NWSL and Liga MX Femenil to play summer tournament in 2024

The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) introduced a summer time event the place every workforce will play towards choose sides from the Liga MX Femenil. That’s the prime girls’s league in Mexico. In complete, there can be 20 groups concerned, and they’re going to play a complete of 33 video games as a part of this competitors. The 20 groups break up into 5 teams of 4. Every group has three NWSL groups and one Liga MX Femenil workforce. There’s one exception that has two NWSL groups and two Liga MX Femenil groups.

Both sides will play the opposite three groups of their group. Then, the highest 4 groups from throughout the competitors will advance to a four-team semifinal part. Additional particulars on the competitors guidelines and scheduling will come at a later date. For now, NWSL and Liga MX Femenil introduced the event will begin on July 19. Every workforce’s three group-stage video games occur in late July, because the semifinal spherical would be the week of Aug. 4. Nonetheless, the Closing is not going to occur for a while. The Championship match for this competitors is the weekend of Oct. 25 to 27.

This event is much like the Leagues Cup between Main League Soccer and Liga MX. Nonetheless, the primary distinction is that the Leagues Cup options each workforce in Main League Soccer and Liga MX. Whereas this new event has each NWSL workforce, there are solely six rivals from Liga MX Femenil. That’s simply one-third of the groups in Mexico’s prime girls’s division.

That mentioned, the Summer season Cup will play prominently in the US. There’s one sport on Mexican soil, which is fittingly the group-stage sport involving two Mexican golf equipment. The opposite contests are unfold throughout NWSL stadiums. There isn’t a plan in place for the place the semifinals or remaining can be but.

Event brings NWSL and Liga MX Femenil collectively

This competitors is a significant piece of development for each the NWSL and Liga MX Femenil. With the introduction of the CONCACAF Women’s Champions Cup, North America and the Caribbean now has its equal to the UEFA Ladies’s Champions League. The addition of the Summer season Cup between NWSL and the Liga MX Femenil simply takes it a step additional.

“Right now’s announcement marks a historic milestone for ladies’s soccer in North America and one other vital step within the continued elevation of our world sport,” mentioned NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman. “We’re excited to companion with LIGA MX Femenil to create further aggressive alternatives for our athletes, unlock new rivalries, faucet into our collective fanbases and proceed our shared mission of elevating the worth, visibility and world normal of our sport.”