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2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League
Exploria Stadium near Orlando hosted the final.
Tournament details
DatesJune – August 2019 (qualifying)
September 2019 – June 2020 (competition proper)
Teams32 (group stage)
79 (total) (from 56 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsUnited States Los Angeles FC (1st title)
Runners-upMexico América
Tournament statistics
Matches played219
Goals scored744 (3.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Carlos Vela (10)

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The 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League was the 55th season of North Americas's premier club football tournament organised by CONCACAF, and the 12th season since it was renamed from the CONCACAF Champions' Cup to the CONCACAF Champions League.

The winners of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League qualified as the CONCACAF representative at the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup, and also earn the right to play against the winners of the 2019–20 CONCACAF SuperLiga in the 2020 CONCACAF Super Cup.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was suspended from March until June 2020. The tournament resumed at a the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, United States to minimize contamination. The remaining rounds of the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final were played behind closed doors. The final was still held at Exploria Stadium in Orlando.

American side, Los Angeles FC won their first Champions League title, besting Mexican outfit, América, in penalty kicks 5–3 after drawing 1–1 in regulation.

Association team allocation

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Association ranking

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For the 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 CONCACAF country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in North American competitions from 2013–14 to 2017–18.

Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
1   Mexico 106.500 4
2   United States 94.520
3   Costa Rica 73.243
4   Honduras 59.499 3
5   Canada 59.083 1[CAN]
6   Panama 54.350 3
8   El Salvador 49.366 2
7   Trinidad and Tobago 52.357
9   Guatemala 46.433
10   Jamaica 36.550
11   Nicaragua 27.075
12   Guyana 25.150
13   Belize 23.745
14   Haiti 23.150
15   Suriname 21.160
16   Puerto Rico 19.175 1
17   Dominican Republic 16.625
18   Curaçao 16.125
19   Cayman Islands 14.875
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
20   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 13.125
21   Barbados 12.875
22   Antigua and Barbuda 12.425
23   Bermuda 12.250
24   Cascadia 11.750
25   Cuba 11.000
26   Saint Lucia 9.875
27   Dominica 9.500
28   Saint Kitts and Nevis 9.250
29   French Guiana 9.125
30   Aruba 8.500
31   Bahamas 7.375
32   Martinique 6.500
33   Guadeloupe 6.125
34   Turks and Caicos Islands 5.375
35   U.S. Virgin Islands 5.125
36   British Virgin Islands 4.000
37   Grenada 4.000
38   Bonaire 3.750
Rank Association Coeff. Teams Notes
39   Quebec 1 3.625
40   Saint-Martin 3.375
41   Greenland 3.250
42   Anguilla 2.375
43   Acadiana 2.250
44   San Andrés and Providencia 2.167
45   Sint Maarten 2.000
46   Nueva Esparta 1.667
47   Nevis 1.333
48   Statia 1.333
49   Navajo 0.833
50   Iroquois 0.667
51   Saint Barthélemy 0.167
52   Montserrat 0.000
53   Nunavut 0.000
54   Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.000
55   Saba 0.000
56   Corn Islands 0.000
57   Casqui Islands 0.000
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    Canada (CAN): A domestic league must contain at least 6 teams for multiple entries into the CONCACAF Champions League. Canada, having four entrees for this edition of the tournament cannot have more than 1 entry. Beginning with the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League, Canada will be permitted up to four teams given the size of the Canadian Premier League and Canadian clubs based in American leagues.

Distribution

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The table below shows the default access list.

