Thanks to a goal by Diego Valdés, the Guerreros improved their home record against the Cementeros in regular-season games to 15-7-6 with a +13 goal differential (51 goals for Santos, 38 goals for Cruz Azul). Santos defeated Cruz Azul back on Week 1 this season, in the same venue which will host the first leg of the Liga MX Finals – Estadio Corona in Torreón, Coahuila. The three wildcard teams that have been crowned champions are Pachuca (Invierno 1999, with Javier Aguirre as coach), Morelia (Invierno 2000, with Luis Fernando Tena as coach) and the Chivas (Apertura 2006, José Manuel “Chepo” de la Torre as coach). 5 seed – is in the Finals as a wildcard team. The same format was used this season, thus Santos – a No. 5-12 – with only the Top 4 clubs earning a bye directly into the quarterfinals. Last season, the Wildcard Round featured eight teams – seeds No. Liga MX officials then terminated the wildcard experiment after the Clausura 2008 season, only to re-instate it after a 12-year absence ahead of the Guardianes 2020 campaign. 7-10 facing off for a spot in the Liguilla. Typically, the format was a first-round bye for seeds Nos. The inclusion of a Wildcard Round, or Repechaje, was first instituted for the 1991-92 season and continued for the next 18 seasons (remember that split seasons were introduced after the 1995-95 season). Santos is trying to become the fourth wildcard team to claim Liga MX bragging rights.
History of wildcard teams in Liga MX Finals And that came in their most recent Finals appearance, the Apertura 2018. Only once have the Cementeros reached a Liga MX Final as the No. None of the other seeds – 6, 7, 9 and 10 seeds – have more than one single championships.įour times, Cruz Azul has hoisted the trophy as a No. 8 seeds close on their heels (5 titles each). Playoff triumphs drop off after that for the lesser seeds. 2 seeds (also 21) have a comfortable lead in the trophy count. Since 1970 when the Liga MX instituted a playoff system to crown its champions, the top two seeds have demonstrated that their regular-season performances were not a fluke. The native of Chiapas is the only player from that Finals still active in Liga MX. His first Finals appearance came back in 2008 against Santos Laguna. Ironically, Reynoso was the captain of the last Cruz Azul squad to hoist the Liga MX trophy back in December 1997.Īnother familiar face in the Finals is Cruz Azul defender Julio César Domínguez. “La Máquina” then knocked off Toluca and Pachuca to reach the Final. The Peruvian manager then took the Cementeros job just days before the Guardianes 2021 season kicked off and led the club to the No. 5 Monterrey before falling to eventual champs León in the quarterfinals. 12 seed, and the Camoteros advanced out of the Wildcard Round by stunning No. He led Puebla to the playoffs last season as a No. Santos Laguna manager Guillermo Almada took the Guerreros job in April 2019 (one year after the club’s last title) and has guided “Los Albiverdes” to the playoffs each season, but never advanced past the quarterfinals.Ĭruz Azul head honcho Juan Reynoso is with his second Liga MX team. América scores late to ruin Toluca’s dream start.10-man Leon salvages a draw on the road (again).Liga MX champs finally get a ‘W ’ rampant Chivas held.Goals hard to come by in trio of Sunday contests.Tuzos salvage draw as home unbeaten streak reaches 15.
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