Chicago Fire beats Cruz Azul 2-1, eliminates Liga MX side from Leagues Cup

And because of this Chicago gets the #1 seed for MLS, Cruz Azul gets knocked out & Monterrey sneaks in at #4. Which means we got Lewandowski & Chicago vs Cuypers & Monterrey in the first round knockouts. Insane!!

FULL TIME: Timbers 3 - 1 Club Tijuana The Martí Cifuentes era begins in style as Portland’s Leagues Cup 2026 run comes to an end. Really fun game, really fun crowd, and nice to see the signs of Cifuentes’ style so quickly. I am ready for MLS play to resume. #RCTID

Marti Cifuentes is victorious in his first game in charge of the Timbers. They were already eliminated from Leagues Cup when the opening whistle blew. Lots of positives to build on from a dominant and controlled performance. #RCTID

Chicago Fire Columbus Crew Austin, TX Real Salt Lake All the major American metro areas covered in the knockout round of Leagues Cup 2026, just like Dong drew it up. If you don’t love MLS, you don’t love sicko shit. Sad.

Chicago Fire win 2-1 over Cruz Azul, the current Liga MX champions. They top the #MLS side of the bracket and will host CF Monterrey in the quarterfinal #cf97 #VamosFire

THIS ONE'S FOR YOU, CHICAGO. WE WILL SEE YOU IN THE LEAGUES CUP KNOCKOUT ROUNDS. #cf97

FINAL | POR 3-1 TIJ #RCTID The Martí Cifuentes era gets off on the right foot throughly beating Tijuana 3-1 Leagues Cup Lassiter strikes again and Kevin Kelsy’s equalizer marks his 10th of 2026 - a new career high. Cifuentes awarded a log slab postgame!

That’s a wrap on Leagues Cup Phase One! You know the drill: hit us with the best thing you saw ⤵️

Fun Fact: #AustinFC has never lost a Leagues Cup game while wearing the Violet Crown kit

Chicago Fire FC 2-1 Cruz Azul, some thoughts after one of the bigger wins in recent Chicago Fire history thanks to a brace from Puso Dithejane. Here’s to hoping the Fire host, as that was my impression when I recorded this…

Fix wasn’t even close to in #Crew96 is at minimum the 3rd seed Real Salt Lake is thru on 7 points as no one can catch them LAFC needs help at 7 points ATX and Chicago play tonight to get in ATX vs America at 8:30 and Chicago vs Cruz Azul at 8:30

PENALTY SHOOTOUT: E. Lara (Club America) — MISSED. Shootout: Club America 5–6 @anyaustin.bsky.social. Leagues Cup #clubamerica #austinfc

All LAFC had to do was beat a team that hadn’t scored a goal in Leagues Cup. A study needs to be done on how that team plays so much worse in big tournament moments.

If I'm counting correctly, Austin has just moved to the top of the #MLS #LeaguesCup standings into first place, ahead of the #Crew96, based on goal differential. (+5 to +3). Again, I'm not @mcornell.dev, but it looks to me like Crew's chances of hosting a QF math rely on CHI-Cruz Azul outcome.

As noted in the preamble, I generally don't trust results/performances from the Leagues Cup... ...but it's also hard to not feel encouraged by Portland's last half dozen plus games and, for me, like A LOT of what I saw in Portland's approach tonight. More inside. Brave new world, etc. #rctid (2/3)