The Crew will host all three of their Leagues Cup group-stage games at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, starting with Atlas FC on Aug. 4.
In their second game, which will be played Aug. 7, the Crew face CF Pachucha. In the 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup final, the Crew fell to Pachuca 3-0 while nearly the entire lineup was dealing with food poisoning.
The Crew close out the group stage facing Pumas UNAM on Aug. 11. The Crew have never faced Atlas or Pumas.
Pumas currently lead Liga MX with 36 points. Pachuca is in fourth, while Atlas is in sixth.
In the last Leagues Cup, the Crew were eliminated in the group stage after missing out on being one of the four advancing MLS teams on goal differential.
Columbus Crew 2026 Leagues Cup schedule, phase one
The Crew will advance in the Leagues Cup if they rank as one of the top four clubs from the MLS based on Phase One performance.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus Crew 2026 Leagues Cup kickoff times revealed. See here
Reporting by Dan Aulbach, Columbus Dispatch / The Columbus Dispatch
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