Clausura, they took this place.)
The remaining 22 teams enter in Round one.[1]
- The runners-up and third-place team from the MLS–Liga MX Leagues Cup
- The runners-up and third-place team from the Caribbean Cup
- The runners-up, remaining semi-finalists, and two play-in winners from the Central American Cup
- The U.S. Open Cup winners
- The Canadian Championship winners
- The Canadian Premier League regular season winners and playoff champions
- The remaining winner with the worse record, two runners-up, and the two best next clubs by season aggregate from Liga MX
- The MLS Supporters' Shield winners
- The remaining MLS Conference regular-season leader, and the next two teams in the Supporters' Shield table
Teams
The following table includes the number of appearances, last appearance, and previous best from the CONCACAF Champions Cup tournament.
| Competition | Team | Qualifying method | App. (last) | Previous best (last) |
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| Caribbean Cup |  Mount Pleasant |
2025 Caribbean Cup champions | 1st | Debut |
| Central American Cup |  Alajuelense |
2025 Central American Cup champions | 29th (2025) | Champions (2004) |
| Leagues Cup |  Seattle Sounders FC |
2025 Leagues Cup champions | 9th (2025) | Champions (2022) |
| Liga MX |  Toluca |
2024–25 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura winners with the higher aggregate table points | 14th (2024) | Champions (2003) |
| Major League Soccer | Inter Miami CF |
MLS Cup 2025 champions | 3rd (2025) | Semi-finals (2025) |
- ^ Canada (CAN): Vancouver FC qualified as runners-up because champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC already qualified through MLS standings.
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- ^ Major League Soccer (MLS): Los Angeles FC, the highest-ranked club in the 2025 MLS Supporters' Shield standings not already qualified, filled the vacancy left by both MLS Cup finalists.[2]
Draw
The draw for the tournament took place on 9 December 2025 in Miami. The ceremony was streamed on CONCACAF's YouTube channel and broadcast live on Fox Sports in the United States and Mexico and ESPN in most of the Americas.[3] Teams were seeded and placed in draw pots based on their CONCACAF club ranking as of 8 December 2025.[4]
The champions of CONCACAF's three regional cup competitions, as well as the Liga MX winners with the most accumulated points and the MLS Cup winners, received a bye to the round of 16. The three remaining highest-ranked clubs were pre-seeded into a Round one bracket position.
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Schedule
The competition schedule is as follows.[1]
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
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| Round one | 3–4 and 17–19 February | 10–12 and 24–26 February |
| Round of 16 | 10–12 March | 17–19 March |
| Quarter-finals | 7–9 April | 14–16 April |
| Semi-finals | 28–30 April | 5–7 May |
| Final | 30 May | |
Times are EST or EDT,[note 1] as listed by CONCACAF (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Bracket
| Round one | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego FC | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pumas UNAM | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| San Diego FC | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toluca | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toluca | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Sporting San Miguelito | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA Galaxy (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| LA Galaxy | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mount Pleasant | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toluca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Vancouver FC | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruz Azul | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruz Azul | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monterrey | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Xelajú | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monterrey | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cruz Azul | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles FC | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Real España | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles FC | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles FC | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alajuelense | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Atlético Ottawa | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nashville SC | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nashville SC (a) | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inter Miami CF | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nashville SC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| América | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olimpia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| América | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| América | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Union | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Defence Force | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philadelphia Union | 5 | 7 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nashville SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UANL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forge FC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UANL | 0 | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UANL | 0 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Cincinnati | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 O&M | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| FC Cincinnati | 4 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UANL (a) | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Sounders FC | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cartaginés | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seattle Sounders FC | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Round one
Summary
Round one was played during four weekly windows: on 3–4 February, 10–12 February, 17–19 February, and 24–26 February.[5][6]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| San Diego FC | 4–2 | UNAM | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Sporting San Miguelito | 1–1 (a) | LA Galaxy | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Vancouver FC | 0–8 | Cruz Azul | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| Xelajú | 1–3 | Monterrey | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Real España | 1–7 | Los Angeles FC | 1–6 | 0–1 |
| Atlético Ottawa | 0–7 | Nashville SC | 0–2 | 0–5 |
| Olimpia | 1–2 | América | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Defence Force | 0–12 | Philadelphia Union | 0–5 | 0–7 |
| Cartaginés | 0–2 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| O&M | 0–13 | FC Cincinnati | 0–4 | 0–9 |
| Forge FC | 1–4 | UANL | 0–0 | 1–4 |
Matches
San Diego FC won 4–2 on aggregate.
| Sporting San Miguelito | 1–1 | LA Galaxy |
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| LA Galaxy | 0–0 | Sporting San Miguelito |
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1–1 on aggregate. LA Galaxy won on away goals.
| Vancouver FC | 0–3 | Cruz Azul |
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Cruz Azul won 8–0 on aggregate.
Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.
| Real España | 1–6 | Los Angeles FC |
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Los Angeles FC won 7–1 on aggregate.
Nashville SC won 7–0 on aggregate.
| América | 0–0 | Olimpia |
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América won 2–1 on aggregate.
Philadelphia Union won 12–0 on aggregate.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–0 on aggregate.
FC Cincinnati won 13–0 on aggregate.
UANL won 4–1 on aggregate.
Round of 16
Summary
The first legs were played on 10–12 March, and the second legs were played on 17–19 March 2026.[5][6][30]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| San Diego FC | 3–6 | Toluca | 3–2 | 0–4 |
| LA Galaxy | 6–0 | Mount Pleasant | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Monterrey | 3–4 | Cruz Azul | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Los Angeles FC | 3–2 | Alajuelense | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Nashville SC | 1–1 (a) | Inter Miami CF | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Philadelphia Union | 1–2 | América | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| FC Cincinnati | 4–5 | UANL | 3–0 | 1–5 |
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 1–5 | Seattle Sounders FC | 0–3 | 1–2 |
Matches
Toluca won 6–3 on aggregate.
| LA Galaxy | 3–0 | Mount Pleasant |
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| Mount Pleasant | 0–3 | LA Galaxy |
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LA Galaxy won 6–0 on aggregate.
| Cruz Azul | 1–1 | Monterrey |
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Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate.
| Los Angeles FC | 1–1 | Alajuelense |
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| Alajuelense | 1–2 | Los Angeles FC |
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Los Angeles FC won 3–2 on aggregate.
1–1 on aggregate. Nashville SC won on away goals.
| Philadelphia Union | 0–1 | América |
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América won 2–1 on aggregate.
| FC Cincinnati | 3–0 | UANL |
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UANL won 5–4 on aggregate.
Seattle Sounders FC won 5–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Within each matchup, the team which had the better performance in the round of 16 hosted the second leg.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
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| 1 (QF1) | LA Galaxy |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 6 | Second leg |
| 2 (QF1) | Toluca |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | First leg |
| 1 (QF2) | Cruz Azul |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 4 | Second leg |
| 2 (QF2) | Los Angeles FC |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | First leg |
| 1 (QF3) | América |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Second leg |
| 2 (QF3) | Nashville SC |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | First leg |
| 1 (QF4) | Seattle Sounders FC |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Second leg |
| 2 (QF4) | UANL |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | First leg |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10).
Summary
The first legs were played on 7 and 8 April, and the second legs were played on 14 and 15 April 2026.[42]
Matches
Toluca won 7–2 on aggregate.
| Los Angeles FC | 3–0 | Cruz Azul |
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Los Angeles FC won 4–1 on aggregate.
Nashville SC won 1–0 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. UANL won on away goals.
Semi-finals
The semi-finalists in each tie which had the better performance in previous rounds (excluding round one) hosts the second leg.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Host |
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| 1 (SF1) | Toluca |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 9 | Second leg |
| 2 (SF1) | Los Angeles FC |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 8 | First leg |
| 1 (SF2) | UANL |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Second leg |
| 2 (SF2) | Nashville SC |
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 6 | First leg |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10).
Summary
The first legs will be played on 28 and 29 April, and the second legs will be played on 5 and 6 May 2026.[43]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Los Angeles FC | SF1 | Toluca | 29 Apr | 6 May |
| Nashville SC | SF2 | UANL | 28 Apr | 5 May |
Matches
| Toluca | v | Los Angeles FC |
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| UANL | v | Nashville SC |
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Statistics
Top goalscorers
- As of matches played 15 April 2026
Notes
- Atlético Ottawa played their home round one match at Hamilton Stadium instead of their regular stadium, TD Place Stadium, Ottawa, which was being renovated.[17]
- Seattle Sounders FC played their home match in the round of 16 at One Spokane Stadium due to 2026 FIFA World Cup preparations at their regular home stadium, Lumen Field in Seattle.[40]