Teams entering in this round Teams advancing from previous round
First qualifying round
(20 teams)
  • 20 champions from associations 38–56
Second qualifying round
(34 teams)
  • 24 champions from associations 14–37
  • 10 winners from the first qualifying round
Third qualifying round Champions Route
(20 teams)
  • 3 champions from associations 13–15
  • 17 winners from the second qualifying round
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 9 runners-up from associations 7–15
  • 1 third-placed team from association 6
Play-off round Champions Route
(10 teams)
  • 10 winners from the third qualifying round (Champions Route)
League Route
(10 teams)
  • 2 third-placed teams from associations 4–5
  • 3 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–3
  • 5 winners from the third qualifying round (League Route)
Group stage
(32 teams)
  • Champions League title holders
  • 12 champions from associations 1–12
  • 6 runners-up from associations 1–6
  • 1 third-placed teams from association 3
  • 2 fourth-placed teams from associations 1–2
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (Champions Route)
  • 5 winners from the play-off round (League Route)
Knockout phase
(16 teams)
  • 8 group winners from the group stage
  • 8 group runners-up from the group stage

The access list above is provisional, as changes will be made depending on whether the Champions League and Europa League title holders qualify for the tournament via their domestic leagues. The Champions League title holders always enter directly into the group stage. The Europa League title holders also enter directly into the group stage if either they or the Champions League title holders qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues (if both teams qualify for the group stage via their domestic leagues, the champions of association 13 enter directly into the group stage). Otherwise, the Europa League title holders enter directly the play-off round, with the route they enter depending on the Champions League title holders:

  • League Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the League Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 1–12 in the access list.
  • Champions Route: If the Champions League title holders have qualified for any round of the Champions Route, or have not qualified for the tournament via their domestic league and are from the associations 13–54 in the access list.

The final access list will then be adjusted accordingly, with teams entering either earlier or later into the competition in order to ensure that the group stage consists of 32 teams and the play-off round consists of 20 teams. UEFA has published a detailed document outlining several possible qualification scenarios, which are also covered in the regulations.

Round and draw dates

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The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the CONCACAF headquarters in Miami, United States, unless stated otherwise).

Schedule for 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League
Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 11 June 2019 22 June 2019 (semi-final round) 26 June 2019 (final round)
First qualifying round 18 June 2019 9–10 July 2019 16–17 July 2019
Second qualifying round 23–24 July 2019 30–31 July 2019
Third qualifying round 22 July 2019 6–7 August 2019 13 August 2019
Play-off Play-off round 5 August 2019 20–21 August 2019 27–28 August 2019
Group stage Matchday 1 29 August 2019
(New York City)
17–18 September 2019
Matchday 2 1–2 October 2019
Matchday 3 22–23 October 2019
Matchday 4 5–6 November 2019
Matchday 5 26–27 November 2019
Matchday 6 10–11 December 2019
Knockout phase Round of 16 16 December 2019 18–19 February 2020 25–26 February 2020
Quarter-finals 28 February 2020 10–11 March 2020 6–7 June 2020[a]
Semi-finals 10–11 June 2020[b] 14–15 June 2020[c]
Final 21 June 2020[d] at ESPN Sports Complex, Celebration[e]
  1. ^ Rescheduled from 17–18 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  2. ^ Rescheduled from 7–8 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ Rescheduled from 14–15 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ^ Rescheduled from 4 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  5. ^ Match was moved from Exploria Stadium, Orlando due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida.

