Tournament details | |
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Host countries | United States Mexico |
Dates | July 19 – October 25 |
Teams | 20 (from 2 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Kansas City Current (1st title) |
Runners-up | NJ/NY Gotham FC |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 33 |
Goals scored | 96 (2.91 per match) |
The 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup was the inaugural edition of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, a women's soccer competition between clubs from the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) of the United States and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico.
The tournament was held from July to October 2024 at venues in the United States and Mexico. The 20 participating teams were divided into five groups, with the top four teams overall advancing to the semifinals. [1] The final was hosted at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas, and won by the Kansas City Current, who defeated NJ/NY Gotham FC 2–0.
The 2024 edition had 20 teams: all 14 teams in the NWSL and six participants from Liga MX Femenil determined by the most points accumulated across the Clausura 2023 and Apertura 2023 tournaments. [2] [3] The teams were divided into five groups, each with four participants, and each played three matches in the group stage beginning on July 19. The four group winners with the most points advanced to the semifinals at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 6, with their ranking used for seeding; one group winner would not advance. [4] The championship match was held October 25 at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas. [5]
If a match was tied after 90 minutes, it immediately proceeded into a penalty shootout. Three points were awarded for a win in regulation time, two points for a win via a penalty shootout, one point for a loss in the penalty shootout, and no points for a regulation-time loss. The group stage tiebreakers were goal difference, followed by total goals scored, points in head-to-head matches, goal difference in head-to-head matches, goals scored in head-to-head matches, and least disciplinary points. [6]
Nearly all games during the group stage were played in the United States, with the exception of Tigres–Pachuca at Estadio Universitario in Monterrey. [3] Several matches were played at non-NWSL venues, including City Stadium in Richmond, Virginia; [7] and Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania. [8]
20 team participated in the 2024 Summer Cup, which included all 14 teams from the NWSL and six teams from Liga MX Femenil that were determined through a qualification process.
League | Team | Qualification method |
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Liga MX Femenil (6 teams) | Tigres UANL | Accumulated the most points (82 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023 |
Club América | Accumulated the second most points (79 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023 | |
C.D. Guadalajara | ||
C.F. Monterrey | Accumulated the fourth most points (77 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023 | |
C.F. Pachuca | Accumulated the fifth most points (63 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023 | |
Club Tijuana | Accumulated the sixth most points (60 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023 | |
National Women's Soccer League (14 teams) | Angel City FC | Automatic qualification |
Bay FC | ||
Chicago Red Stars | ||
Houston Dash | ||
Kansas City Current | ||
NJ/NY Gotham FC | ||
North Carolina Courage | ||
Orlando Pride | ||
Portland Thorns FC | ||
Racing Louisville FC | ||
San Diego Wave FC | ||
Seattle Reign FC | ||
Utah Royals | ||
Washington Spirit |
Source: Liga MX Femenil [3]
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Source: NWSL |
Source: NWSL |
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Group D | Group E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source: NWSL |
Source: NWSL |
Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
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1 | Kansas City Current | 3 | 9 |
2 | NJ/NY Gotham FC | 3 | 8 |
3 | Angel City FC | 3 | 8 |
4 | North Carolina Courage | 3 | 7 |
5 | Utah Royals | 3 | 6 |
The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.
Semifinals | Final | |||||
August 6 – Kansas City | ||||||
NJ/NY Gotham FC | 1 | |||||
October 25 – San Antonio | ||||||
Angel City FC | 0 | |||||
NJ/NY Gotham FC | 0 | |||||
August 6 – Kansas City | ||||||
Kansas City Current | 2 | |||||
Kansas City Current | 2 | |||||
North Carolina Courage | 0 | |||||
NJ/NY Gotham FC | 1–0 | Angel City FC |
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| Report |
Kansas City Current | 2–0 | North Carolina Courage |
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Report |
NJ/NY Gotham FC | 0–2 | Kansas City Current |
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There were 96 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.
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