The Soccer Business Podcast

MLS's Mexican Future - League Cup's cross border debut with Tom Mayo

August 7, 2026·28 min
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MLS is banking on it's partnership with Liga MX in the Leagues Cup, which got underway this week, to deliver growth across all areas of the business. On Wednesday the competition held its first game on Mexican soil with a packed crowd in Toluca witnessing the clash with the Seattle Sounders. Tom Mayo, Executive Director of Leagues Cup, joins the pod to outline MLS's thinking about the tournament and reveal how the competition will fit into the new-look MLS calendar. Plus we touch upon the unveiling of Larry Berg as new commissioner of MLS in New York earlier this week with the thoughts of Don Garber, Jimmy Haslem and Berg himself and Simon looks at how Berg handled the media for the first time.

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