The Summer Cup pitted teams from the Liga MX Femenil against the NWSL, The competition showcased Mexican clubs who were eliminated and in the group stage without the ability to advance to the semifinals, the four invited to the semifinals were Gotham FC, Angel City, KC Current and North Carolina. And the grand final scheduled for October 25 will face Gotham City and KC Current.
Given this situation, Now Mexican clubs have the opportunity to show a better version in the new competition, W Concacaf Champions Cup, which pits 10 clubs from North and Central America and the Caribbean against each other.
The tournament is made up of 12 teamswith three places for Mexico, three for the United States, and one each for Costa Rica, Canada, Jamaica and Panama. The format consists of four stages: Preliminary Round, Group Stage, Semi-Finals and the Final.
In the first stage, two clubs face each other in a single match, the winner of which will join the nine seeded teams in the group stage. These 10 teams will be divided into two groups of five and each team will play four matches, two at home and two away. The top two teams will play a final four and the final phase will include semi-finals, a third-place match and the final.
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Participating teams
The first group It is made up of the Frazsiers of Jamaica, Gotham of the NWSL, Tigres and Monterrey of the Liga MX Femenil and Alajuelense. In the second one they are the Vancouver Whitecaps, San Diego Wave, Santa Fe de Panama and the Portland Thorns.
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The first round of the tournament was held on Thursday, August 15, where the Whitecaps defeated Alianza from El Salvador and the group stage will begin on August 20 to October 17. The dates on which the final stages will be played are tentatively scheduled for the last week of May 2025.
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