Columbus is 2-2 in championship games in the last year: The Crew beat LAFC 2-1 in the 2023 MLS Cup, lost to Pachuca 3-0 in the Concacaf Champions Cup final on June 1, and beat LAFC 3-1 in the Leagues Cup final on Aug. 25, before Wednesday’s defeat.

The Campeones Cup, which started in 2018, is played annually between the winner of the MLS Cup and the winner of Mexico's Campeón de Campeones.

After seven rounds of penalty kicks, Columbus Crew were unable to hit their final attempt, but there was controversy with the outcome.

The Crew vs Club America will be streamed on Apple TV+ and available with an MLS Season Pass subscription. Jake Zivin and Taylor Twellman will be on the call at Lower.com Field. A Spanish broadcast will also be available with Sammy Sadnovik and Diego Valeri on the call.

The scene is set in Columbus. We're a little over an hour from kick-off at Lower.com Field, where Columbus Crew will host tonight's game. Campeones Cup is always played at the home of the MLS representative in a bid for Mexican teams to 'engage with US fans' and take build commercial ties north of the border.

It was Crew defender Malte Amundsen who scored the goal to tie the Campeones Cup match 1-1 in the second half, a score that would hold through regulation and send the Crew to penalty kicks against Club America. It was also Amundsen who missed Columbus' final penalty kick, allowing Club America to defeat the Crew 5-4 for the Campeones Cup trophy.

The defending league champions from the United States and Mexico square off in the annual Campeones Cup title match as the Columbus Crew host Liga MX giants Club America in Ohio on Wednesday.