CARSON (Wednesday, October 1, 2025) – In a last-minute comeback victory, Toluca FC defeated the LA Galaxy 3-2 on Wednesday night at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. The win marks Toluca’s first Campeones Cup trophy in their first participation.
Match Recap
LA Galaxy opened the scoring in the 36th minute via penalty kick by Diego Fagundez, giving the LA side the lead into halftime. Toluca FC returned to the field for second half without head coach Antonio Mohamed, who was ejected from the match at halftime. That did not shake the Mexican club, who found the equalizer in the 53rd minute. LA retook the lead in the 83rd minute through a great play scored by Gabriel Pec. Five minutes later, Franco Romero tied the match for Toluca 2-2.
The match carried thrilling moments through the final seconds of the game, when a corner kick at 90+4 minute found Federico Pereira connecting with the ball past goalkeeper Novak Mićović for Toluca’s game-winning goal of the night.
Tonight’s Campeones Cup victory becomes the third trophy won by Toluca this year under Argentine head coach Antonio Mohamed at the helm (LIGA MX Clausura 2025, Campeon de Campeones 2025, M Campeones Cup 2025).
Campeones Cup History
2025 LA Galaxy 2, Toluca FC 3 Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, CA
2024 Columbus Crew (4) vs. Club America (5) Lower.com Field, Columbus, OH
2023 LAFC 0 (2), Tigres UANL 0 (4) BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA
2022 New York City FC 2, Atlas FC 0 Yankee Stadium, New York, NY
2021 Columbus Crew 2, Cruz Azul 0 Lower.com Field, Columbus, OH
2019 Atlanta United 3, Club América 2 Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA
2018 Toronto FC 1, Tigres UANL 3 BMO Field, Toronto, Canada
The 2025 Campeones Cup is sponsored by Caterpillar, Dawn, and Old Spice. The match was watched by fans in the United States, Mexico, Canada and more than 100 countries around the world on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app, which is available on Apple devices, smart TVs, streaming devices from Roku, Amazon, and Google, game consoles, and the web at tv.apple.com and TUDN/Televisa in Mexico.
The Campeones Cup, together with Leagues Cup, are part of a larger partnership between the two most important soccer leagues in North America, MLS and LIGA MX. Launched in 2018, this partnership is rooted not only in the ultimate on-field rivalry, designed to strengthen the sport in the region, but by a true spirit of collaboration off it, with a focus on sharing best practices and on being a force for positive change in the local communities of both leagues.
