Liga MX season-in-a-sentence reviews for every team

It was another great season for Tigres, who have won the Apertura three seasons in a row.

Thanks to a competition format that schedules two tournaments per year, Liga MX seasons can at times feel like a whirlwind. With two playoff runs and two ensuing champions in less than 12 months, the scheduling might seem chaotic, but it’s what truly makes the Mexican first division so thrilling to follow.
In the spirit of that brevity, we’ve decided to provide a one-sentence season review for each Liga MX team. If you didn’t get a chance to keep up with the rapid pace of the league, here’s what…

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ESPN FC’s Liga MX Clausura Awards: Best player, signing, biggest flop, more

ESPN FC’s Herculez Gomez predicts the four teams that will advance out of their respective Liguilla quarterfinal ties.
The Liga MX Clausura regular season has come to a close, and what better way to round up the action as we head into the Liguilla than with our awards? ESPN FC asked our experts Tom Marshall, Nayib Moran, Cesar Hernandez and Eric Gomez for their picks for best player, biggest flop and more!
Best player

Santos’ Osvaldo Martinez (left) or Xolos’ Aviles Hurtado (right)? Who was the best player during the regular season?

Who was the best player?

Aviles Hurtado

Osvaldo Martinez

Guido Rodriguez

Raul Ruidiaz

Other

43%

Aviles Hurtado

9%

Osvaldo Martinez

9%

Guido Rodriguez

26%

Raul Ruidiaz

13%

Other

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Aviles Hurtado, FW, Club Tijuana
No player has made a greater contribution to his team’s success this regular season, with Hurtado notching up eight goals and four assists. The forward is the very…

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Liga MX as unpredictable as ever at midway point; Americans flying high

After their loss against Club America, Ciro Procuna details the fall of Cruz Azul, who are now on the brink of relegation.

Herculez Gomez praises Oribe Peralta’s ability to thrive under pressure in Club America’s win over rival Cruz Azul.
We’re on the brink of the midway point of the Liga MX 2017 Clausura regular season and it’s time to make some conclusions about what we’ve seen so far.
Liga MX as unpredictable as ever
Chivas cruising 2-0 up at half-time against relegation-threatened Chiapas and then crashing to a 4-3 loss last Sunday has, in many ways, summed up the whole Clausura to date. It’s been almost entirely unpredictable.
The league table right now looks a little like somebody has picked balls out of a pot and slotted them…

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Violence in stands mars Liga MX match between Veracruz and Tigres

Fans clash in the stands on Friday night.
A Liga MX soccer match between Veracruz and Tigres UANL was marred by violence when fans from both sides confronted each other in the stands of Veracruz’s Luis ‘Pirata’ Fuente stadium.
Tigres players on the pitch motioned to their fans to leave the stadium following full time.
A visibly irate club manager Ricardo ‘Tuca’ Ferretti had to be held by back star player Andre-Pierre Gignac after getting into a shoving and shouting match with a police officer on the pitch.
Fans pelted the field with objects…

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