Teams

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The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.: League position
  • LC: League Cup/League Playoffs winners
  • AP-1: Apertura winner
  • CL-1: Clausura winner
  • AP-2: Apertura runner-up
  • CL-2: Clausura runner-up
  • TH: Title holders
  • SL: 2018–19 CONCACAF SuperLiga winners
Qualified teams for 2019–20 CONCACAF CONCACAF League (by entry round)
Group stage
  América (AP-1)   Seattle Sounders (4th)[Note USA]   Motagua (2nd)   W Connection (1st)
  UANL (CL-1)   Los Angeles FC (5th)[Note USA]   Marathón (3rd)   Guastatoya (AP-1)[Note GUA]
  Cruz Azul (AP-1)   Herediano (AP-1)   UPNFM (4th)   Portmore United (1st)
  León (CL-2)   San Carlos (CL-1)   Toronto FC (LC)   Managua (1st)
  Atlanta United (LC)   Alajuelense (AP-2)   Tauro (AP-1)   Monterrey (TH)
  New York Red Bulls (1st)   Saprissa (CL-2)   San Francisco (CL-1/2)
  Sporting Kansas City (3rd/SL)   Olimpia (1st)   Águila (CL-1)[Note SLV]
Play-off round
Champions Path League Path
  Fruta Conquerors (1st)   Belmopan Bandits (1st)
Third qualifying round
Champions Path League Path
  Capoise (OV-1)[Note HAI]   Robinhood (1st)   Árabe Unido (3rd)   Antigua GFC (CL-1)
  Santa Tecla (AP-2)   Waterhouse (2nd)
  Central (2nd)   Real Estelí (2nd)
Second qualifying round
Champions Path League Path
  Metropolitan FA (1st)   Scherpenheuvel (1st)   Western Tigers (2nd)   Verdes (2nd)
  Pastures (1st)   Scholars International (1st)   Don Bosco (CL-1)   Inter Moengotapoe (2nd)
First qualifying round
  Cibao (1st)   Village Superstars (1st)   One Love United (1st)   Atletico Manerio (1st)
  PHC Zebras (1st)   Agouado (1st)   Paradise (1st)   Youths of the Future (1st)
  Liberta (1st)   Racing Club Aruba (1st)   Real Rincon (1st)   Golden Eagles (1st)
  Barbados Defence Force (1st)   Dynamos (1st)   Kicks United (1st)   FC Tucson (1st)
  FCM Portland (1st)   Franciscain (1st)   Blainville (1st)   Elm City Express (1st)
  Santiago de Cuba (1st)   Amical Club (1st)   St. Louis Stars (1st)   ASPSB (1st)
  Platinum (1st)   Beaches (1st)   B-67 (1st)   Police Force (1st)
  South East (1st)   Helenites (LC)   Flames United (1st)
Preliminary round
  Kugluktuk Grizzlies (1st)   SUSM (1st)   Iglesia Morava (1st)   Port City (1st)
  Real San Andrés (1st)   Ilienne Amateur (1st)   Orchila (1st)
Notes
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    El Salvador (SLV): Clausura champions, Águila, earned El Salvador's group stage berth by having a better aggregate record over Apertura champions, Santa Tecla.
  2. ^
    United States (USA):

Qualifying rounds

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Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League qualifying rounds

Preliminary round

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Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round

In the preliminary round, teams were divided into seeded and unseeded teams based on their 2018 CONCACAF club coefficients, and then drawn into one-legged quarter-final, semi-final and final ties. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 14 June 2019. The quarter-final round was played on 19 June, the semi-final round was played on 23 June, and the final round was played on 26 June 2018, all at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States. The losers of both semi-final and final rounds entered the 2019–20 CONCACAF SuperLiga second qualifying round.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Quarter-final round
SUSM   6–2   Kugluktuk Grizzlies
Real San Andrés   2–3   Orchila
Port City FC   8–1   Iglesia Morava
Semi-final round
Port City FC   2–2 (2–4 p)   Orchila
Ilienne Amateur   3–0   SUSM
Final round
Ilienne Amateur   0–1   Orchila

First qualifying round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Youths of the Future   2–9   Village Superstars 2–3 0–6
Amical Club   0–4   Franciscain 0–2 0–2
Black Rock   7–1   Santiago de Cuba 4–1 3–0
Real Rincon   1–1 (a)   Paradise 1–1 0–0
Police Force   4–17   Barbados Defence Force 3–7 1–10
Atletico Manerio   5–5 (a)   Racing Club Aruba 5–2 0–3
Switchbacks   4–2   FCM Portland 3–0 1–2
B-67   3–0   Blainville 1–0 2–0
Platinum   2–8   Agouado 2–3 0–5
Dynamos   5–5 (12–11 p)   Kicks United 3–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)
One Love United   1–3   Helenites 1–1 0–2
Golden Eagles   1–20   Cibao 1–5 0–15
St. Louis Stars   1–2   Flames United 0–0 1–2 (a.e.t.)
South East   1–2   Liberta 1–1 0–1
ASPSB   3–6   Beaches 2–1 1–4
Orchila   0–12   PHC Zebras 0–3 0–9


