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2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

Tournament details
Host countries	United States Mexico
Dates	July 19 – October 25
Teams	20 (from 2 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Kansas City Current (1st title)
Runners-up	NJ/NY Gotham FC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	96 (2.91 per match)
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The 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup was the inaugural edition of the NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup, a women's soccer competition between clubs from the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) of the United States and Liga MX Femenil of Mexico.

The tournament was held from July to October 2024 at venues in the United States and Mexico. The 20 participating teams were divided into five groups, with the top four teams overall advancing to the semifinals. The final was hosted at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas, and won by the Kansas City Current, who defeated NJ/NY Gotham FC 2–0.

Format

The 2024 edition had 20 teams: all 14 teams in the NWSL and six participants from Liga MX Femenil determined by the most points accumulated across the Clausura 2023 and Apertura 2023 tournaments. The teams were divided into five groups, each with four participants, and each played three matches in the group stage beginning on July 19. The four group winners with the most points advanced to the semifinals at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 6, with their ranking used for seeding; one group winner would not advance. The championship match was held October 25 at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas.

If a match was tied after 90 minutes, it immediately proceeded into a penalty shootout. Three points were awarded for a win in regulation time, two points for a win via a penalty shootout, one point for a loss in the penalty shootout, and no points for a regulation-time loss. The group stage tiebreakers were goal difference, followed by total goals scored, points in head-to-head matches, goal difference in head-to-head matches, goals scored in head-to-head matches, and least disciplinary points.

Nearly all games during the group stage were played in the United States, with the exception of Tigres–Pachuca at Estadio Universitario in Monterrey. Several matches were played at non-NWSL venues, including City Stadium in Richmond, Virginia; and Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Teams

20 team participated in the 2024 Summer Cup, which included all 14 teams from the NWSL and six teams from Liga MX Femenil that were determined through a qualification process.

Teams participating in the 2024 Summer Cup

League	Team	Qualification method
Liga MX Femenil (6 teams)	Tigres UANL	Accumulated the most points (82 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023
	Club América	Accumulated the second most points (79 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023
	C.D. Guadalajara
	C.F. Monterrey	Accumulated the fourth most points (77 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023
	C.F. Pachuca	Accumulated the fifth most points (63 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023
	Club Tijuana	Accumulated the sixth most points (60 pts) across the Clausura and Apertura tournaments of 2023
National Women's Soccer League (14 teams)	Angel City FC	Automatic qualification
	Bay FC
	Chicago Red Stars
	Houston Dash
	Kansas City Current
	NJ/NY Gotham FC
	North Carolina Courage
	Orlando Pride
	Portland Thorns FC
	Racing Louisville FC
	San Diego Wave FC
	Seattle Reign FC
	Utah Royals
	Washington Spirit

Source: Liga MX Femenil

Group stage

Group A	Group B	Group C
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Utah Royals 3 6 2 Portland Thorns FC 3 6 3 Seattle Reign FC 3 3 4 Tijuana 3 3 Source: NWSL	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Angel City FC 3 8 2 San Diego Wave FC 3 4 3 Club América 3 3 4 Bay FC 3 3 Source: NWSL	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 Kansas City Current 3 9 2 Houston Dash 3 6 3 Tigres UANL 3 3 4 Pachuca 3 0 Source: NWSL
Group D	Group E
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 NJ/NY Gotham FC 3 8 2 Chicago Red Stars 3 4 3 Washington Spirit 3 3 4 Guadalajara 3 3 Source: NWSL	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1 North Carolina Courage 3 7 2 Racing Louisville FC 3 6 3 Orlando Pride 3 4 4 Monterrey 3 1 Source: NWSL

Ranking of group winners

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Kansas City Current	3	9
2	NJ/NY Gotham FC	3	8
3	Angel City FC	3	8
4	North Carolina Courage	3	7
5	Utah Royals	3	6

Knockout stage

Bracket

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

	Semifinals				Final
	August 6 – Kansas City
	NJ/NY Gotham FC	1
					October 25 – San Antonio
	Angel City FC	0
					NJ/NY Gotham FC	0
	August 6 – Kansas City
					Kansas City Current	2
	Kansas City Current	2
	North Carolina Courage	0

Semifinals

NJ/NY Gotham FC	1–0	Angel City FC
Sheehan 48'	Report

Kansas City Current	2–0	North Carolina Courage
Chawinga 2' Debinha 78'	Report

Final

NJ/NY Gotham FC	0–2	Kansas City Current
	Report	Chawinga 24', 37'

Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 33 matches, for an average of 2.91 goals per match.

4 goals

• Debinha, KC
• Aisha Solórzano, TJ

3 goals

• Temwa Chawinga, KC

2 goals

• Hannah Betfort, UT
• Ally Sentnor, UT
• Brecken Mozingo, UT
• Maddie Moreau, Bay
• Kiana Palacios, América
• Cristina Ferral, UANL
• Thembi Kgatlana, UANL
• Lo'eau LaBonta , KC
• Kristen Hamilton, KC
• Diana Ordóñez, HOU
• Lena Silano, WAS
• Katie Stengel, NJ/NY

References

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4. Odom, Joel (March 20, 2024). "NWSL, Liga MX Femenil teams to compete in Summer Cup tournament". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
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6. "2024 Summer Cup Competition Rules & Regulations" (PDF). National Women's Soccer League. pp. 2, 10. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
7. Tuttle, Marysa (April 20, 2024). "National Women's Soccer League to return to City Stadium in Richmond for summer cup match". WRIC. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
8. Tannenwald, Jonathan (April 20, 2024). "Subaru Park will host two NWSL games in July, including one with champions Gotham FC". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
9. "Kansas City 2–0 NY/NJ (Oct 25, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

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