MLS is Back Tournament Final

The MLS is Back Tournament Final will be a soccer match held on August 11, 2020 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando, Florida. It will be the final match of the MLS is Back Tournament, a competition marking the resumption of the 2020 Major League Soccer season following the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The match will be played behind closed doors due to the pandemic, and will be broadcast on ESPN beginning at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time.[1]

MLS is Back Tournament Final
ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex near Orlando will host the match.
EventMLS is Back Tournament
DateAugust 11, 2020 (2020-08-11)
VenueESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, Bay Lake, Florida, US
Attendance0 (closed door)

The winner of the match will earn a spot in the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League, regardless if the club is from Canada or the United States. They will qualify for the United States' third berth, which was originally awarded only to a team from the United States, replacing the 2020 MLS Eastern or Western Conference regular season champions which are not the Supporters' Shield champions. This one-time change was approved by CONCACAF, the United States Soccer Federation and the Canadian Soccer Association, and has no bearing on Canada's berth in the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League, which is awarded to the 2020 Canadian Championship champions, and thus if a team from Canada wins the MLS is Back Tournament, only three teams from the United States, and two teams from Canada (three if a team from Canada qualifies through the 2020 CONCACAF League), will qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League. If the same team wins both the MLS is Back Tournament and the Canadian Championship, the Canadian Soccer Association will decide which second team from Canada will qualify for the vacated berth.[2][3]

Road to the final
Further information: MLS is Back Tournament

The MLS is Back Tournament is a one-off tournament during the 2020 MLS season to mark the league's return to action from the COVID-19 pandemic. All 26 Major League Soccer teams will participate in the tournament. The tournament, behind closed doors at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando will begin on July 8 with a group stage, with matches counting towards regular season standings, followed by a knockout round. Of the 26 teams, 16 advance to the knockout round.

Match

Details
Winner semi-final 1vWinner semi-final 2
Attendance: 0 (closed door)

Broadcasting

The match will be broadcast on ESPN.

References
  1. "Full match schedule and TV info unveiled for MLS is Back Tournament". MLSSoccer.com. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  2. "MLS is Back Tournament winner will qualify for 2021 Concacaf Champions League". Major League Soccer. June 10, 2020.
  3. "Concacaf Statement – Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League qualification for the winner of MLS Is Back tournament". Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League. June 10, 2020.
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