Football match
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 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]
Teams
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.[ 6]
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.[ 7] The Univision broadcast was watched by an audience of 1.1 million.[ 8]
Match
Details
Statistics
References
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "Toronto vs. Tigres UANL – 20 September 2018" . Soccerway . Perform Group . September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
^ "Toronto-Pearson International, Canada History" . Weather Underground . The Weather Company . September 19, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2018 .
^ "Mexico's Tigres get a little payback, defeat Toronto FC in Campeones Cup" . theglobeandmail.com. September 19, 2018.
^ " '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 .
^ "Univision, ESPN, TSN and TVA Sports sign long-term Campeones Cup deal" . MLSsoccer.com. September 17, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
^ Werner, Collin (September 29, 2018). "Most-watched soccer games on US TV for September 18-23, 2018" . World Soccer Talk . Retrieved December 7, 2018 .
^ "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 .
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