2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup

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)
	2025 →

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.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3] 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 teams with the most points in the group stage advanced to the semifinals at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, on August 6.^[4] The championship match was held October 25 at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas.^[5]

Nearly all games during the group stage were played in the United States, with the exception of Tigres–Pachuca at Estadio Universitario in Monterrey.^[3] Several matches were played at non-NWSL venues, including City Stadium in Richmond, Virginia;^[6] and Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania.^[7]

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^[3]

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

Updated to match(es) played on comlete. 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

Source: NWSL

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

August 6

17:00 ET

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

CPKC Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Referee: Elijio Arreguin

August 6

21:00 ET

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

CPKC Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Referee: Katja Koroleva

Final

October 25

19:30 ET

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

Toyota Field, San Antonio, Texas

Attendance: 3,668^[8]

Referee: Alyssa Nichols

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

References

^ "National Women's Soccer League and LIGA MX Femenil Announce NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup as Part of Strategic Partnership" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ Abnos, Alexander; Linehan, Meg (March 20, 2024). "NWSL and Liga MX Femenil announce new Summer Cup starting this year". The Athletic. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Liga MX Femenil y NWSL anuncian "Summer Cup", su histórica primera colaboración" [Liga MX Femenil and NWSL announce "Summer Cup", their historic first collaboration] (Press release) (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
^ Odom, Joel (March 20, 2024). "NWSL, Liga MX Femenil teams to compete in Summer Cup tournament". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ "NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup 2024: Full TV and streaming schedule". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Kansas City 2–0 NY/NJ (Oct 25, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

[NWSL-1] "National Women's Soccer League and LIGA MX Femenil Announce NWSL x LIGA MX Femenil Summer Cup as Part of Strategic Partnership" (Press release). National Women's Soccer League. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

[2] Abnos, Alexander; Linehan, Meg (March 20, 2024). "NWSL and Liga MX Femenil announce new Summer Cup starting this year". The Athletic. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

[Ramirez2024-3] "Liga MX Femenil y NWSL anuncian "Summer Cup", su histórica primera colaboración" [Liga MX Femenil and NWSL announce "Summer Cup", their historic first collaboration] (Press release) (in Spanish). Liga MX Femenil. March 20, 2024. Retrieved March 23, 2024.

[Oregonian-4] Odom, Joel (March 20, 2024). "NWSL, Liga MX Femenil teams to compete in Summer Cup tournament". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 21, 2024.

[5] "NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup 2024: Full TV and streaming schedule". Pro Soccer Wire. USA Today. July 20, 2024. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[8] "Kansas City 2–0 NY/NJ (Oct 25, 2024) Final Score". ESPN. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

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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)
2025 →