Peruvian midfielder Yoshimar Yotun, Cruz Azul’s assist leader last season, made 32 appearances for Orlando City SC from 2017-18. Argentine forward Milton Caraglio, who tallied a team-high 11 goals during Clausura 2019, was the New England Revolution’s first-ever Designated Player back in 2011. Most recently, Cruz Azul finished Clausura 2019 with the fourth best record in the league (8-3-6) before being eliminated in the quarterfinals.Ĭruz Azul is led in attack by a trio of players with ties to Major League Soccer. Cruz Azul also won Apertura 2018 Copa MX, the nation’s largest in-season tournament, by defeating Monterrey 2-0. After reaching the playoffs as Liga MX’s top seed, they defeated Queretaro and Monterrey before falling to Club America 2-0 on aggregate in the final. Following a lengthy period in which the club failed to win trophies, Cruz Azul hired a new director of football and head coach and have become competitive once again.Ĭruz Azul finished Apertura 2018 – the first of two regular seasons in 2018-19 – with the league’s best record at 11-3-3. Tickets can be purchased at, the Avaya Stadium box office or by calling 1-80.įounded in 1927, Cruz Azul has won seven league championships, most recently in 1997, and four Copa MX tournaments. PT before being made available to the general public on Thursday, May 16 at 10 a.m. The match, which kicks off at 7:30 p.m., marks the 10th meeting all-time between two Liga MX sides at Avaya Stadium since its opening in 2015.Īn exclusive presale for Earthquakes Season Pass Holders will begin on Tuesday, May 14 at 10 a.m. – Avaya Stadium, home of the San Jose Earthquakes, will host an international friendly between Cruz Azul and Atlas on Wednesday, July 10 as part of SocioMX Tour 2019. 2 battle in the country's most historic stadium deserves.SAN JOSE, Calif. Perhaps the biggest shame of all is that the Azteca pitch continues to be in horrendous condition, and the surface is unlikely to be the type that a No. The contest profiles to be a thrilling match to watch, with two of the top teams in the Apertura jockeying for playoff position ahead of a potential rematch in the latter rounds. The scoring has been spread around, with plenty of defenders in the mix as well as players like winger Andres Ibarguen, but teenage midfielder Diego Lainez also has to get some credit for the role he has played in setting up goals, not to mention the stunner he hit to cap a 3-0 thrashing of Tijuana last week. They're average more than two goals a match and have scored a dozen goals in the last five matches. Las Aguilas have made a mockery of the pundits' predictions before the season that they'd have trouble finding the back of the next.
La Maquina bounced back by moving into the Copa MX finals during the week with a semifinal win over Leon and would be feeling just fine if they could get the better of their rival and move back to the league's summit.Īmerica will have something to say about that. Even though the attack has cooled off since Elias Hernandez and Roberto Alvarado were ripping up fullbacks at the start of the season, manager Pedro Caixinha is getting decent showings out of his squad, though last week's 2-0 loss to Queretaro in which the Gallos Blancos notched two goals in the final five minutes of the match created frustration. They've done it with one of the league's best defenses, allowing just 11 goals through 13 contests. Former America sporting director Ricardo Pelaez's summer rebuild of Cruz Azul has worked out, though, and now with just four weeks left in the regular season Cruz Azul sits one point behind league leader Club America.
Too often in recent years the Clasico Joven has been a top team against an outmatched one (usually America on top with Cruz Azul being outmatched).
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