Seattle Sounders To Meet Leon In Leagues Cup Final
The Final for the 2021 Leagues Cup is set. Seattle Sounders FC, representing Major League Soccer, will face Club León of LIGA MX next Wednesday, Sept. 22 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nev. at 10 p.m. ET. TV info here.
Seattle Sounders move on to the Final after a thrilling 1-0 victory in the waning minutes of the semifinal match against Santos Laguna at Lumen Field on Tuesday night, with a 93rd minute Raúl Ruidíaz goal. On Wednesday night in Houston, with goals from Santiago Colombatto and Santiago Ormeño, León moved on to the Final with a 2-0 win over Pumas. Both Seattle and León are in search of their first-ever international title.
The Leagues Cup perpetual trophy, which had been housed in Cruz Azul’s trophy room at the club’s training facility in La Noria since September 2019, will be handed to the winner in Las Vegas on September 22 in Las Vegas.
The inaugural Leagues Cup first took place in 2019, in front of large, enthusiastic crowds across the United States, with Cruz Azul defeating Tigres UANL in an all-LIGA MX final at Sam Boyd Stadium.