Club León will kick off their 2023 Leagues Cup campaign with a challenging encounter against Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club. The Mexican powerhouse, fresh off their triumph in the 2023 CONCACAF Cup, aims to continue their winning ways.
That will be a tough task against the two-time defending Canadian champions Whitecaps FC. While the club sits at 7th place in the west, they come into Leagues Cup 2023 having won its last two matches and earning a win or draw in six of their last eight matches.
Whitecaps FC have also lost just two of their 13 matches at BC Place.
West Group 3: What’s at stake?
Two of the three clubs in this group are defending champions and one is just LA Galaxy. Despite fledgling near the bottom of MLS’s Western Conference, the Galaxy had gone unbeaten in seven straight matches before dropping its final league match ahead of the tournament.
So while Club León and Vancouver Whitecaps FC go into the tournament as favorites to get out of the groups stage, don’t be surprised by an upstart LA Galaxy team desperate to turn its season around.
Kickoff time and how to watch Club León vs. Vancouver
The clubs will kickoff on Friday, July 21, in Vancouver, starting at 10:30 pm ET (8:30 p.m. in Mexico City). The game will be broadcast on Apple TV+ in the United States and Mexico.
Possible lineups:
Vancouver: Yohei Takaoka, Mathias Laborda, Luis Martins, Ryan Raposo, Alessandro Schöpf, Sebastian Berhalter, Levonte Johnson, Levonte Johnson, Sergio Cordova, Ryan Gauld, and Brian White
León: Rodolfo Cota, Ivan Moreno, Jaine Barreiro, Adonis Frias, Jesus Angulo, Lucas Daniel Romero, Elias Hernandez, Ángel Mena, José Alvarado, and Victor Davila
