2024 Leagues Cup semifinals report

The 2024 Leagues Cup semifinals started with Columbus advancing to the final with a 3-1 home win over the Philadelphia Union. Diego Rossi put Columbus up in the 12th with Daniel Gazdag equalizing for the Union in the 32nd. Rossi scored again in the 43rd and Cucho Hernandez doubled the Crew’s lead in the 53rd.

Mateusz Bogusz put LAFC up in the 42nd, Kei Kamara added a goal in the 45th, and Denis Bouanga made it 3-0 in the 59th. Lewis O’Brien added a goal in the 75th minute.

“It’s a final, it’s going to be the last game of the cup, so we are going to be ready,” Bouanga said of Sunday’s championship game in Columbus. “It’s not going to be like last year’s game, there’s a feeling of revenge and we’re going to be eager to win that game.”

On Thursday in the UEFA Conference League playoff round first-legs, Lenny Maloney subbed on in the 61st minute of Heidenheim’s 2-1 win at BK Hacken. Sirlord Conteh put Heidenheim up in the 31st with BK Hacken equalizing in the 36th. Heidenheim’s Leo Scienza scored in the 65th minute. Maloney saw yellow two minutes into stoppage time. Johnny Cardoso subbed out in the 64th minute of Real Betis’s 2-0 win at Kryvbas KR. Chimy Avila put Real Betis up in the 13th and Rodri Sanchez doubled the lead in the 62nd minute.