2021 Capital Cup

2021 Capital Cup

Tournament details
Host country	United States
Dates	July 7–11
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Audi Field Washington, D.C.
Final positions
Champions	D.C. United (1st title)
Runners-up	Alajuelense
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	2 (1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tied (1)
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The 2021 Capital Cup was the inaugural edition of the tournament, a midseason friendly soccer tournament hosted by D.C. United. The original tournament was to feature four teams from CONCACAF, but due to COVID-19, two teams, Puebla of Mexico and Alianza of El Salvador, had to withdraw from the tournament.^[1] The tournament was originally slated to be from July 7–14, 2021 but was truncated to July 7–11, 2021.^[2]

Teams[]

Nation	Team	Location	Confederation	League
Costa Rica	Alajuelense	Alajuela	CONCACAF	Liga FPD
El Salvador	Alianza	San Salvador		Primera División
Mexico	Puebla	Puebla		Liga MX
United States	D.C. United	Washington, D.C.		Major League Soccer

Matches[]

Original matches[]

July 7, 2021

17:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Alianza	canceled	Puebla

Audi Field, Washington

July 7, 2021

20:30 EDT (UTC−4)

D.C. United	1–0	Alajuelense
Felipe 86'	Report

Audi Field, Washington

Attendance: 6,000

July 11, 2021

17:30 EDT (UTC−4)

D.C. United	canceled	Puebla

Audi Field, Washington

July 11, 2021

20:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Alajuelense	canceled	Alianza

Audi Field, Washington

July 14, 2021

17:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Puebla	canceled	Alajuelense

Audi Field, Washington

July 14, 2021

20:30 EDT (UTC−4)

D.C. United	1–0	Alianza
Ferrin 71'	Report

Audi Field, Washington

Attendance: 3,192

Revised matches[]

July 7, 2021

20:30 EDT (UTC−4)

D.C. United	1–0	Alajuelense
Felipe 86'	Report

Audi Field, Washington

Attendance: 6,000

July 11, 2021

20:30 EDT (UTC−4)

Alajuelense	0–1	D.C. United
	Report	Bolívar 68'

Audi Field, Washington

Attendance: 5,000

References[]