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Club América. Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed Las Águilas (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. The club was founded in 1916, and since 1959 has been owned by mass media company Televisa. [ 4]
The rivalry between Club América and Pumas UNAM is known as the "Clásico Capitalino" (Spanish for "Capital Classic"), [6] due to the fact that both teams are based in Mexico City—the country's capital. The first match between the two clubs took place on 1 July 1962, where América hosted UNAM, who had recently been promoted from the second ...
Best result. Champions ( 1999) Website. miseleccion.mx. The Mexico national football team ( Spanish: Selección de fútbol de México) represents Mexico in international football and is governed by the Mexican Football Federation ( Spanish: Federación Mexicana de Fútbol ). It competes as a member of CONCACAF .
The Mexican Football Champion is the winner of the Primera División of football in Mexico. Currently, there are two champions each calendar year with one champion for the Apertura ("opening") competition held in the autumn and one for the Clausura ("closing") competition in the spring.
Estadio Azteca ( Latin American Spanish: [esˈtaðjo asˈteka]) is a football stadium located in Coyoacán, Mexico City. [ 10 ] It is the official home of football team Club América, as well as the Mexico national team. The stadium sits at an altitude of 2,200 m (7,200 feet) above sea level. [ 11 ]
Guillermo Ochoa. Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña[ 7] ( Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo oˈtʃo.a]; born 13 July 1985), commonly known as " Memo Ochoa ", is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Mexico national team. Ochoa is the most capped goalkeeper in the history of the national side, and currently third ...
1977 Mexico. *Club domestic league appearances and goals. Hugo Sánchez Márquez (born 11 July 1958) is a Mexican former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward. A prolific goalscorer known for his spectacular strikes and volleys, he is widely regarded as the greatest Mexican footballer of all time, one of the best players ...
Another sellout crowd set to watch Columbus Crew take on Club América on Monday: 5 things to know