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Cruz Azul and Pumas battle to a scoreless tie in first leg of Liga MX final

Cruz Azul and Pumas fought hard in a 0-0 tie in the first leg of the Clausura 2026 Liga MX Final. Cruz Azul dominated but couldn’t open the scoring as Pumas takes a key result home for the 2nd leg. Pumas’ defense held well after a lousy start but Pumas will need to win on […]

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Pumas defeat Pachuca to return to a Liga MX Final

Pumas defeated Pachuca by a 1-0 score to get the victory that gave them the ticket to the final, for the first time since 2020. It was another tight game in which Pumas improved but still suffered greatly but were able to hold on and go thru because of the better finish in the regular […]

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Cruz Azul surprises Chivas to win and qualify to Liga MX final

Cruz Azul bounced back from their tie in the first leg to defeat Chivas by a 2-1 score that send the team to the Liga MX final. Cruz Azul gave a great performance after many people though Chivas had the advantage of going thru with their away tie in the first leg. Cruz Azul was […]

Mexicans Abroad Round Up

MLS Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano – San Diego FC  According to reports, Lozano’s annual salary has gone up two million dollars even though he hasn’t played for San Diego in months and most likely never will again. Hector Herrera – Houston Dynamo  Played only six minutes in Houston’s win over Vancouver.  Eredivisie Mateo Chavez – AZ […]

Pachuca strike first with win over Pumas

Pachuca defeated Pumas by a 1-0 score in the first leg of their semifinals series. Pachuca was clearly the better team over a lackluster Pumas, who now need to win on Sunday to be able to make it to the Liga MX final. In a very exciting Liguilla, the match between Pachuca and Pumas failed […]

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Chivas gets important tie against Cruz Azul in first leg of Semifinals

Cruz Azul and Chivas battled to an exciting 2-2 tie. The tie is a great result for Chivas, who only need a tie in the return leg to go thru to the Semifinals. Chivas started well but Cruz Azul evened things out, although it was not enough for a win. Chivas will host Cruz Azul […]

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Mexico’s 55 player list for World Cup is out

Mexico’s 55 player list for the 2026 World Cup was released. The list is where the 26 players that will take part in the World Cup for Mexico will have to come from this list, as no player not on the list can be part of the final squad. Mexico had already announced a number […]

Pumas hold on to tie America and qualify to the Semifinals.

Pumas and America tied in another exciting match that ended with a 3-3 score. Pumas once again took a commanding lead, this time by a 3-0 score, but allowed America to tie the game and this time were a penalty kick away from losing. The 6-6 aggregate score meant that Pumas would go thru because […]

Chivas dominate Tigres to book their ticket to the Semifinals

Chivas got the 2-0 victory they needed over Tigres in the 2nd leg of the quarterfinals to qualify to the next round. Chivas dominated an extremely defensive Tigres, that gave a terrible display as they went out. Chivas was the better team from the start and had a number of chances but they needed up […]

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Liga MX Femenil: Monterrey and Club América into the Clausura 2026 final

The semi-finals are over and we now know who will be playing in the final of Liga MX Femenil. Club América and Monterrey will face off again in a final for the chance to make history with their teams.  Club América 4 – 3 Toluca (11 – 4 aggregate)   This was going to be […]

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Tigres and Toluca move onto the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup

It has been said that it is difficult to play down in Mexico and LAFC and Nashville found that out the hard way. Both MLS teams lost their games against Liga MX as they found it difficult to compete against teams when the playing field is even. Now Tigres and Toluca will face off against […]

Hosts Mexico finds out rivals for 2026 CONCACAF U20 Championship

Mexico found out their rivals in the 2026 U20 Championship, which they will hosts in the city of Puebla and Mexico City. The tournament will not only determine the four teams that will play in the 2027 U20 World Cup but they will also determine the single spot for the 2028 Olympic Games besides host […]

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Tigres get solid victory over Chivas in first leg of Quarterfinals

Tigres bounced back from giving up an early goal to get a 3-1 victory over Chivas in the first leg of their Quarterfinal series. Once again, Tigres were dominant over Chivas although the match was even in the 1st half before Tigres overtook it in the 2nd half. Chivas now needs to win by two […]

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Marianyela Jimenez: How a Venezuelan made her dream come true in Mexico

Marianyela Jimenez started her journey in soccer at just eight years old in her native Venezuela. Like many female players that came before her, Jimenez played with an all-boys team seeing as the academy, Academia Puerto Cabello Te Quiero, did not have a girl’s team. This was where a young Marianyela learned about respect and […]

Guillermo Ochoa announces retirement after World Cup

Guillermo Ochoa, Mexico’s best ever goalkeeper, has announced he will retire from football after the 2026 World Cup. The AEL Limassol goalkeeper will be named for the Mexico squad for a sixth time in his career after having the only major career in Europe for a Mexican goalkeeper as well as some of the best, […]

Mexico announce first call ups for 2026 World Cup

Mexico gave the list of players that will take part in the 2026 World Cup and will miss the Liguilla. Javier Aguirre called up the first 12 players that will take part in the World Cup, which mean that if their teams are playing the Liguilla, they won’t take part. Mexico also called up 8 […]

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Chivas tie Tijuana to lose first place in final regular season game

Tijuana held Chivas to a scoreless tie that meant that Chivas lost out the first place in the standings in the final regular season match of the Clausura 2026. Chivas was the leader for most of the season but lost out to Pumas after they failed to get victories against Necaxa and Tijuana while Pumas […]

Pumas guarantee second place of the Clausura 2026 after defeating Pachuca

Pumas ended their Clausura 2026 season on a high not as they defeated Pachuca by a 2-0 score in a match that temporarily got them in first place of Liga MX. It was a physical match with a lot of fouls and it ended in a scuffle but Pumas was able to prevail over a […]

Mexicans Abroad: How to Watch

MLS Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano – San Diego FC  Still no news about his future.  Hector Herrera – Houston Dynamo vs. Austin  Saturday April 25, 2026 – 5:30 PM PT/7:30 PM CT/8:30 PM ET – Apple TV Eredivisie Mateo Chavez – AZ Alkmaar vs. Twente  Sunday May 3, 2026 – 7:45 AM PT/9:45 AM CT/10:45 AM […]

Necaxa and Chivas battle to a lackluster scoreless tie

Chivas and Necaxa faced off in an even and not very memorable 0-0 tie. Both sides gave very poor performances in a match where the result was deserved. Chivas failed to get a victory that would have guaranteed them first place in the Clausura 2026 although they remain in first place in the standings. Chivas […]

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Pumas comeback to defeat FC Juarez in thrilling match

Pumas bounced back from trailing by two goals at halftime to get a 4-2 victory over FC Juarez. In a controversial but exciting match, Pumas ended their Clausura 2026 season at home for the regular season with a victory that has them temporarily at 2nd place of the Liga MX. Pumas will close out the […]

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Chivas crushes Puebla to maintain itself in first place

Chivas demolished a terribly weak Puebla in route to a 5-0 victory. Chivas maintained their first place in the standings after totally dominating a very weak Puebla, who showed some attacks but were clearly the inferior side. Chivas bounced back after their humbling loss against Tigres in Monterrey on Saturday but will need to do […]

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