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| Tournament details | |
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| Dates | August 2020 (qualifying) September 2020 – May 2021 (competition proper) |
| Teams | 48+8 (competition proper) 155+33 (expected) (total) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Monterrey (1st title) |
| Runners-up | América |
← 2019–20 2021–22 → | |
The 2020–21 CONCACAF SuperLiga is the 15th season of North America's secondary club football tournament organised by CONCACAF.
The 2021 CONCACAF SuperLiga Final will be played at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States.
This edition of the tournament will be different from previous versions. The group stage will shrink from 48 to 32 teams. The knockout stage will still feature 32 teams. 16 teams from group stage, plus eight third place teams in the Champions League and eight group winners from the newly created CONCACAF Confederations League.
Association team allocation
editA total of 215 (expected) teams from all 41 CONCACAF member associations participate in the 2020–21 CONCACAF SuperLiga. The association ranking based on the CONCACF country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–50 (except Liechtenstein) each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 51–55 each have two teams qualify (starting from this season, with association 51 losing one spot and association 55 gaining one spot).
- Moreover, 57 teams eliminated from the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League are transferred to the Europa League.
Association ranking
editFor the 2019–20 CONCACAF SuperLiga, the associations are allocated places according to their 2017 CONCACAF country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in North American competitions from 2014–15 to 2018–19.
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Distribution
editThe following is the access list for this season.
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| Third qualifying round | Champions Path (10 teams) |
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| Main Path (4 teams) |
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| Play-off round (20 teams) |
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| Group stage (32 teams) |
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| Preliminary knockout round (16 teams) |
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| Knockout phase (16 teams) |
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In the default access list, the title holders of the CONCACAF Confederations League qualify for the group stage. However, since this berth is not used for this season, the following changes to the access list are made:
- The cup winners of association 7 enter the group stage instead of the play-off round.
- The cup winners of associations 13 and 14 enter the play-off round instead of the third qualifying round.
Changes will be made to the access list above, if any of the teams that qualify for the SuperLiga via their domestic competitions also qualify for the Champions League as the Champions League or SuperLiga title holders, or if there are fewer teams transferred from the Champions League due to changes in the Champions League access list. In any case where a spot in the SuperLiga is vacated, teams of the highest-ranked associations in earlier rounds will be promoted accordingly.
Teams
editThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- CW: Cup winners
- 4th, 5th, etc.: League position of the previous season
- UCL: Transferred from the Champions League
- GS: Third-placed teams from the group stage
- CH/LP PO: Losers from the play-off round (Champions/League Path)
- CH/LP Q3: Losers from the third qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
- CH/LP Q2: Losers from the second qualifying round (Champions/League Path)
The third qualifying round is divided into Champions Path (CH) and Main Path (MP).
Notes
- ^ Mexico (MEX): Santos Laguna qualified for the SuperLiga by having the best regular season aggregate record for a team that has not reached the Apertura or Clausura finals.
- ^ Suriname (SUR): Notch qualified for the SuperLiga in the vacated 2019 SVB Cup spot, which was won by Inter Moengotapoe, who qualified for the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League by finishing second at the time of abandonment of the 2019–20 SVB Topklasse.
- ^ United States (USA): Minnesota United qualified for the SuperLiga in the vacated 2019 U.S. Open Cup spot, which was won by Atlanta United, who qualified for the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League by finishing third during the 2019 Major League Soccer season.
Schedule
editThe schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States, unless stated otherwise). The tournament would originally have started in June 2020, but had been delayed to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America. The new schedule was announced by the CONCACAF Executive Committee on 17 June 2020.
All qualifying matches, including the play-off round, will be played as single leg matches, with all matches being played at the Toyota Stadium Soccer Complex near Dallas, United States, and will be played behind closed doors.
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | Third qualifying round | 14 August 2020 | 17 August 2020 | |
| Play-off round | 19 August 2020 | |||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 7 September 2020 (Miami) |
22 September 2020[note 1] | |
| Matchday 2 | 25 September 2020[note 1] | |||
| Matchday 3 | 5 November 2020[note 2] | |||
| Matchday 4 | 8 November 2020[note 2] | |||
| Matchday 5 | 4 January 2021[note 3] | |||
| Matchday 6 | 7 January 2021[note 3] | |||
| Knockout phase | Preliminary knockout | 15 January 2021 | 10–11 March 2021[note 4] | |
| Round of 16 | 15 March 2021 | 8 April 2021 | 15 April 2021 | |
| Quarter-finals | 19 April 2021 | 29 April 2021 | 6 May 2021 | |
| Semi-finals | 20 May 2021 | 27 May 2021 | ||
| Final | 4 June 2021 at Allianz Field, St. Paul | |||
The original schedule of the competition, as planned before the pandemic, was as follows (all draws held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States, unless stated otherwise).
