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.
The match featured Canadian side Toronto FC, winners of the 2017 MLS Cup, and Tigres 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.
Tigres UANL won the match 3–1 to win the inaugural Campeones Cup.
Teams TeamQualification Toronto FCMLS Cup 2017 winners Tigres UANL2018 Campeón de Campeones winners
Venue 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.
Broadcasting
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. The Univision broadcast was watched by an audience of 1.1 million.
Match
Details
GK 25 Alex BonoCB 15 Eriq ZavaletaCB 4 Michael Bradley (c)CB 6 Nick HagglundRM 9 Gregory van der Wiel CM 14 Jay ChapmanCM 18 Mark DelgadoCM 21 Jonathan OsorioLM 2 Justin MorrowCF 17 Jozy Altidore CF 10 Sebastian Giovinco Substitutes:GK 1 Clint IrwinDF 5 Ashtone MorganDF 12 Jason HernandezDF 96 Auro Jr. MF 7 Víctor VázquezFW 16 Lucas Janson FW 87 Tosaint Ricketts Manager: Greg Vanney GK 1 Nahuel GuzmánRWB28 Luis RodríguezLWB29 Jesús DueñasCB 4 Hugo AyalaCB 3 Juninho (c)CB 6 Jorge Torres NiloCM 5 Rafael CariocaCM 19 Guido Pizarro AM 8 Lucas Zelarayán CF 9 Eduardo Vargas CF 10 André-Pierre GignacSubstitutes:GK 30 Miguel OrtegaDF 2 Israel JiménezDF 14 Juanjo PurataMF 25 Jürgen Damm FW 13 Enner Valencia FW 17 Rafael DuránFW 18 Ismael Sosa Manager: Ricardo Ferretti
Man of the Match: Jesús Dueñas (Tigres UANL)
Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Mora (Costa Rica) Octavio Jara (Costa Rica) Fourth official: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes, of which up to three may be used.
Statistics Statistic Toronto FC Tigres UANL Goals scored 1 3 Total shots 15 8 Shots on target 4 3 Saves 1 3 Ball possession 48% 52% Corner kicks 6 1 Fouls committed 14 11 Offsides 0 2 Yellow cards 0 0 Red cards 0 0
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