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Mexican soccer finals set: Texas with a rooting interest?
The Coahuila team, Santos, has a couple Texan links that might make it the “home team” in Central Texas: First of all, it’s among the closest teams to the Lone Star state, as Coahuila is home to border cities like Piedras Negras and Ciudad Acuna (Santos actually plays in Torreon, in the south of the state). Secondly a local soccer star, Sonny Guadarrama, played for the team after graduating from Cedar Park High School (He has since been traded to the team in Morelia).
But this may be the last year that Santos gets to claim the local rooting rights. The professional team from Ciudad Juarez just jumped into the top division after years of languishing in Mexico’s second division. Texans hungering for a fix of live Mexican soccer will only have to hop across the bridge in El Paso when the next season begins.
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By Jeremy Schwartz
May 31, 2008 1:00 PM | Link to this
Sorry everyone, the second game is actually on Sunday, not Saturday (but you hardcore fans knew that already). Here’s an update: Santos beat Cruz Azul 2-1 in Mexico City Thursday night, meaning Cruz Azul has to win by at least that much tomorrow in Torreon. The scoring system for these soccer matchups can be a little complicated for American fans: The teams play two games and it’s the combined score of both that determines the winner. Thus a blowout in one game basically seals the deal. In a nutshell, Cruz Azul is in a very tough situation, needing to score at least 2 goals as the away team.