{"id":424586,"date":"2026-08-05T16:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424586\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:04:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:04:08","slug":"club-america-vs-san-diego-fc-leagues-cup-2026-hits-mexico-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/424586\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Am\u00e9rica vs. San Diego FC: Leagues Cup 2026 hits Mexico City"},"content":{"rendered":"

The opening week of Leagues Cup<\/a> 2026 continues on Thursday with more marquee MLS vs. LIGA MX matchups, highlighted by Club Am\u00e9rica hosting San Diego FC<\/a> at Estadio Azteca.<\/p>\n

In Phase One, each team plays three matches against opponents from the opposite league. The top four clubs from each league-specific table advance to the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n

The tournament champion will be crowned on Sept. 6. Additionally, the top three finishers qualify for the 2027\u00a0Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1st in LIGA MX Apertura
\n7 points (2W-0L-1D)<\/p>\n

Club Am\u00e9rica are thriving in the early stages of the LIGA MX Apertura, most recently beating Santos Laguna, 3-0, to pace the standings in their first campaign under head coach Guillermo Almada.<\/p>\n

Their undefeated start to the season also includes a 1-0 victory at Quer\u00e9taro and a 1-1 draw at Atlante.<\/p>\n

Brian Rodr\u00edguez: The former LAFC<\/a> standout returned from injury against Santos Laguna, scoring two minutes into his season debut off the bench.\u00a0
\nHenry Mart\u00edn: Club Am\u00e9rica’s longtime captain also scored over the weekend, ending a regular-season goalscoring drought that dated back to the 2025 Clausura.\u00a0
\nIsrael Reyes: The defender featured in four games for Mexico at the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> and played at last week’s 2026 MLS All-Star Game presented by Chime.
\nSebasti\u00e1n C\u00e1ceres: Alongside Rodr\u00edguez, the veteran defender represented Uruguay at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n

FC Dallas<\/a> product and USMNT<\/a> 2026 World Cup veteran Alex Zendejas is ruled out with a right knee injury.<\/p>\n

Club Am\u00e9rica are Mexico’s most decorated team with a record 16 domestic titles, including a historic three-peat (Apertura 2023, Clausura 2024, Apertura 2024).<\/p>\n

13th in MLS Western Conference
\n21 points (5W-7L-6D)<\/p>\n

San Diego salvaged a\u00a01-1 draw<\/a> at Minnesota United FC<\/a> last weekend. Star winger Anders Dreyer<\/a> converted from the penalty spot midway through the second half to cancel out\u00a0Tom\u00e1s Chancalay<\/a>‘s early opener.<\/p>\n

The Chrome-and-Azul are undefeated in two matches, beating FC Dallas<\/a>, 1-0<\/a>, after returning from the World Cup break with a 1-0 loss<\/a> at Colorado<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anders Dreyer: The 2025 MLS Newcomer of the Year finished second only to Inter Miami CF<\/a> icon Lionel Messi<\/a> for Landon Donovan MLS MVP honors last season.
\nMarcus Ingvartsen: After an injury-shortened 2025, Ingvartsen<\/a> is San Diego’s top scorer this season with 11 goals.\u00a0
\nManu Duah: One of MLS’s top-rated center backs, Duah<\/a> has been the subject of multiple transfer rumors linking him to Europe.
\nElias Achouri: San Diego’s newest DP<\/a> arrives from Danish Superliga powerhouse FC Copenhagen after representing Tunisia at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n

After a historic 2025 expansion season, San Diego have hit a sophomore slump in Year Two under head coach Mikey Varas. The Chrome-and-Azul haven’t won consecutive games since opening the 2026 season with three straight victories, dropping them outside of the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs picture.<\/p>\n

However, that impressive start to 2026 also saw San Diego eliminate Pumas UNAM in Round One of the Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> \u2013 proving they have what it takes to beat LIGA MX opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The opening week of Leagues Cup 2026 continues on Thursday with more marquee MLS vs. LIGA MX matchups,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[169316,54700,169315,11414,74,1254,76,75,6532],"class_list":["post-424586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-amevssd-08-06-2026","tag-club-america","tag-leagues-cup","tag-priority-match","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-fc","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sendtonews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}