2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup

2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Tournament details
Dates3 February – 30 May
Teams27 (from 10 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played38
Goals scored117 (3.08 per match)
Attendance429,652 (11,307 per match)
Top scorer(s) Gabriel Pec (LA Galaxy)
5 goals
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2027 →
All statistics correct as of 19 March 2026.

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]

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]

Location of teams of the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup
North American Zone Central American Zone Caribbean Zone

Distribution

Twenty-seven teams (from ten associations) qualified for the tournament.[1]

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]

Teams

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 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)
Teams entering in Round one (22)
Competition Team Qualifying method App. (last) Previous best (last)
Canadian Championship Vancouver FC 2025 Canadian Championship runners-up[Note CAN] 1st Debut
Canadian Premier League
(2 berths) 		Atlético Ottawa 2025 Canadian Premier League champions 1st Debut
Forge FC 2025 CPL Shield winners 4th (2025) Round of 16 (2022)
Caribbean Cup
(2 berths) 		O&M 2025 Caribbean Cup finalists 1st Debut
Defence Force 2025 Caribbean Cup third place 13th (2002) Champions (1985)
Central American Cup
(5 berths) 		Xelajú 2025 Central American Cup runners-up 7th (2012–13) Quarter-finals (2012–13)
Real España 2025 Central American Cup semi-finalists 14th (2023) Round of 16 (2023)
Olimpia 39th (2023) Champions (1988)
Cartaginés 2025 Central American Cup play-in winners 8th (2013–14) Champions (1994)
Sporting San Miguelito 2nd (2013–14) Group stage (2013–14)
Leagues Cup
(1 berth) 		LA Galaxy 2025 Leagues Cup third place 12th (2025) Champions (2000)
Liga MX
(5 berths) 		América 2024–25 Liga MX Apertura or Clausura winners with the lower aggregate table points 17th (2025) Champions (2015–16)
Monterrey 2024–25 Liga MX Apertura runners-up 13th (2025) Champions (2021)
Cruz Azul Next three best clubs in 2024–25 Liga MX aggregate table[Note MEX] 19th (2025) Champions (2025)
UANL 13th (2025) Champions (2020)
UNAM 13th (2025) Champions (1989)
Major League Soccer
(5 berths) 		Philadelphia Union 2025 Major League Soccer Supporters' Shield winners 4th (2024) Semi-finals (2023)
San Diego FC 2025 Major League Soccer Western Conference regular season winners 1st Debut
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Next best clubs in the 2025 Supporters' Shield standings 6th (2025) Runners-up (2025)
FC Cincinnati 3rd (2025) Round of 16 (2025)
Los Angeles FC[Note MLS] 4th (2025) Runners-up (2023)
U.S. Open Cup Nashville SC 2025 U.S. Open Cup winners 2nd (2024) Round of 16 (2024)
  1. ^
    Canada (CAN): Vancouver FC qualified as runners-up because champions Vancouver Whitecaps FC already qualified through MLS standings.
  2. ^
    Mexico (MEX): Since América won the Liga MX Apertura and were runners-up in the Clausura, a spot was passed to UNAM, the third-best team in the aggregate table not already qualified.
  3. ^
    Major League Soccer (MLS): Los Angeles FC, the next highest-ranked club in 2025 MLS Supporters' Shield not already qualified, have qualified for Round one in order to fill 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.

Entering in round of 16
Seed Team Ranking points
1 Toluca 1253
2 Inter Miami CF 1249
3 Seattle Sounders FC 1217
4 Alajuelense 1175
5 Mount Pleasant 1082
Seeded in Round one
Seed Team Ranking points
1 Cruz Azul 1262
2 UANL 1241
3 América 1234
Pot 1
Team Ranking points
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1233
Los Angeles FC 1222
Monterrey 1216
Philadelphia Union 1205
FC Cincinnati 1202
LA Galaxy 1184
Nashville SC 1182
UNAM 1182
Pot 2
Team Ranking points
San Diego FC 1171
Olimpia 1155
Forge FC 1121
Atlético Ottawa 1111
Cartaginés 1106
Xelajú 1102
Sporting San Miguelito 1093
Real España 1088
Defence Force 1051
Vancouver FC 1041
O&M 996

Schedule

The competition schedule is as follows.[1]