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
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| Qualifying | Third qualifying round | 20 July 2020 | 6 August 2020 | 13 August 2020 |
| Play-off round | 3 August 2020 | 20 August 2020 | 27 August 2020 | |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 28 August 2020 (New York City) |
17 September 2020 | |
| Matchday 2 | 1 October 2020 | |||
| Matchday 3 | 22 October 2020 | |||
| Matchday 4 | 5 November 2020 | |||
| Matchday 5 | 26 November 2020 | |||
| Matchday 6 | 10 December 2020 | |||
| Knockout phase | Round of 32 | 14 December 2020 | 18 February 2021 | 25 February 2021 |
| Round of 16 | 26 February 2021 | 11 March 2021 | 18 March 2021 | |
| Quarter-finals | 19 March 2021 | 1 April 2021 | 8 April 2021 | |
| Semi-finals | 15 April 2021 | 29 April 2021 | ||
| Final | 7 May 2021 at Allianz Field, St. Paul | |||
Qualification
editThird qualifying round
editThird qualifying round matches were held on 17 August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, matches were played as a single leg at a neutral venue.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Franciscain 
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4–0 |  Flames United
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Agouado 
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1–3 |  Port City
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BDF 
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2–1 |  Platinum
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Hope International 
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3–0 |  Islanders
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Village Superstars 
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0–1 (a.e.t.) |  Real Rincon
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Notch 
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2–0 |  Western Tigers
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UNAM 
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6–2 |  Don Bosco
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Play-off round
editPlay-off round matches were held on 19 August 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, matches were played as a single leg at a neutral venue.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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Liberta 
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4–1 | Franciscain
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Helenites 
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3–2 | Real Rincon
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Cibao 
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2–0 | BDF
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PHC Zebras 
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1–2 | Hope International
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Racing Club Aruba 
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4–2 | Port City
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| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
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IPS 
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0–3 |  Portmore United
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W Connection 
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3–0[A] |  San Pedro Pirates
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| Den Amstel
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2–3 |  Diriangén
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| Notch
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2–1 (3–2 p) | Capoise
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Sanarate 
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3–0[B] | UNAM
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- A ^ : The play-off round match between W Connection and San Pedro Pirates, originally scheduled to be played on 19 August 2020, was postponed to 23 August 2020 due to several members from San Pedro Pirates' delegation testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. On 23 August, the match could not be played due to nine players from San Pedro Pirates testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole second team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. W Connection were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by CONCACAF according to the regulations related to COVID-19.
- B ^ : The play-off round match between Sanarate and UNAM, originally scheduled to be played on 19 August 2020, was postponed to 24 August 2020 due to several members from UNAM's delegation testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. On 24 August, the match could not be played due to eleven players from UNAM testing positive for SARS-2 coronavirus and the whole second team being put into quarantine by the American authorities. Sanarate were subsequently awarded a technical 3–0 victory by CONCACAF according to the regulations related to COVID-19.
Group stage
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Red: Matchdays 1 and 2; 
Yellow: Matchdays 3 and 4; 
Green: Matchdays 5 and 6.The draw for the group stage was held on 7 September 2020, 13:00 Eastern Time, at the Knight Center Complex in Miami. The 32 teams were drawn into twelve groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. For the draw, the teams were seeded into four pots based on their 2019 CONCACAF club coefficients.[1]
In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight group winners advanced to the round of 16, where they played the winners of the preliminary knockout round. The eight group runners-up played the eight third-placed teams of the 2020–21 CONCACAF Champions League group stage.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in North America, all group stage matches were moved to neutral venues with matches played behind closed doors. There were three sites hosting two matches each for the total of six matches. Consequently, the match days for the group stage were 22 September 2020, 25 September 2020, 5 November 2020, 8 November 2020, 4 January 2021, 7 January 2021.
A total of 21 national associations were represented in the group stage. Sanarate, Once Deportivo, Jicaral, and Minnesota United made their debut appearances in the group stage.