Second qualifying round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Liberta   4–3   Scholars International 2–1 2–2
Helenites   3–2   PHC Zebras 2–0 1–2
B-67   6–3   Black Rock 5–0 1–3
Switchbacks   5–5 (a)   Metropolitan FA 4–2 1–3
Beaches   1–8   Dynamos 1–6 0–2
Agouado   5–2   Racing Club Aruba 2–0 3–2
Franciscain   1–1 (4–5 p)   Cibao 1–0 0–1 (a.e.t.)
Flames United   5–4   Real Rincon 5–3 0–1
Barbados Defence Force   4–0   Pastures 0–0 4–0
Village Superstars   0–3   Scherpenheuvel 0–2 0–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Western Tigers   0–2   Inter Moengotapoe 0–1 0–1
Don Bosco   3–3 (a)   Verdes 2–2 1–1

Third qualifying round

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The first legs were played on 6 and 7 August, and the second legs will be played on 13 and 14 August 2018.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Flames United   1–3   Agouado 1–2 0–1
B-67   2–6   Cibao 2–2 0–4
Metropolitan FA   3–2   Scherpenheuvel 2–0 1–2
Dynamos   1–3   Robinhood 1–1 0–2
Capoise   4–2   Liberta 2–0 2–2
Helenites   4–3   Barbados Defence Force 4–2 0–1
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Waterhouse   3–3 (a)   Árabe Unido 3–1 0–2
Central   2–1   Inter Moengotapoe 1–0 1–1
Real Estelí   2–2 (a)   Verdes 2–1 0–1
Antigua GFC   6–4   Santa Tecla 3–3 3–1

Playoff round

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Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League playoff round

The first legs were played on 20 and 21 August, and the second legs were played on 27 and 28 August 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Champions Path
Fruta Conquerors   4–2   Agouado 3–0 1–2
Cibao   3–1   Metropolitan FA 2–1 1–0
Belmopan Bandits   0–2   Capoise 0–0 0–2
Helenites   2–6   Robinhood 1–2 1–4
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
League Path
Antigua GFC   2–1   Árabe Unido 2–0 0–1
Central   4–5   Verdes 2–3 2–2

Group stage

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Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League group stage

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAZ TFC SAF VER
1   Cruz Azul 6 6 0 0 32 4 +28 18 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 4–0 11–0
2   Toronto FC 6 4 0 2 18 7 +11 12 1–2 1–0 8–0
3   San Francisco 6 1 1 4 12 16 −4 4 Transfer to SuperLiga 3–6 2–3 5–0
4   Verdes 6 0 1 5 3 38 −35 1 0–7 1–5 2–2
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TAU ALA UPN AGU
1   Tauro 6 3 3 0 10 6 +4 12 Advance to knockout stage 1–1 2–1 2–0
2   Alajuelense 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 11 1–1 4–1 3–0
3   UPNFM 6 1 2 3 5 10 −5 5 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–0 1–0 2–2
4   Águila 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4 3–4 0–1 2–0
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NYR OLI AGF FRU
1   New York Red Bulls 6 4 1 1 17 6 +11 13 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 2–2 7–1
2   Olimpia 6 4 0 2 15 7 +8 12 2–0 2–1 6–0
3   Antigua GFC 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 10 Transfer to SuperLiga 1–3 1–0 3–0
4   Fruta Conquerors 6 0 0 6 3 23 −20 0 0–2 2–4 0–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATL CAP MGA MNG
1   Atlanta United 6 4 1 1 20 3 +17 13 Advance to knockout stage 3–0 5–0 4–0
2   Capoise 6 3 0 3 6 13 −7 9 1–7 1–0 1–0
3   Motagua 6 2 2 2 6 9 −3 8 Transfer to SuperLiga 1–1 2–0 3–2
4   Managua 6 1 1 4 4 11 −7 4 1–0 1–3 0–0
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TIG HDO CIB GTA
1   UANL 6 5 0 1 12 4 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 2–1 4–0
2   Herediano 6 4 1 1 15 7 +8 13 3–1 3–1 5–2
3   Cibao 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–2 0–0 2–0
4   Guastatoya 6 0 0 6 5 19 −14 0 0–1 1–4 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 5 November 2019. Source: CONCACAF.com

