Three of the largest North American inter-league soccer competitions have been canceled. Peter G. Aiken

MLS All-Star Game, Leagues Cup, Campeones Cup all canceled amid pandemic

By Zac Wassink | Last updated May 19, 2020 5:51 PM ET

The coronavirus pandemic that led to the suspension of the 2020 Major League Soccer season after only two matchdays has claimed three North American soccer competitions.

On Tuesday afternoon, MLS confirmed that the 2020 All-Star Game between squads of top players from MLS and Liga MX, the second annual Leagues Cup, and the Campeones Cup between the reigning MLS Cup holders and the Liga MX Campeon de Campeones winners have all been canceled due to the pandemic.

Next year's MLS All-Star Game will feature the same format from this year's postponed match. Both the Leagues Cup and Campeones Cup are also scheduled to occur in 2021.

Cruz Azul defeated Tigres UANL 2-1 to win the inaugural Leagues Cup Final last September:

Atlanta United became the first MLS team to hoist the Campeones Cup in August 2019:

MLS and the MLS Players Association haven't yet reached an agreement for the resumption of the season during the uncontrolled virus outbreak. Last week, ESPN's Jeff Carlisle reported the league's 26 clubs could flock to Orlando for a summer tournament.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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