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Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 16.01):[2]
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Group A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TLA | SFO | SNR | LBA | |
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| 1 |  Santa Tecla
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6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| 2 |  San Francisco
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 11 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 6–1 | ||
| 3 | Sanarate
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6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 10 | Transfer to Confederations League | 1–2 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Liberta
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | −18 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–6 | — |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CSL | RSL | ONC | RBH | |
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| 1 | Santos Laguna
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6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 14 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | |
| 2 |  Real Salt Lake
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 13 | 2–2 | — | 4–2 | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Once Deportivo
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Confederations League | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | |
| 4 | Robinhood
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 1–4 | — |
Group C
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MIN | TFC | JIC | RCA | |
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| 1 | Minnesota United
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| 2 |  Toronto FC
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 11 | 2–1 | — | 2–3 | 7–0 | ||
| 3 |  Jicaral
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | Transfer to Confederations League | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | |
| 4 | Racing Club Aruba
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6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 1 | 0–4 | 1–7 | 0–0 | — |
Group D
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VDA | SCS | BDN | HPE | |
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| 1 |  Vida
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 16 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | San Carlos
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6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 12 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 6–3 | ||
| 3 |  Bodden Town
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 7 | Transfer to Confederations League | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 4–2 | |
| 4 | Hope International
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6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 0 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 | — |
Group E
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MTP | FRU | BPO | DGN | |
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| 1 | Mount Pleasant
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| 2 | Fruta Conquerors
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 8 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | ||
| 3 | Belmopan Bandits
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | Transfer to Confederations League | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 4–0 | |
| 4 | Diriangén
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 6 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
Group F
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WCO | MDS | CDE | MGA | |
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| 1 | W Connection
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 4 Jan '21 | 1–0 | 8 Nov '20 | |
| 2 | Real de Minas
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2–3 | — | 8 Nov '20 | 7 Jan '21 | ||
| 3 | Costa del Este
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Transfer to Confederations League | 7 Jan '21 | 5 Nov '20 | — | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Managua
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 | 5 Nov '20 | 1–2 | 4 Jan '21 | — |
Group G
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TIJ | POR | SCH | HOQ | |
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| 1 | Tijuana
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–3 | 4–0 | 7–1 | |
| 2 | Portmore United
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 11 | 1–1 | — | 4–2 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 |  Scherpenheuvel
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6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 6 | Transfer to Confederations League | 0–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | |
| 4 | La Horquetta Rangers
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6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — |
Group H
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CIB | HEL | VER | NOT | |
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| 1 | Cibao
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |
| 2 | Helenites
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6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 3 | Verdes
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6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | Transfer to Confederations League | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | |
| 4 | Notch
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — |
Knockout phase
edit- Main article: 2020–21 CONCACAF SuperLiga knockout phase
Preliminary knockout round
editThe third place finishers from the Champions League group stage and the runners-up from the SuperLiga group stage will participate in the preliminary knockout round. The first legs will be played on 10–11 March 2021, and the return legs will be played on 17–18 March 2021.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Defence Force
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2–3 | Fruta Conquerors
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0–2 | 2–1 |
| Pérez Zeledón
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2–3 | Real Salt Lake
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2–2 | 0–1 |
| CAI
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3–1 | Toronto FC
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0–1 | 3–0 |
| Monterrey
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7–2 | Portmore United
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3–2 | 4–0 |
| Waterhouse
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1–2 | Helenites
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0–2 | 1–0 |
| Motagua
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4–5 | San Carlos
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2–4 | 2–1 |
| América
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4–0 | Costa del Este
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3–0 | 1–0 |
| Real Estelí
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1–1 (a) | San Francisco
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0–0 | 1–1 |
Round of 16
editThe first leg were played on 8 April 2021 and the second leg were played on 15 April 2021.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Minnesota United
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4–1 | San Francisco
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2–1 | 2–0 |
| Vida
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1–4 | Monterrey
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0–3 | 1–1 |
| W Connection
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2–1 | San Carlos
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0–1 | 2–0 (a.e.t.) |
| Santa Tecla
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0–4 | Real Salt Lake
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0–2 | 0–2 |
| Tijuana
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13–1 | Helenites
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4–1 | 9–0 |
| Cibao
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4–3 | Fruta Conquerors
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1–0 | 3–3 |
| Mount Pleasant
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0–5 | América
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0–0 | 0–5 |
| Santos Laguna
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3–4 | CAI
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1–2 | 2–2 |
Quarterfinals
editThe first leg were played on 29 April 2021 and the second leg were played on 6 May 2021.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| W Connection
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3–6 | Real Salt Lake
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1–0 | 2–6 |
| Cibao
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0–2 | Monterrey
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0–1 | 0–1 |
| Tijuana
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3–0 | CAI
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0–0 | 3–0 |
| Minnesota United
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4–5 | América
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2–2 | 2–3 |
Semifinals
editThe first legs were played on 20 May 2021 and the second legs were played on 27 May 2021.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Tijuana
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0–2 | Monterrey
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0–0 | 0–2 |
| Real Salt Lake
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3–3 (6–7 p) | América
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2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) |
Final
editThe final will be played on 4 June 2021.
| Monterrey | 2–1 | América |
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| Report |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ a b Matchdays 1 and 2 will be played at Dicks Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ a b Matchdays 3 and 4 will be played at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ a b Matchdays 5 and 6 will be played at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ Round of 32 games will be a single leg played at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida, United States due to the COVID-19 pandemic.