{"id":419141,"date":"2026-08-28T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419141\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:42:13","slug":"shell-energy-stadium-to-host-leagues-cup-2026-semifinal-between-toluca-fc-and-club-leon-on-wednesday-sept-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/419141\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell Energy Stadium to host Leagues Cup 2026 Semifinal between Toluca FC and Club Le\u00f3n on Wednesday, Sept. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON (Aug. 27, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 Shell Energy Stadium\u00a0today announced that it will host a\u00a0Leagues Cup 2026 Semifinal\u00a0match between\u00a0Toluca FC and Club Le\u00f3n\u00a0on Wednesday, Sept. 2, as the fellow LIGA MX sides compete for a place in the Final. The knockout match is scheduled to kickoff at 8:00 p.m. CT, and fans can secure their tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaguescup.com\/tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Toluca advanced to the Semifinals after earning a 2-0 victory over MLS side Austin FC on Wednesday night at Sports Illustrated Stadium in New Jersey. A 53rd\u00a0minute penalty kick goal from Helinho and a second half stoppage-time finish from Joreg Diaz Price secured the result for\u00a0Los Diablos Rojos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Le\u00f3n reached the Semifinals after defeating MLS club Real Salt Lake 3-0 on Tuesday night at DICK&#8217;S Sporting Goods Park in Colorado. The victory was highlighted by a dominant offensive performance from Colombian forward Diber Cambindo, who scored twice for the Liga MX side. Sebastian Vegas scored Le\u00f3n&#8217;s other goal in the 66th\u00a0minute, while Fernando Beltran recorded two assists on the night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leaguescup.com\/tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leagues Cup<\/a>\u00a0is an annual, Concacaf-sanctioned competition between Major League Soccer and Liga MX that features top clubs from both leagues competing in a fully interleague format. Launched in 2023, the tournament represents a landmark collaboration between the two leagues and serves as a cornerstone of their long-term partnership.<\/p>\n<p>The top three finishers in Leagues Cup qualify for the Concacaf Champions Cup, with the champion earning the opportunity to represent the region in FIFA International club competitions. Fans in more than 100 countries and regions can watch Leagues Cup on Apple TV, with select matches also available via broadcast and cable television partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON (Aug. 27, 2026)\u00a0\u2013 Shell Energy Stadium\u00a0today announced that it will host a\u00a0Leagues Cup 2026 Semifinal\u00a0match between\u00a0Toluca FC&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419142,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,844,845,58,57,6486],"class_list":["post-419141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-dynamo-fc","tag-houston-dynamo-news","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-shell-energy-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419141"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419141\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}