| Mexico hasn't been very successful at
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| | Mexico Soccer Teams - Pachuca Despite
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| national team level, since they only
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| | being the oldest club in Mexican soccer
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| managed to reach the World Cup quarter
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| | history, being founded in 1901, Pachuca
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| finals on two occasions (both in World
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| | has only become truly competitive in the
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| Cups held in Mexico). However, soccer
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| | past few decades. Winning the Primera
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| teams in Mexico gradually became more
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| | Division 5 times in the last 8 years and
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| powerful and today they are considered a
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| | the CONCACAF Champions Cup twice, in 2002
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| force to be reckoned with in American
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| | and 2007, Pachuca rose to become a force
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| soil as well as on an international club
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| | amongst the soccer teams in Mexico. The
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| level. I was planning to make a top 5 of
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| | most notable players that got to play for
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| the Mexico soccer teams, but I decided
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| | Pachuca include: Jared Borgetti, Jaime
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| against ranking them, because that might
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| | Correa, Fausto Pinto, Damian Alvarez,
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| stir some trouble with the fans, such as
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| | Mosquera, Ivan Hurtado and Juan Arango. >
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| a fan asking why is team over team in the
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| | Mexico Soccer Teams - Pumas Because of
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| ranking, since won more championships and
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| | the team's close relation to UNAM, the
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| so forth. Here are what I believe to be
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| | largest university in Mexico, the club
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| the most important soccer teams in
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| | became known as UNAM Pumas, although
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| Mexico, ranked by alphabet only :). >
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| | their official name is Club Universidad
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| Mexico Soccer Teams - Club America Club
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| | Nacional A.C. Although the Pumas don't
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| America was founded in 1916, being one of
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| | have the same history as some of the
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| the oldest professional clubs in Mexico,
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| | other top soccer clubs in Mexico, having
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| although the first league title was not
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| | been founded in 1954, they definitely
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| to be won until 1956-1966. They're
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| | made their years of existence count,
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| currently the owners of 10 national
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| | winning 5 league champs, 3 CONCACAF Cups,
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| championships, being only second to
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| | 1 Interamerican Cup as well as several
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| Chivas de Guadalajara, who have won 11
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| | smaller silverware. Amongst the players
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| titles in their history. The two are the
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| | that wore the Pumas logo on their shirt
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| most successful soccer teams in Mexico
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| | in the club's fifty-year existence, the
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| from a silverware point of view and
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| | most important are: Enrique Borja, Hugo
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| Chivas is the historical nemesis of
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| | Sanchez, Jorge Campos, Alberto Aspe, Luis
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| America, so a match between the two is a
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| | Garcia, Esteban Solari, Emerson, Ailton
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| derby that the entire country awaits.
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| | da Silva or Dario Veron. > Mexico Soccer
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| Club America gets credit for discovering
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| | Teams - Toluca Toluca was a force amongst
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| or highlighting players such as
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| | the soccer teams in Mexico ever since the
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| Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Enrique Borja, Carlos
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| | 1960s, having won 8 championship titles
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| Hermosillo, Pavel Pardo, Zizinho, Claudio
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| | since then. Ever since Toluca's founding
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| Lopez, Ivan Zamorano or Ilie Dumitrescu.
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| | in 1917, they have been known as an
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| > Mexico Soccer Teams - Chivas de
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| | offensive team who throws their dice on
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| Guadalajara The club's official name is
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| | the attackers, somewhat neglecting the
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| Club Deportivo Guadalajara, but every
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| | defensive part of the game. This
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| soccer fan in Mexico knows them as Chivas
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| | philosophy was a double edged sword, as
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| (the goats). Their tally of 11 league
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| | Toluca varied between relegation places
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| titles makes Chivas the most successful
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| | and titles in the 60s and 70s. Obviously,
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| of all soccer teams in Mexico, trailing
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| | today this attacking mentality is a lot
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| arch-nemesis America by one title.
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| | less noticeable and Toluca's game has
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| They're also very loved for their
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| | become more tactical. Some of the notable
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| Mexican-only policy, in that they never
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| | players that wore Toluca's red and white
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| use foreigners and focus only on local
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| | shirt include: Enrique Alfaro, Zinha,
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| Mexican players. Their popularity reaches
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| | Pedro Romero, Enzo Trossero, Dario
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| far beyond the borders of Mexico and into
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| | Rodriguez, Jose Cardozo, Fabian Estay,
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| the United States, where a team called
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| | Darko Vukic and Juan Antonio Pizzi.
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| Chivas USA was formed. The Mexican Chivas
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| | Niv Orlian is the author and the owner of
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| have credit for launching players such as
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| | a Soccer Fans website that provides
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| Salvador Reyes, Omar Bravo, Claudio
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| | information on various topics related to
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| Suarez, Juan Palencia, Gonzalo Pineda,
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| | soccer. For more info on Mexican soccer
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| Luis Garcia or Carlos Hermosillo. >
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| | click here .
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