CUP leagues phase one to remember

The Sounders of Seattle started the CUP 2025 leagues with a blow, accumulating the six points available while scoring nine goals with a differential of +8. He has the Green Rave in a privileged position to advance in the quarterfinals of the tournament, which they can do with any type of result on Wednesday against Club Tijuana.

With a last phase one game to travel, here are some points to take away from what we have so far.

Inter Miami wore a blow

Inter Miami CF was launched a first adversity, while Lionel Messi left his match against Necaxa with what was then nicknamed a “minor” muscle injury. Although it is a positive early prognosis, all kinds of absence for Messi throws a key in the Miami campaign which could have training effects. With Messi on the field, the Herons have an X factor of all time which can get them a result in a given game – a powerful weapon with regard to tournament football. Inter Miami is seated in place n ° 3 of the MLS table with five points, it will therefore be interesting to see if they can obtain the result they should advance if they should do it without the chef of the boys of Barça.

It was quite even between the leagues

The speech concerning quality comparisons between MLS and Liga MX always comes to the foreth when their respective clubs compete. The general consensus is always that Liga MX remains comfortably in advance, which was difficult to discuss with Cruz Azul absolutely struck Vancouver in the final of the CONCACAF Champions Cup earlier this year. For whatever the case, the Cup leagues had a more uniform dynamic, with Liga MX clubs which took a hot start before giving up the momentum to their MLS counterparts in the following matches. Part of this is due to the MLS clubs of the advantage of the inner field granted to the organization of all these matches, but that alone does not explain some of the twisted scorlines that we have seen, even beyond the demolition of seven goals of Seattle on this same Cruz Azul side. We will see if this dynamic continues as the tournament progresses.

Seattle has an opportunity

In this new strange format with 18 clubs per league on each table, the degree of difficulty of finishing in a top four and to progress in the districts is extremely high. A minor error that leads to all abandoned points can make the difference between moving on and being eliminated. In this spirit, the nine goals from Seattle and nine goals puts them so far in what I thought was a fairly improbable position, because one of the few clubs that really controls their own destiny in their final match. With the way the team is shooting at the moment, a legitimate race is in the cards if it takes care of business on Wednesday, ideally without obtaining red cards. Whatever the importance you give on the CUP leagues, the money price and the CCC spots on the line will become all the more attractive if they can make the most of this hot start.

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Probe

Next match: Wednesday August 6 vs Club Tijuana | 8 p.m. PT | MLS season pass | League cut 2025 phase a

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Challenge

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