| Mexico hasn't been very successful at national team | | | | > Mexico Soccer Teams - Pachuca |
| level, since they only managed to reach the World | | | | Despite being the oldest club in Mexican soccer |
| Cup quarter finals on two occasions (both in World | | | | history, being founded in 1901, Pachuca has only |
| Cups held in Mexico). However, soccer teams in | | | | become truly competitive in the past few decades. |
| Mexico gradually became more powerful and today | | | | Winning the Primera Division 5 times in the last 8 |
| they are considered a force to be reckoned with in | | | | years and the CONCACAF Champions Cup twice, in |
| American soil as well as on an international club level. | | | | 2002 and 2007, Pachuca rose to become a force |
| I was planning to make a top 5 of the Mexico soccer | | | | amongst the soccer teams in Mexico. |
| teams, but I decided against ranking them, because | | | | The most notable players that got to play for |
| that might stir some trouble with the fans, such as a | | | | Pachuca include: Jared Borgetti, Jaime Correa, Fausto |
| fan asking why is team over team in the ranking, | | | | Pinto, Damian Alvarez, Mosquera, Ivan Hurtado and |
| since won more championships and so forth. Here are | | | | Juan Arango. |
| what I believe to be the most important soccer | | | | > Mexico Soccer Teams - Pumas |
| teams in Mexico, ranked by alphabet only :). | | | | Because of the team's close relation to UNAM, the |
| > Mexico Soccer Teams - Club America | | | | largest university in Mexico, the club became known |
| Club America was founded in 1916, being one of the | | | | as UNAM Pumas, although their official name is Club |
| oldest professional clubs in Mexico, although the first | | | | Universidad Nacional A.C. Although the Pumas don't |
| league title was not to be won until 1956-1966. | | | | have the same history as some of the other top |
| They're currently the owners of 10 national | | | | soccer clubs in Mexico, having been founded in 1954, |
| championships, being only second to Chivas de | | | | they definitely made their years of existence count, |
| Guadalajara, who have won 11 titles in their history. | | | | winning 5 league champs, 3 CONCACAF Cups, 1 |
| The two are the most successful soccer teams in | | | | Interamerican Cup as well as several smaller |
| Mexico from a silverware point of view and Chivas is | | | | silverware. |
| the historical nemesis of America, so a match | | | | Amongst the players that wore the Pumas logo on |
| between the two is a derby that the entire country | | | | their shirt in the club's fifty-year existence, the most |
| awaits. | | | | important are: Enrique Borja, Hugo Sanchez, Jorge |
| Club America gets credit for discovering or highlighting | | | | Campos, Alberto Aspe, Luis Garcia, Esteban Solari, |
| players such as Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Enrique Borja, | | | | Emerson, Ailton da Silva or Dario Veron. |
| Carlos Hermosillo, Pavel Pardo, Zizinho, Claudio Lopez, | | | | > Mexico Soccer Teams - Toluca |
| Ivan Zamorano or Ilie Dumitrescu. | | | | Toluca was a force amongst the soccer teams in |
| > Mexico Soccer Teams - Chivas de Guadalajara | | | | Mexico ever since the 1960s, having won 8 |
| The club's official name is Club Deportivo Guadalajara, | | | | championship titles since then. Ever since Toluca's |
| but every soccer fan in Mexico knows them as | | | | founding in 1917, they have been known as an |
| Chivas (the goats). Their tally of 11 league titles | | | | offensive team who throws their dice on the |
| makes Chivas the most successful of all soccer | | | | attackers, somewhat neglecting the defensive part |
| teams in Mexico, trailing arch-nemesis America by one | | | | of the game. This philosophy was a double edged |
| title. They're also very loved for their Mexican-only | | | | sword, as Toluca varied between relegation places |
| policy, in that they never use foreigners and focus | | | | and titles in the 60s and 70s. |
| only on local Mexican players. | | | | Obviously, today this attacking mentality is a lot less |
| Their popularity reaches far beyond the borders of | | | | noticeable and Toluca's game has become more |
| Mexico and into the United States, where a team | | | | tactical. Some of the notable players that wore |
| called Chivas USA was formed. The Mexican Chivas | | | | Toluca's red and white shirt include: Enrique Alfaro, |
| have credit for launching players such as Salvador | | | | Zinha, Pedro Romero, Enzo Trossero, Dario |
| Reyes, Omar Bravo, Claudio Suarez, Juan Palencia, | | | | Rodriguez, Jose Cardozo, Fabian Estay, Darko Vukic |
| Gonzalo Pineda, Luis Garcia or Carlos Hermosillo. | | | | and Juan Antonio Pizzi. |