| NEW YORK CITY & MEXICO CITY (August 8, 2021) – The 25-player competition rosters for the opening Leagues Cup 2021 matches this Tuesday were announced today. Alan Pulido (Sporting KC), Ángel Mena (León), Raul Ruidíaz (Seattle Sounders) and Florian Thauvin (Tigres) headline the August 10 matches in Kansas City and Seattle.
Tickets for the tournament are available here.
Also, ahead of the Saturday night 30-Player roster deadline, the following changes were made to two team Competition Rosters. Pumas added forward Ángel García to its Leagues Cup competition roster. Also, Santos has replaced Santiago Muñoz with forward Alessio Da Cruz.
THREE THINGS TO KNOW
- The first ever Leagues Cup game was played on July 23, 2019 between Chicago Fire and Cruz Azul.
- Each one of this year’s MLS clubs have a player that used to play in LIGA MX: Orlando’s Pedro Gallese (Veracruz), Sounders’ Raul Ruidíaz (Morelia), Kansas City’s Alan Pulido (Tigres, Chivas), and NYCFC’s Maxi Moralez (León).
- Three of the seven previous Leagues Cup matches were won in penalty shootouts -- LA Galaxy beat Xolos, Houston Dynamo beat America and Tigres beat Americ
ROSTERS
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC
- Goalkeepers: Stefan Cleveland, Stefan Frei, Spencer Richey, Andrew Thomas
- Defenders: Xavier Arreaga, Abdoulaye Cissoko, Yeimar Gómez Andrade, Shane O'Neill, Alex Roldán, Nouhou
- Midfielders: Josh Atencio, Reed Baker-Whiting, Ethan Dobbelaere, Danny Leyva, Nico Lodeiro, Jimmy Medranda, Joao Paulo Mior, Cristian Roldán, Kelyn Rowe, Brad Smith
- Forwards: Will Bruin, Fredy Montero, Jordan Morris, Raúl Ruidíaz
- Head coach: Brian Schmetzer
TIGRES UANL
- Goalkeepers: Miguel Ortega, Alan Flores, Arturo Delgado
- Defenders: Hugo Ayala, Francisco Venegas, Diego Reyes, Juan Purata, Aldo Cruz, Erick Avalos
- Midfielders: Rafael de Souza, Juan Pablo Vigón, Leónardo Fernández, Luis Ronaldo Nájera, Javier Aquino, Raymundo Fulgencio, Luis Quiñones, Florian Thauvin, Jesús Dueñas, David Ayala, Jesús Garza, Sergio Treviño, Alan Ramos
- Forwards: Nicolás López, Carlos González, Adrián Garza
- Head coach: Miguel Herrera
SPORTING KANSAS CITY
- Goalkeepers: Kendall McIntosh, Tim Melia, John Pulskamp,
- Defenders: Amadou Dia, Andreu Fontas, Nicolas Isimat-Mirin, Jaylin Lindsey, Luis Martins, Kayden Pierre, Roberto Puncec, Kaveh Rad, Graham Smith
- Midfielders: Osvaldo Cisneros, Cameron Duke, Roger Espinoza, Wilson Harris, Gizacho Kinda, Ilie Sanchez, Rémi Walter
- Forwards: Grayson Barber, Alan Pulido, Johnny Russell, Daniel Salloi, Khiry Shelton, Graham Zusi
LEÓN
- Goalkeepers: Rodolfo Cota, Iván Vázquez, Bernardo Aguilar
- Defenders: Andres Mosquera, William Tesillo, Ramiro Gonzalez, Oscar Villa
- Midfielders: David Ramírez, Iván Rodríguez, Gil Burón, Osvaldo Rodríguez, Santiago Colombatto, Fidel Ambriz, Jean Meneses, Ángel Mena, Elías Hernández, Jesse Zamudio, Pablo Rangel, Saúl Zamora
- Forwards: Omar Fernández, Víctor Dávila, Emmanuel Gigliotti, Santiago Ormeño, Iván Hernández, Armando León
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