Don Garber, commissioner of Major League Soccer (MLS), confirmed that there are options that the 2026 edition undergoes modifications in its competence format to include reciprocal visits and thus grant greater parity in the competition, as has been the recurring complaint of the MX League teams.
The above was confirmed by the high manager of the MLS Dan Garber in an interview with David Faitelson of the Tudn chain, who explained that the games would be played in both Mexico and the United States, reducing the advantage of the advantage of the American teams in this tournament where the Aztec teams have subtracted seriousness.
On this matter, Faitelson published on his social networks the comment of the North American League Commissioner: “We are not closed to anything”, which opens a range of options, especially after confirming that there are analysis tables with the head of the MX League, Mikel Arriola.
It will be in the next few days when possible changes can be known more and if it is economically viable to implement reciprocal visits, especially because in the MX League stadiums this kind of games does not generate much attractive for Mexican fans, while the opposite union happens in the America.
The Metamorphosis of Leagues Cup
Due to the entire series of complaints that have been generated since the creation of the CUP Leagues, this competition has suffered several transformations as in the last edition where the groups of three teams were eliminated, where a mixture of ML clubs with ML League was made, now only one of each league was determined in two areas to qualify for the quarterfinals (4 of the MX League and 4 of MLS).
The above was transformed with the idea that each league had its best classified after the dispute of three games each and thus have more interesting confrontations in the direct elimination round; However, Liga MX ended up saying goodbye in the first round of rooms.
The MLS has the domain
Beyond that in the first two editions the domain was of Mexican teams such as Cruz Azul in 2019 and León in 2021, the reality is that the domain from 2023 has been one of the MLS squads with the coronations of Inter Miami in 2023, Columbus 2024 and Seattle Sounders in the recent 2025 edition in a final controversy against Inter Miami where Luis Suárez spit Technician of the Northwest Squader of the United States.
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