MLS cancels All-Star Game, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup for 2020

While MLS is still figuring out how to resume its stalled 2020 regular season, it has made the decision to cancel the All-Star Game, Campeones Cup and League Cup.

The Seattle Sounders had been scheduled to host a still undetermined Liga MX opponent in the third edition of Campeones Cup on Aug. 12. Assuming there is a 2020 season and a new MLS Cup champion is crowned, that team would host the 2021 edition of the match. The game was not scheduled to be part of the Sounders’ season-ticket package and tickets had not yet gone on sale.

This was supposed to be the first year in which teams qualified for Leagues Cup through regular-season play, and new teams will likely be selected in a similar fashion based on 2020 performances.

The MLS All-Star Game was supposed to be at Los Angeles FC’s Banc of California Stadium, and will be rescheduled for 2021. The opponent was going to be a team of Liga MX All-Stars — for the first time ever — and negotiations are apparently ongoing between the two leagues to rehash that arrangement.