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2020 CONCACAF Regions League
	File:Bold Stadium.jpg Bold Stadium in Austin, Texas hosted the entire tournament.
Tournament details
Dates	20–30 May 2020
Teams	8 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions	UNAM (1st title)
Runners-up	Toluca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
	2021 →

The 2020 CONCACAF Regions League was the inagural edition of the CONCACAF Regions League, a quaternary tournament to determine a group stage berth into the the tertiary CONCACAF Confederations League. The runner-up and semifinalists will earn berths into the qualifying rounds.

The tournament was scheduled to begin on 7 April 2020 and conclude on 15 May 2020, with the final being held at Bold Stadium in Austin, Texas, United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was delayed to 20 May 2020, and all matches were a single-leg, played in the Greater Austin area, with all matches played without spectators in attendance.

Mexican club UNAM won the inaugural Regions League, defeating fellow Mexican outfit, Toluca, in the final.

Round and draw dates edit

The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held at the CONCACAF headquarters in New York City, United States, unless stated otherwise).

Schedule for 2020 CONCACAF Regions League
Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Quarter-finals	20 March 2020	20 May 2020^[a]	—^[b]
Semi-finals		24 May 2020^[c]	—^[b]
Final		30 May 2020 at Bold Stadium, Austin^[d]

^ Rescheduled from 7–9 April 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ ^a ^b No second legs played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ Rescheduled from 28–30 April 2020 following the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
^ Rescheduled from 15 May 2020 following the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

Participants edit

Direct entrants (8 teams)
Region	Team	Nat.	Qualifying method	App (Last)	Previous Best (Last)
CFU	Humble Lions	JAM	2019–20 CFU Regions League champion	1st	—
NAFU	UNAM	MEX	2019–20 NAFU Regions League champion	1st	—
	D.C. United	USA	2019–20 NAFU Regions League runner-up	1st	—
	Santos Laguna	MEX	2019–20 NAFU Regions League semifinalist	1st	—
	Toluca	MEX	2019–20 NAFU Regions League semifinalist	1st	—
UNCAF	Real Sociedad	HON	2019–20 UNCAF Regions League champion	1st	—
	Municipal	GUA	2019–20 UNCAF Regions League runner-up	1st	—
	Santos de Guápiles	CRC	2019–20 UNCAF Regions League third place	1st	—

Bracket edit

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

Santos Laguna	0

Municipal	1
		Municipal	0

		UNAM	2
UNAM	4

Santos de Guápiles	1
				UNAM	2

				Toluca	1
Toluca	3

Humble Lions	0
		Toluca	2

		D.C. United	1
D.C. United	2

Real Sociedad	0

Quarterfinals edit

Summary edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Humble Lions	0–3	Toluca
UNAM	4–1	Santos de Guápiles
Real Sociedad	0–2	D.C. United
Santos Laguna	0–1	Municipal

Results edit

20 May 2020

17:00 CST

Humble Lions	0–3	Toluca
		Abundis 24' Ochoa 27' López 80'

Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Carlos Fernandes (United States)

20 May 2020

20:00 CST

UNAM	4–1	Santos de Guápiles
Iturbe 72', 77' Dinenno 80' Saucedo 89'		Camacho 46'

House Park, Austin^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Robert Sibiga (United States)

21 May 2020

17:00 CST

Real Sociedad	0–2	D.C. United
		Paredes 76', 86'

House Park, Austin^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Hector Ciseneros (Mexico)

21 May 2020

20:00 CST

Santos Laguna	0–1	Municipal
		Martínez 35'

Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Bernhard Hosu (United States)

Semifinals edit

Summary edit

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Toluca	2–1	D.C. United
UNAM	2–0	Municipal

Results edit

24 May 2020

19:00 CST

UNAM	2–0	Municipal
González 20', 29'

House Park, Austin^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Rodrigo Bodilla (Costa Rica)

24 May 2020

22:00 CST

D.C. United	1–2	Toluca
Canouse 65'		Estrada 30' Abella 90+4'

Mike A. Myers Stadium, Austin^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Héctor Francisco Rodríguez (Honduras)

Final edit

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Regions League Final

28 May 2020

UNAM	2–1	Toluca
Iturbe 19', 41'	Report	Quintana 72' (o.g.)

Bold Stadium, Austin^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 0^{[note 2]}

Referee: Mike Stutt (United States)

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g All Regions League matches were played in Austin, Texas due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g All Regions League matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.

[QFL1-1] Rescheduled from 7–9 April 2020 following the COVID-19 pandemic.

[second_leg-2] No second legs played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[SFL1-3] Rescheduled from 28–30 April 2020 following the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

[F-4] Rescheduled from 15 May 2020 following the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.

[Location-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g All Regions League matches were played in Austin, Texas due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[Regions_League_attendance-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g All Regions League matches were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.

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Tournament details
File:Bold Stadium.jpg Bold Stadium in Austin, Texas hosted the entire tournament.
Dates	20–30 May 2020
Teams	8 (from 3 associations)
Final positions
Champions	UNAM (1st title)
Runners-up	Toluca
Tournament statistics
Matches played	7
Goals scored	19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
2021 →