Leagues Cup coming to Lower.com Field in late July

Zoom in: Lower.com Field will host at least two Leagues contests featuring the Crew — 7:30pm July 23 (St. Louis City) and 8pm July 31 (Club América, based in Mexico City).

• If the Crew win, more may be scheduled locally.

State of play: The MLS season is a little over halfway finished.

• The Crew are fourth in the Eastern Conference, meaning if the season ended today they'd comfortably make the playoffs. The top nine of 15 teams qualify automatically.

What we're watching: How long the sellout streak continues.

• The team has already set a new franchise record with nine sellouts this year — including the last eight consecutive matches — and there's still plenty of season left to play.

If you go: 7:30pm Saturday vs. New York City. Standing room only, $40. Resale tickets start at $37.