FOOTBALLMAKECOMINGBACKAGAINFOR PLAYOFFSTHISTIME!!!!!

Well that was exciting.

Now that the last game of the regular season has been played let’s have a look see at who’s in the playoffs, who’s not and who’s entered the exciting realm of the Primera Division A (second tier Mexican soccer) the demotion to which has been gently referred to in Mexican news articles as “death” and “hell”.

In the Mexican Primera Division (first division) playoffs, the teams are:

Chivas

Santos

Cruz Azul

San Luis

Toluca

Jaguares

Monterrey

Necaxa

Fun fun fun!

And the hell sent team? Veracruz! Proving the age old adage that “You can only suck for so many seasons before you get dropped to the Primera A”

Fellow survival fighters, Tigres, Puebla and Tecos are safe for now but will all be fighting to stay off the hot seat come the beginning of next season.

We also await to see who will ascend from the depths of the Primera A. Leon and Dorados de Sinaloa are in the finals of their current tournament and the champion will play the champion of the last finals (Indios de Ciudad Juarez) to see who gets promoted.
My heart is with Leon, may they find their way back to the top.

Meanwhile, in the Copa Libertadores (South American club championship) America and Atlas are in the quarter finals. Hoot Hoot!

It’s interesting how America can finish last in the Mexican league yet still beat up on the South American teams, while Guadalajara finished first in the Mexican league but got eliminated from the Copa Libertadores in the first round.

And Pachuca has won the North American championship for the second year in a row and will thus be going to the World Club Cup for the second year in a row. Great success!

So there we have it.

Meanwhile, on a distant planet somewhere in deep space….