2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| 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) |
2025 → | |
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]
Format
[edit]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 teams with the most points in the group stage advanced to the semifinals at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 6.[4] The championship match was held October 25 at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas.[5]
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;[6] and Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.[7]
Teams
[edit]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 |
|---|---|---|
 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]
Group stage
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| Group D | Group E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated to match(es) played on comlete. Source: NWSL
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Source: NWSL
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Ranking of group winners
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| Pos | Team | Pld | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas City Current
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3 | 9 |
| 2 | NJ/NY Gotham FC
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3 | 8 |
| 3 | Angel City FC
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3 | 8 |
| 4 | North Carolina Courage
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3 | 7 |
| 5 | Utah Royals
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3 | 6 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]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 | |||||
Semifinals
[edit]| NJ/NY Gotham FC | 1–0 | Angel City FC |
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Report |
Final
[edit]| NJ/NY Gotham FC | 0–2 | Kansas City Current |
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Goalscorers
[edit]There were 96 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.
4 goals
Debinha, KC
Aisha Solórzano, TJ
3 goals
Temwa Chawinga, KC
2 goals
Hannah Betfort, UT- Ally Sentnor, UT
- Brecken Mozingo, UT
- Maddie Moreau, Bay
Kiana Palacios, América- Cristina Ferral, UANL
Thembi Kgatlana, UANL- Lo'eau LaBonta , KC
- Kristen Hamilton, KC
- Diana Ordóñez, HOU
- Lena Silano, WAS
- Katie Stengel, NJ/NY
References
[edit]- ^ "National Women's Soccer League and LIGA MX Femenil Announce NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup as Part of Strategic Partnership" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ Abnos, Alexander; Linehan, Meg (March 20, 2024). "NWSL and Liga MX Femenil announce new Summer Cup starting this year". The Athletic. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Liga MX Femenil y NWSL anuncian "Summer Cup", su histórica primera colaboración" [Liga MX Femenil and NWSL announce "Summer Cup", their historic first collaboration] (Press release) (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ Odom, Joel (March 20, 2024). "NWSL, Liga MX Femenil teams to compete in Summer Cup tournament". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ "NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup 2024: Full TV and streaming schedule". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
- ^ Tuttle, Marysa (April 20, 2024). "National Women's Soccer League to return to City Stadium in Richmond for summer cup match". WRIC. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ Tannenwald, Jonathan (April 20, 2024). "Subaru Park will host two NWSL games in July, including one with champions Gotham FC". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
- ^ "Kansas City 2–0 NY/NJ (Oct 25, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved October 25, 2024.
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