2018 Campeones Cup


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The 2018 Campeones Cup was the first edition of the Campeones Cup, an annual North American football competition contested between the champions of the previous Major League Soccer season and the winner of the Campeón de Campeones from Liga MX.

2018 Campeones Cup

BMO Field in Toronto hosted the match

EventCampeones Cup
Toronto FC UANL
Canada Mexico
1 3
DateSeptember 19, 2018
VenueBMO Field, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Man of the MatchJesús Dueñas (UANL)[1]
RefereeRicardo Montero (Costa Rica)[2]
Attendance14,823[3]
WeatherClear
18 °C (64 °F)
73% humidity[4]

2019

The match featured Canadian side Toronto FC, winners of the 2017 MLS Cup, and UANL, winners of the 2018 Campeón de Campeones, for which they qualified by winning the 2017 Liga MX Torneo Apertura. Toronto FC hosted the match at BMO Field in Toronto, Canada, on September 19, 2018.

UANL won the match 3–1 to win the inaugural Campeones Cup.[5]

Team Qualification
  Toronto FC MLS Cup 2017 winners
  UANL 2018 Campeón de Campeones winners

As the MLS team, Toronto FC hosted the match, which took place at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with a seating capacity of 30,000. The stadium opened in 2007 and was renovated in 2016.[6]

The match's English broadcast was aired in Canada on TSN and the United States on ESPN2. A French broadcast was aired in Canada on TVA Sports 2, while Univision and Univision Deportes Network carried the Spanish broadcast in the United States.[7] The Univision broadcast was watched by an audience of 1.1 million.[8]

GK 25   Alex Bono
CB 15   Eriq Zavaleta
CB 4   Michael Bradley (c)
CB 6   Nick Hagglund
RM 9   Gregory van der Wiel   65'
CM 14   Jay Chapman
CM 18   Mark Delgado
CM 21   Jonathan Osorio
LM 2   Justin Morrow
CF 17   Jozy Altidore   57'
CF 10   Sebastian Giovinco   40'
Substitutes:
GK 1   Clint Irwin
DF 5   Ashtone Morgan
DF 12   Jason Hernandez
DF 96   Auro Jr.   65'
MF 7   Víctor Vázquez
FW 16   Lucas Janson   40'
FW 87   Tosaint Ricketts   57'
Manager:
  Greg Vanney
 
GK 1   Nahuel Guzmán
RWB 28   Luis Rodríguez
LWB 29   Jesús Dueñas
CB 4   Hugo Ayala
CB 3   Juninho (c)
CB 6   Jorge Torres Nilo
CM 5   Rafael Carioca
CM 19   Guido Pizarro   85'
AM 8   Lucas Zelarayán   88'
CF 9   Eduardo Vargas   64'
CF 10   André-Pierre Gignac
Substitutes:
GK 30   Miguel Ortega
DF 2   Israel Jiménez
DF 14   Juanjo Purata
MF 25   Jürgen Damm   85'
FW 13   Enner Valencia   64'
FW 17   Rafael Durán
FW 18   Ismael Sosa   88'
Manager:
  Ricardo Ferretti
  1. ^ a b Boehm, Charles (September 19, 2018). "Toronto FC 1, Tigres UANL 3 – 2018 Campeones Cup Match Recap". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. Archived from the original on September 20, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "Campeones Cup Rules and Regulations". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. September 18, 2018. Archived from the original on September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Toronto vs. Tigres UANL – 20 September 2018". Soccerway. Perform Group. September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "Toronto-Pearson International, Canada History". Weather Underground. The Weather Company. September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "Mexico's Tigres get a little payback, defeat Toronto FC in Campeones Cup". theglobeandmail.com. September 19, 2018.
  6. ^ "'A whole new stadium': Take a look at renovated BMO Field ahead of Toronto FC home opener". The National Post. May 5, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  7. ^ "Univision, ESPN, TSN and TVA Sports sign long-term Campeones Cup deal". MLSsoccer.com. September 17, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  8. ^ Werner, Collin (September 29, 2018). "Most-watched soccer games on US TV for September 18-23, 2018". World Soccer Talk. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  9. ^ "Stats: Toronto FC vs. Tigres UANL 09/20/2018". MLSsoccer.com. Major League Soccer. September 19, 2018. Archived from the original on September 21, 2018. Retrieved September 20, 2018.