Round First leg Second leg
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 oneRound of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
San Diego FC404
Pumas UNAM112
San Diego FC303
Toluca246
Toluca
LA Galaxy
Sporting San Miguelito101
LA Galaxy (a)101
LA Galaxy336
Mount Pleasant000
Vancouver FC000
Cruz Azul358
Cruz Azul314
Monterrey213
Xelajú101
Monterrey123
Cruz Azul
Los Angeles FC
Real España101
Los Angeles FC617
Los Angeles FC123
Alajuelense112
30 May
Higher-ranked finalist
Lower-ranked finalist
Atlético Ottawa000
Nashville SC257
Nashville SC (a)011
Inter Miami CF011
Nashville SC
América
Olimpia101
América202
América112
Philadelphia Union011
Defence Force000
Philadelphia Union5712
Forge FC011
UANL044
UANL055
FC Cincinnati314
O&M000
FC Cincinnati4913
UANL
Seattle Sounders FC
Cartaginés000
Vancouver Whitecaps FC022
Vancouver Whitecaps FC011
Seattle Sounders FC325

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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
San Diego FC 4–2 UNAM4–10–1
Sporting San Miguelito 1–1 (a) LA Galaxy1–10–0
Vancouver FC 0–8 Cruz Azul0–30–5
Xelajú 1–3 Monterrey1–10–2
Real España 1–7 Los Angeles FC1–60–1
Atlético Ottawa 0–7 Nashville SC0–20–5
Olimpia 1–2 América1–20–0
Defence Force 0–12 Philadelphia Union0–50–7
Cartaginés 0–2 Vancouver Whitecaps FC0–00–2
O&M 0–13 FC Cincinnati0–40–9
Forge FC 1–4 UANL0–01–4

Matches

San Diego FC 4–1 UNAM
  • Duah 68'
  • Vazquez 76'
  • Mighten 81'
  • Bombino 86'
 Report Morales 11'
Attendance: 19,133[7]
UNAM 1–0 San Diego FC
Vite 47' Report
Attendance: 11,934[8]

San Diego FC won 4–2 on aggregate.

Sporting San Miguelito 1–1 LA Galaxy
  • Tello 37'
 Report
Estadio Universitario, Penonomé
Attendance: 4,064[9]
Referee: Nelson Salgado (Guatemala)
LA Galaxy 0–0 Sporting San Miguelito
Report
Attendance: 11,603[10]

1–1 on aggregate. LA Galaxy won on away goals.

Vancouver FC 0–3 Cruz Azul
Report
Attendance: 6,038[11]
Referee: José Torres (Puerto Rico)
Cruz Azul 5–0 Vancouver FC
 Report
Attendance: 4,647[12]

Cruz Azul won 8–0 on aggregate.

Xelajú 1–1 Monterrey
Escobar 83' Report Corona 90+2'
Attendance: 3,086[13]
Referee: Filip Dujic (Canada)
Monterrey 2–0 Xelajú
 Report
Attendance: 16,448[14]
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière (Canada)

Monterrey won 3–1 on aggregate.

Real España 1–6 Los Angeles FC
Jean-Baptiste 51' Report
Attendance: 11,530[15]
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)
Los Angeles FC 1–0 Real España
 Report
Attendance: 7,972[16]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

Los Angeles FC won 7–1 on aggregate.

Atlético Ottawa 0–2 Nashville SC
Report
Attendance: 290[18]
Referee: Steven Madrigal (Costa Rica)
Nashville SC 5–0 Atlético Ottawa
 Report
Attendance: 11,849[19]
Referee: Selvin Brown (Honduras)

Nashville SC won 7–0 on aggregate.

Olimpia 1–2 América
Álvarez 50' Report
Attendance: 13,274[20]
América 0–0 Olimpia
Report
Attendance: 19,889[21]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

América won 2–1 on aggregate.

Defence Force 0–5 Philadelphia Union
Report
Attendance: 1,428[22]
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Philadelphia Union 7–0 Defence Force
 Report
Attendance: 11,467[23]
Referee: Julio Luna (Guatemala)

Philadelphia Union won 12–0 on aggregate.

Cartaginés 0–0 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Report
Attendance: 3,733[24]
Referee: Bryan López (Guatemala)
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 2–0 Cartaginés
 Report
Attendance: 15,517[25]
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)

Vancouver Whitecaps FC won 2–0 on aggregate.

