Liga MX

Some men and women just can’t stand still. Whether it’s his drive to win or just the cocaine, Diego Maradona is one of those people.

Unlike Pelé, Maradona refuses to just sit around collecting royalty checks for doing Subway commercials. Maradona played for three decades as one of the greatest players to ever grace the pitch and has had six stints as a head coach.

On Thursday, Maradona was hired as technical director for Ascenso MX club Dorados de Sinaloa, perhaps the Argentine legend’s highest-profile gig since leading Argentina at the 2010 World Cup. 

PSV Eindhoven is turning into Pachuca East, or maybe the Dutch El Tri. After the incredible success of former Pachuca winger Hirving Lozano, the Erick Gutierrez PSV transfer was officially announced Thursday, the day after Chucky helped fire the Dutch club into the Champions League group stage. 

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Who are the fastest soccer players in the world today? Well, by working toward a composite of various top speeds collected throughout last year’s club season and this summer’s World Cup, we can somewhat confidently say that this list here comprises the 40 fastest soccer players in the world today. 

How fast is Jürgen Damm? Since joining Tigres from Pachuca in 2015, the flying winger has used his blistering pace to help the club to its most successful era ever. His presence on the right wing has been instrumental in back-to-back-to-back Apertura championships, and although the 25-year-old has always struggled for consistency in the final third, his pace makes him a force to be reckoned with.

A weekend of petulance, playacting and red cards in Liga MX sent Tigres manager Tuca Ferretti over the edge, a reaction that was largely triggered after Guido Pizarro was given a straight red card in the 23rd minute for a fairly innocuous piece of contact with Toluca’s Luis Mendoza. 

No club divides opinion in Mexico quite like Club America, but yesterday, the entire country had to be excited about the performance of 18-year-old phenom Diego Lainez. 

Since making his club debut as a 16-year-old, Lainez has been touted as one of Mexico’s top prospects. However, the native of Villahermosa had yet to make much of an impact in his brief Liga MX career with America manager Miguel Herrera deploying the winger cautiously.

Think it’s a little early to announce the Liga MX best goal of the 2018 season? Look at this Elías Hernández goal and think again.

On the first week after resuming Liga MX, Cruz Azul’s Elías Hernández scored what will very possibly be named the goal of the season.

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Can a Cruz Azul Estadio Azteca homecoming end the infamous 22-year curse known as Maldición Celeste?

Cruz Azul is one of the most popular and most successful teams in Mexico.

A Glorious Past At Estadio Azteca

Much of their greatness comes from the 1980s, when the team became an absolute winning machine in Mexican football.

An Andrés Iniestra vs. Ronaldo duel may sound like a classic clash between two of LaLiga’s most historic figures.

But read carefully: It is not Barcelona’s Andrés Iniesta but rather Pumas UNAM Andrés Iniestra we are talking about.

Similarly, it is not Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo but Veracruz’s Ronaldo Prieto. 

Liga MX World Cup players had a good tournament in Russia. With the World Cup coming to an end, many of us are heartbroken and will face the existential void once the final whistle blows in the France vs Croatia game. However, the good news is local tournaments will resume soon all around the world and things will go back to normal.