Only four teams remain in the 2024 Leagues Cup tournament, and the final participants will be decided tonight.
Columbus Crew will host a surging Philadelphia Union team in the first of two semifinal matches Wednesday, while LAFC will host the Colorado Rapids in the other semifinal.
The winners of both matches will meet in the Leagues Cup final, while the losers will play in a third-place match, both on Sunday.
There’s plenty at stake for the Leagues Cup final four: The finalists and third-place winner earn berths to the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup tournament.
The Crew are reigning MLS champions , and still looking for their second trophy in the calendar year after losing to LIGA MX side Pachuca in the Champions Cup earlier this year.
The Union might be ranked 10 th in the MLS Eastern Conference , but they have reached the Leagues Cup semifinal for the second straight season. They won the third-place match last year.
LAFC has welcomed France's all-time leading goal scorer Olivier Giroud into the fold and is second in the MLS Western Conference this season. They notably fell 2-1 to the Crew in the MLS Cup final last season.
The Colorado Rapids , fourth in the MLS Western Conference, won’t be an easy out after beating four consecutive Liga MX opponents during their Leagues Cup run to the semifinal.
Follow along here for Leagues Cup semifinal live updates from USA TODAY Sports on Wednesday night:
The Leagues Cup semifinal match between the Columbus Crew and Philadelphia Union at Lower.com Field in Columbus, Ohio begins at 7:30 p.m. ET, and will be streamed live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV .
The semifinal match between LAFC and the Colorado Rapids at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles begins at 10 p.m. ET (7 p.m. locally) and will be streamed live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV .
The Leagues Cup final and a third-place match will be played on Sunday, Aug. 25.
∎ Columbus Crew vs. Philadelphia Union betting odds : Columbus (-225); Tie (+340); Philadelphia (+425) via BETMGM .
∎ LAFC vs. Colorado Rapids betting odds : LAFC (-225); Tie (+333); Colorado Rapids (+450) via BETMGM .
It would be so fitting in Columbus Crew and LAFC met in the Leagues Cup final, after the Crew beat LAFC 2-1 for the MLS Cup title last season. It would be a high-stakes rematch, and set the tone for the MLS playoff race this season.
Most of the 29 MLS teams will return to regular-season play on Saturday, Aug. 24 , when there will be 12 matches played (streaming live on MLS Season Pass ).
- Minnesota United vs. Seattle Sounders FC , 6:30 p.m. ET (FOX)
- Charlotte FC vs. New York Red Bulls , 7:30 p.m. ET
- D.C. United vs. FC Dallas , 7:30 p.m. ET
- Inter Miami CF vs. FC Cincinnati , 7:30 p.m. ET
- CF Montréal vs. New England Revolution , 7:30 p.m. ET
- New York City FC vs. Chicago Fire FC , 7:30 p.m. ET
- Houston Dynamo FC vs. Toronto FC , 8:30 p.m. ET
- Sporting Kansas City vs. Orlando City SC , 8:30 p.m. ET
- Nashville SC vs. Austin FC , 8:30 p.m. ET
- Real Salt Lake vs. San Jose Earthquakes , 9:30 p.m. ET
- LA Galaxy vs. Atlanta United , 10:30 p.m. ET
- Portland Timbers vs. St. Louis City SC , 10:30 p.m. ET
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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Columbus Crew vs. Philadelphia: Leagues Cup live updates, score, TV, who reaches final?
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