Leagues Cup

FT Tuesday, August 20, 2019
LA Galaxy LLWDL 1
–
Cruz Azul DLWWW 2
1st2ndT
LA101
CAZ112
Dignity Health Sports Park · 20,135 att. · ESPN2 · ESPN3

Match Report

Eric Christian Smith/AP

Cruz Azul advances past Galaxy in Leagues Cup

A second half wonder-goal from Orbelin Pineda helped Cruz Azul to a 2-1 win over LA Galaxy to advance to the inaugural Leagues Cup final.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
2
43.5
Possession
56.5
9
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
285
Accurate Passes
408
378
Passes
495
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
3
13
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.2
68
Long Balls
73
35
Accurate Long Balls
45
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
7
12
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
18
Interceptions
8
24
Effective Clearances
18
24
Clearances
18

Lineups

CAZ · 4-3-3

  1. 1José CoronaG
  2. 4Julio DomínguezCD-L
  3. 23Pablo AguilarCD-R
  4. 16Adrián AldreteLB
  5. 27José MadueñaRB
  6. 5Igor LichnovskyCM
  7. 19Yoshimar YotúnLM
  8. 25Roberto AlvaradoRM
  9. 9Milton CaraglioF
  10. 31Orbelín PinedaLF
  11. 17Édgar MéndezRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Elías HernándezSUB
  2. 24Juan EscobarSUB
  3. 21Jonathan RodríguezSUB
  4. 7Martín CauteruccioSUB
  5. 12Guillermo AllisonSUB
  6. 10Guillermo FernándezSUB
  7. 22Rafael BacaSUB

LA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 28Matt LampsonG
  2. 62Nick DePuyCD-L
  3. 21Giancarlo GonzálezCD-R
  4. 4Dave RomneyLB
  5. 5Daniel SteresRB
  6. 11Favio ÁlvarezAM
  7. 14Joe CoronaLM
  8. 6Servando CarrascoRM
  9. 12Chris PontiusF
  10. 27Emil CuelloAM-L
  11. 26Efrain ÁlvarezAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 52Kai KoreniukSUB
  2. 1David BinghamSUB
  3. 3Diego PolentaSUB
  4. 29Ethan ZubakSUB
  5. 17Sebastian LletgetSUB
  6. 18Uriel AntunaSUB
  7. 20Tomas Hilliard-ArceSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Cruz Azul 1, LA Galaxy 0. José Madueña (Cruz Azul) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Orbelín Pineda.
  2. 32' Igor Lichnovsky (Cruz Azul) Yellow Card at 32'
  3. 37' Goal! Cruz Azul 1, LA Galaxy 1. Emil Cuello (LA Galaxy) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Favio Álvarez.
  4. 47' Goal! Cruz Azul 2, LA Galaxy 1. Orbelín Pineda (Cruz Azul) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Yoshimar Yotún.
  5. 59' Guillermo Fernández (Cruz Azul) Substitution at 59'
  6. 68' Sebastian Lletget (LA Galaxy) Substitution at 68'
  7. 69' Substitution, LA Galaxy. Ethan Zubak replaces Favio Álvarez.
  8. 77' Elias Hernández (Cruz Azul) Substitution at 77'
  9. 80' Uriel Antuna (LA Galaxy) Substitution at 80'
  10. 88' Yoshimar Yotún (Cruz Azul) Yellow Card at 88'
  11. 90'+3' Juan Carlos Escobar (Cruz Azul) Substitution at 93'

Leagues Cup News

All news
Video Gomez: Toluca have every right to be considered a top club Gomez: Toluca have every right to be considered a top club Video América vs. Monterrey - Game Highlights América vs. Monterrey - Game Highlights ESPN Jeff Carlisle MLS' Leagues Cup implosion reveals how much work league has left to do After the World Cup, MLS ran an ad that read: "We'll take it from here." In its made-up Leagues Cup, though, the only thing it has taken is an L. ESPN Associated Press Miami beaten by Monterrey without absent Messi Diego Rossi scored the go-ahead goal in the 90th minute, earning Monterrey a 2-1 win over Inter Miami, which played without Lionel Messi, in a group stage Leagues Cup group match on Saturday.