LA Galaxy and Chivas will face-offfor the2022 Leagues Cup opening matchup at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. This newtournament will be played between Liga MX and MLS clubs for the first time. Check out herethe confirmed lineups for this game.
CONCACAF set up this tournament as the partnership between MLS and Liga MX have grown over recent years. Therefore, this year’s tournamentwill be played as a test to a month-long league featuring all 47 clubs in both Mexican and U.S top-flight leagues.
Despite both teams aren’t playing their best game, this matchup could be an opportunity to increase their confidence. Therefore, the lineupswill be a mix between players with less important roles in the team or star players in order to help them with their game.
LA Galaxy confirmed lineup
LA Galaxy will have play with an alternate lineup as they have scheduled a2022 MLS regular season matchup on the road against Sporting Kansas City. Therefore, Galaxy’s coach, Greg Vanney has to decide which tournament is more importantto play with the best players.
LA Galaxy confirmed starting XI:Jonathan Klinsmann, Kelvin Leerdam, Sega Coulibaly, Nick DePuy, Raheem Edwards, Mark Delgado, Efrain Alvarez, Gastón Brugman, Kevin Cabral, Javier Hernandez and Dejan Joveljic.
Chivas confirmed lineup
As well as LA Galaxy, Chivas have to mix up their starting lineup as they are in the middle of the 2022 Liga MX Apertura. Therefore, the starting lineup won’t have their star players like Alexis Vega and Fernando Beltran.
Chivas probable starting XI:Raul Rangel, Jesus Sanchez, Antonio Briseño, Hiram Mier, Miguel Ponce, Cristian Calderon, Eduardo Torres, Gilberto Garcia, Isaac Brizuela, Oziel Mirelesand Santiago Ormeño.