March 4 – Six Liga MX teams and six MLS clubs dominate the field for the Round of 16 match-ups in the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup. The home and away series of matches begin tonight with second legs of the ties being played March 11-13.
Rounding out the last 16 are two Costa Rican clubs, LD Alajuelense and CS Herediano, Canada’s Vancouver Whitecaps and Jamaica’s Cavalier FC.
Mexico’s Liga MX have dominated Concacaf’s senior club competition, winning 18 of the last 20 Champions Cup titles. But signs are that the MLS clubs, who dominated the Leagues Cup competition played last year between Liga MX and MLS teams, scent blood and the expanded opportunity of playing at FIFA’s Club World Cup.
Tonight’s matches see FC Cincinnati at home to Tigres UANL in the first of two Liga MX-MLS ties. It also sees MLS sides LAFC and Columbus Crew kick off the only all-MLS tie of the round at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
The round of 16 sees the 11 clubs advancing from Round One join the three winners of the Concacaf’s regional cup competitions, Columbus Crew (USA), LD Alajuelense (CRC), and Cavalier FC (JAM), and the Champions of MLS, LA Galaxy, and Liga MX, Club America.
After home and away play, the aggregate score winner in each matchup (eight clubs in total) will advance to the Quarterfinals, which are scheduled for the first half of April, followed by the semifinals in late April and early May, and the Final on Sunday, June 1.
First Leg Matches
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
18:30(18:30) FC Cincinnati vs Tigres UANL – TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, OH, USA
20:30 (19:30) Pumas UNAM vs LD Alajuelense – Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City, MEX
22:30 (19:30) Los Angeles FC vs Columbus Crew – BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
20:30 (19:30) CD Guadalajara vs Club América – Estadio Akron, Guadalajara, MEX
20:30 (19:30) CS Herediano vs Los Angeles Galaxy – Estadio Fello Meza, Cartago, CRC
22:30 (19:30) Seattle Sounders FC vs Cruz Azul – Lumen Field, Seattle, WA, USA
22:30 (19:30) Vancouver Whitecaps FC vs CF Monterrey – BC Place, Vancouver, BC, CAN
Thursday, March 6, 2025
20:00 (20:00) Inter Miami CF vs Cavalier FC – Chase Stadium, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Second Leg Matches
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
20:30 (18:30) Cruz Azul vs Seattle Sounders FC – Estadio Olímpico Universitario, México City, MEX
20:30 (20:30) Columbus Crew vs Los Angeles FC – Lower.com Field, Columbus, OH, USA
22:30 (20:30) Tigres UANL vs FC Cincinnati – Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, MEX
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
20:30 (18:30) CF Monterrey vs Vancouver Whitecaps FC – Estadio Corona, Torreón, MEX
22:30 (19:30) Los Angeles Galaxy vs CS Herediano – Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA, USA
22:30 (20:30) Club América vs CD Guadalajara– Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes, México City, MEX
Thursday, March 13, 2025
20:00 (19:00) Cavalier FC vs Inter Miami CF – National Stadium, Kingston, JAM
22:00 (20:00) LD Alajuelense vs Pumas UNAM – Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, CRC
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