SUPER Ligas!
Maybe the U.S. is starting to join the rest of the human race…or at least NAFTA. Heck, we already import Mexican players and the Mexican teams bring a better turnout than the U.S. ones do…
The SuperLiga, which starts on Tuesday, is an eight-team tournament featuring four MLS sides from the U.S. and four clubs from the Mexican first division.
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‘It is part of our ongoing quest together to turn this region of North America into a region that can be competitive with Europe, that can be competitive with Africa and other dominating soccer or football regions around the world.’
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‘We have seen tremendous success with the Mexican national team games that have been produced in large stadiums across our country. We sold out three NFL stadiums in the off-season and that is not something one would ever expect to happen.
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The MLS teams aiming for the highest winner’s purse in North American club history are Los Angeles Galaxy, D.C. United, Houston Dynamo and FC Dallas.
The Mexican challenge is provided by Chivas de Guadalajara, Pachuca, Club America and Monarcas Morelia.
In Tuesday’s opening group matches, Dallas host Monarcas Morelia at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco and the Galaxy take on Pachuca at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California.
Oh well, so I won’t get to see MY team — los Pumas — up here, but then, I guess that’s what I get for hanging around Chilangos and reading Jornada. If you spend any time in Mexico, you MUST pick a team (it’s in the Constitution) and there are class and political overtones. Naturally, the teams in the Super Liga are those favored by the people who emigrate to the U.S.: conservatives tend to follow Chivas, the working class Club America and Morelia and Pachuca are provincials. Me, I’m a Pumas guy, but then, I hung out with the wrong crowd (the kind of folks who read Jornada) and are hopelessly Chilango.
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