O&M 0–4 FC Cincinnati
Report
Attendance: 252[26]
Referee: Steffon Dewar (Jamaica)
FC Cincinnati 9–0 O&M
 Report
Attendance: 11,115[27]

FC Cincinnati won 13–0 on aggregate.

Forge FC 0–0 UANL
Report
Attendance: 4,560[28]
UANL 4–1 Forge FC
 Report Wright 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 22,902[29]
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

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 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
San Diego FC 3–6 Toluca3–20–4
LA Galaxy 6–0 Mount Pleasant3–03–0
Monterrey 3–4 Cruz Azul2–31–1
Los Angeles FC 3–2 Alajuelense1–12–1
Nashville SC 1–1 (a) Inter Miami CF0–01–1
Philadelphia Union 1–2 América0–11–1
FC Cincinnati 4–5 UANL3–01–5
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 1–5 Seattle Sounders FC0–31–2

Matches

San Diego FC 3–2 Toluca
 Report
Attendance: 20,652[31]
Toluca 4–0 San Diego FC
 Report
Attendance: 23,322
Referee: Ismael Cornejo (El Salvador)

Toluca won 6–3 on aggregate.

LA Galaxy 3–0 Mount Pleasant
 Report
Attendance: 4,287[32]
Referee: Reon Radix (Grenada)
Mount Pleasant 0–3 LA Galaxy
Report
Attendance: 1,765
Referee: Kwinsi Williams (Trinidad and Tobago)

LA Galaxy won 6–0 on aggregate.

Monterrey 2–3 Cruz Azul
 Report
Attendance: 28,889[33]
Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)
Cruz Azul 1–1 Monterrey
 Report
Attendance: 10,040

Cruz Azul won 4–3 on aggregate.

Los Angeles FC 1–1 Alajuelense
 Report
Attendance: 11,275[34]
Referee: Victor Cáceres (Mexico)
Alajuelense 1–2 Los Angeles FC
 Report
Attendance: 12,608[35]
Referee: Marco Ortíz (Mexico)

Los Angeles FC won 3–2 on aggregate.

Nashville SC 0–0 Inter Miami CF
Report
Attendance: 25,616[36]
Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)
Inter Miami CF 1–1 Nashville SC
 Report
Attendance: 17,263
Referee: Adonai Escobedo (Mexico)

1–1 on aggregate. Nashville SC won on away goals.

Philadelphia Union 0–1 América
Report
Attendance: 18,534[37]
América 1–1 Philadelphia Union
 Report
Attendance: 15,841

América won 2–1 on aggregate.

FC Cincinnati 3–0 UANL
 Report
Attendance: 9,257[38]
Referee: Steven Madrigal (Costa Rica)
UANL 5–1 FC Cincinnati
 Report

UANL won 5–4 on aggregate.

Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Seattle Sounders FC
Report
Attendance: 12,446[39]
Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)
Seattle Sounders FC 2–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC
 Report
Attendance: 5,126[41]
Referee: Oshane Nation (Jamaica)

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 hosts the second leg.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Host
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
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; 8) Drawing of lots (Regulations Article 12.10).

Summary

The first legs will be played between 7–9 April, and the second legs will be played between 14–16 April 2026.

Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Toluca 1 LA Galaxy7–9 April14–16 April
Los Angeles FC 2 Cruz Azul7–9 April14–16 April
Nashville SC 3 América7–9 April14–16 April
UANL 4 Seattle Sounders FC7–9 April14–16 April

Matches

LA Galaxy v Toluca
Cruz Azul v Los Angeles FC
América v Nashville SC
Seattle Sounders FC v UANL

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 19 March 2026
Rank Player Team Goals[42]
1 Gabriel Pec LA Galaxy 5
2 Rodrigo Aguirre Tigres UANL 4
Denis Bouanga Los Angeles FC
Kévin Denkey FC Cincinnati
5 Tom Barlow FC Cincinnati 3
Luka Romero Cruz Azul
David Vazquez San Diego FC
8 Fifteen players 2

Notes

  1. ^ EST (UTC−5) for dates up to 8 March 2026 (round one), and EDT (UTC−4) for dates thereafter.
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ 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]

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