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AME SEA WCO ROB
1   América 6 3 2 1 20 5 +15 11 Advance to knockout stage 0–0 6–0 8–1
2   Seattle Sounders 6 2 4 0 10 4 +6 10 1–1 4–0 1–1
3   W Connection 6 2 1 3 7 16 −9 7 Transfer to SuperLiga 2–1 2–2 0–1
4   Robinhood 6 1 1 4 6 18 −12 4 1–4 0–2 2–3
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LFC SAP MTY MTH
1   Los Angeles FC 6 6 0 0 16 0 +16 18 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 4–0 2–0
2   Saprissa 6 2 2 2 12 12 0 8 0–4 6–1 2–2
3   Monterrey 6 1 1 4 7 16 −9 4 Transfer to SuperLiga 0–1 1–2 4–2
4   Marathón 6 0 3 3 7 14 −7 3 0–3 2–2 1–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SKC LEO SCR PMR
1   Sporting Kansas City 6 5 0 1 9 3 +6 15 Advance to knockout stage 2–1 1–0 3–0
2   León 6 3 0 3 14 9 +5 9 0–1 5–1 4–1
3   San Carlos 6 3 0 3 10 11 −1 9 Transfer to SuperLiga 2–0 3–2 3–1
4   Portmore United 6 1 0 5 5 15 −10 3 0–2 1–2 2–1
Source: CONCACAF.com

Knockout phase

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Main article: 2019–20 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage

Round of 16

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The first legs were played on 18 and 19 February, and the second legs were played 25 and 26 February 2020.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Capoise   1–5   América 0–2 1–3
Saprissa   3–2   Cruz Azul 3–1 0–1
Herediano   2–4   Sporting Kansas City 2–1 0–3
Toronto FC   3–1   New York Red Bulls 2–0 1–1
Alajuelense   1–6   Los Angeles FC 1–1 0–5
Olimpia   3–7   Atlanta United 2–3 1–4
León   5–2   Tauro 4–0 1–2
Seattle Sounders   2–3   UANL 2–2 0–1

Quarterfinals

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The first legs will be played on 10 and 11 March, and the second legs were originally to be played on 17 and 18 March 2020, but were postponed to 6 and 7 June 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Toronto FC   2–3   UANL 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Los Angeles FC   1–0   Atlanta Unied 1–0 0–0
Saprissa   0–5   Sporting Kansas City 0–1 0–4
León   4–6   América 1–2 3–4

Semifinals

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The first legs were to be played on 7 and 8 April, and the second legs were to be played on 14 and 15 April 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first legs were delayed to 10 June and the second legs were delayed to 14 June 2020.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Los Angeles FC   4–3   UANL 2–0 2–3
América   2–1   Sporting Kansas City 1–0 1–1

Final

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Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League Final

The final was originally schedule to be played on 4 May 2020 at Exploria Stadium in Orlando. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the match was delayed to 21 June 2020.

The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held on 28 February 2020, 12:00 EST (after the quarter-final and semi-final draws).

Los Angeles FC  1–1 (a.e.t.)  América
Ginella   90+2' Report Castillo   68'
Penalties
5–3
Attendance: 0
Referee: Juan Calderon (Costa Rica)

See also

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