Overview
- LAFC finished the group phase in fifth place and were eliminated from the Leagues Cup when Austin FC and Chicago Fire won their final matches, pushing LAFC out of the top four.
- The Black & Gold completed Phase One with seven points after a 1-1 draw and a 5-3 shootout win over Querétaro at BMO Stadium, a result in which all five LAFC penalty takers scored and Son Heung-min converted his kick.
- Earlier in the group LAFC had won a shootout 5-4 over Chivas de Guadalajara and beat Toluca 1-0, so the team relied heavily on the shootout points system that awards two points for a shootout win.
- Denis Bouanga scored LAFC's equalizer against Querétaro to reach 15 Leagues Cup goals and become the competition's all-time leading scorer, but his milestone did not change LAFC's overall fate.
- The outcome highlights how the Leagues Cup's cross-league format and its 3-2-1 points system can make advancement hinge on simultaneous fixtures and other teams' results, and it ends LAFC's path to the knockout stage and the tournament route to the Concacaf Champions Cup.