2024 Leagues Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2024 Leagues Cup is the second and final stage of the competition, following the group stage. The knockout stage began on August 7 and will conclude with the final on August 25. The top two teams from each group advanced to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination tournament. There will be 32 matches in the knockout stage, including a third-place playoff played between the two losing semifinalists.^[1]

The knockout stage of the 2024 Leagues Cup will be contested between the 30 teams that qualified from the group stage and two that received a bye. Matches in the knockout stage are played to a finish. If the score of a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, no extra time will be played, and the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out.

The top two placed teams from each of the top fifteen groups qualified for the knockout stage, joining América and Columbus Crew, who both received byes to this round.

League path

League	Team	Qualification
Liga MX	América	Champion with the most points in the accumulated table of the 2023 Clausura and 2024 Apertura tournaments
MLS	Columbus Crew	MLS Cup 2023 winner

Group stage path

Group	Winners	Runners-up
W1	Austin FC	UNAM
W2	LA Galaxy	San Jose Earthquakes
W3	Juárez	St. Louis City SC
W4	Toluca	Sporting Kansas City
W5	Portland Timbers	Colorado Rapids
W6	Necaxa	Seattle Sounders FC
W7	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Los Angeles FC
W8	Houston Dynamo FC	Atlas
E1	FC Cincinnati	New York City FC
E2	Orlando City SC	CF Montréal
E3	UANL	Inter Miami CF
E4	Philadelphia Union	Cruz Azul
E5	New England Revolution	Mazatlán
E6	Toronto FC	Pachuca
E7	D.C. United	Santos Laguna

The tournament bracket is shown below, with bold denoting the winners of each match.

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	August 9 – San Diego, CA
	América	2
					August 13 – Carson, CA
	Atlas	1
					América	4
	August 9 – St. Louis, MO
					St. Louis City SC	2
	St. Louis City SC	3
									August 17 – Carson, CA
	Portland Timbers	1
									América	0
	August 9 – Houston, TX
									Colorado Rapids	0
	Toluca (p)	2 (5)
					August 13 – Commerce City, CO
	Houston Dynamo FC	2 (4)
					Toluca	1
	August 9 – Commerce City, CO
					Colorado Rapids	2
	Juárez	2
													August 21
	Colorado Rapids	3
														0
	August 8 – Seattle, WA
														0
	LA Galaxy	1
					August 12 – Seattle, WA
	Seattle Sounders FC	3
					Seattle Sounders FC	4
	August 7 – Vancouver, BC
					UNAM	0
	UNAM	2
									August 17 – Seattle, WA
	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0
									Seattle Sounders FC	0
	August 7 – Los Angeles, CA
									Los Angeles FC	0
	Los Angeles FC	2
					August 13 – Los Angeles, CA
	Austin FC	0
					Los Angeles FC	4
	August 8 – San Jose, CA
					San Jose Earthquakes	1
	Necaxa	0
																	August 25
	San Jose Earthquakes	5
																		0
	August 9 – Cincinnati, OH
																		0
	FC Cincinnati (p)	1 (6)
					August 13 – Cincinnati, OH
	Santos Laguna	1 (5)
					FC Cincinnati	2
	August 9 – Chester, PA
					Philadelphia Union	4
	CF Montréal	0
									August 17 – Chester, PA
	Philadelphia Union	2
									Philadelphia Union	0
	August 9 – Washington, D.C.
									Mazatlán	0
	D.C. United	1
					August 13 – Washington, D.C.
	Mazatlán	2
					Mazatlán (p)	2 (3)
	August 9 – Orlando, FL
					Cruz Azul	2 (1)
	Cruz Azul (p)	0 (5)
													August 21
	Orlando City SC	0 (4)
														0
	August 8 – Austin, TX
														0			Third place playoff
	UANL	1
					August 13 – Harrison, NJ												August 25
	Pachuca	0
					UANL	1												0
	August 9 – Foxborough, MA
					New York City FC	2												0
	New York City FC (p)	1 (7)
									August 17 – Columbus, OH
	New England Revolution	1 (6)
									New York City FC	0
	August 9 – Columbus, OH
									Columbus Crew	0
	Sporting Kansas City	0
					August 13 – Columbus, OH
	Columbus Crew	4
					Columbus Crew	3
	August 8 – Fort Lauderdale, FL
					Inter Miami CF	2
	Toronto FC	3
	Inter Miami CF	4

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Los Angeles FC	2–0	Austin FC
Vancouver Whitecaps FC	0–2	UNAM
Inter Miami CF	4–3	Toronto FC
UANL	1–0	Pachuca
Seattle Sounders FC	3–1	LA Galaxy
San Jose Earthquakes	5–0	Necaxa
FC Cincinnati	1–1 (6–5 p)	Santos Laguna
Columbus Crew	4–0	Sporting Kansas City
D.C. United	1–2	Mazatlán
New England Revolution	1–1 (6–7 p)	New York City FC
Orlando City SC	0–0 (4–5 p)	Cruz Azul
Philadelphia Union	2–0	CF Montréal
St. Louis City SC	3–1	Portland Timbers
Toluca	2–2 (5–4 p)	Houston Dynamo FC
Juárez	2–3	Colorado Rapids
América	2–1	Atlas

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Team 1	Score	Team 2
Seattle Sounders FC	4–0	UNAM
Columbus Crew	3–2	Inter Miami CF
FC Cincinnati	2–4	Philadelphia Union
Cruz Azul	2–2 (1–3 p)	Mazatlán
UANL	1–2	New York City FC
Toluca	1–2	Colorado Rapids
América	4–2	St. Louis City SC
Los Angeles FC	4–1	San Jose Earthquakes

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Team 1	Score	Team 2
Columbus Crew	Aug 17	New York City FC
Philadelphia Union	Aug 17	Mazatlán
Seattle Sounders FC	Aug 17	Los Angeles FC
América	Aug 17	Colorado Rapids

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Team 1	Score	Team 2
	Aug 21
	Aug 21

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The winner of the third place match qualified for the first round of the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
	Aug 25

Both clubs that make the final qualified for the 2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup, with the winner qualifying directly to the round of 16.