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Monterrey Beat América on Penalties to Reach Leagues Cup Final

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire From a news agency Outcome reported
  • Monterrey defeated América 5-4 on penalties after the semifinal ended 2-2 in regulation time.
  • Diego Rossi and Lucas Ocampos scored for Monterrey, while Ramón Juárez and Diego Cervantes scored for América.
  • Monterrey will face Toluca in the final after Toluca beat León 2-0 earlier in the day.

Monterrey reached the 2026 Leagues Cup final by beating América 5-4 in a penalty shootout after a 2-2 draw in regulation time. The match was played at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.

Diego Rossi put Monterrey ahead in the 49th minute after Lucas Ocampos set him up. América responded through Ramón Juárez in the 57th minute, then moved in front seven minutes later when Diego Cervantes finished a move created by Raphael Veiga.

Monterrey equalized in the 69th minute when Ocampos converted a penalty. Neither side could find a winning goal before the end of the 90 minutes, sending the semifinal to penalties.

Monterrey converted all five of its attempts through Lucas Orellano, Rossi, Víctor Guzmán, Jesús Corona and Hugo Cuypers. América scored four, with Veiga, Brian Rodríguez, Israel Reyes and Alan Sánchez converting, but Cervantes missed his attempt.

Monterrey will play Toluca for the title on Sunday. Toluca reached the final after beating León 2-0 earlier Wednesday.

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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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