Mexico hasn’t been very successful at national team level, since they only managed to reach the World Cup quarter finals on two occasions (both in World Cups held in Mexico). However, soccer teams in Mexico gradually became more powerful and today they are considered a force to be reckoned with in American soil as well as on an international club level.
I was planning to make a top 5 of the Mexico soccer teams, but I decided against ranking them, because that might stir some trouble with the fans, such as a fan asking why is team over team in the ranking, since won more championships and so forth. Here are what I believe to be the most important soccer teams in Mexico, ranked by alphabet only 
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> Mexico Soccer Teams – Club America
Club America was founded in 1916, being one of the oldest professional clubs in Mexico, although the first league title was not to be won until 1956-1966. They’re currently the owners of 10 national championships, being only second to Chivas de Guadalajara, who have won 11 titles in their history. The two are the most successful soccer teams in Mexico from a silverware point of view and Chivas is the historical nemesis of America, so a match between the two is a derby that the entire country awaits.
Club America gets credit for discovering or highlighting players such as Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Enrique Borja, Carlos Hermosillo, Pavel Pardo, Zizinho, Claudio Lopez, Ivan Zamorano or Ilie Dumitrescu.
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Chivas de Guadalajara
The club’s official name is Club Deportivo Guadalajara, but every soccer fan in Mexico knows them as Chivas (the goats). Their tally of 11 league titles makes Chivas the most successful of all soccer teams in Mexico, trailing arch-nemesis America by one title. They’re also very loved for their Mexican-only policy, in that they never use foreigners and focus only on local Mexican players.
Their popularity reaches far beyond the borders of Mexico and into the United States, where a team called Chivas USA was formed. The Mexican Chivas have credit for launching players such as Salvador Reyes, Omar Bravo, Claudio Suarez, Juan Palencia, Gonzalo Pineda, Luis Garcia or Carlos Hermosillo.
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Pachuca
Despite being the oldest club in Mexican soccer history, being founded in 1901, Pachuca has only become truly competitive in the past few decades. Winning the Primera Division 5 times in the last 8 years and the CONCACAF Champions Cup twice, in 2002 and 2007, Pachuca rose to become a force amongst the soccer teams in Mexico.
The most notable players that got to play for Pachuca include: Jared Borgetti, Jaime Correa, Fausto Pinto, Damian Alvarez, Mosquera, Ivan Hurtado and Juan Arango.
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Pumas
Because of the team’s close relation to UNAM, the largest university in Mexico, the club became known as UNAM Pumas, although their official name is Club Universidad Nacional A.C. Although the Pumas don’t have the same history as some of the other top soccer clubs in Mexico, having been founded in 1954, they definitely made their years of existence count, winning 5 league champs, 3 CONCACAF Cups, 1 Interamerican Cup as well as several smaller silverware.
Amongst the players that wore the Pumas logo on their shirt in the club’s fifty-year existence, the most important are: Enrique Borja, Hugo Sanchez, Jorge Campos, Alberto Aspe, Luis Garcia, Esteban Solari, Emerson, Ailton da Silva or Dario Veron.
> Mexico Soccer Teams – Toluca
Toluca was a force amongst the soccer teams in Mexico ever since the 1960s, having won 8 championship titles since then. Ever since Toluca’s founding in 1917, they have been known as an offensive team who throws their dice on the attackers, somewhat neglecting the defensive part of the game. This philosophy was a double edged sword, as Toluca varied between relegation places and titles in the 60s and 70s.
Obviously, today this attacking mentality is a lot less noticeable and Toluca’s game has become more tactical. Some of the notable players that wore Toluca’s red and white shirt include: Enrique Alfaro, Zinha, Pedro Romero, Enzo Trossero, Dario Rodriguez, Jose Cardozo, Fabian Estay, Darko Vukic and Juan Antonio Pizzi.
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Repeat this in 2010!
they are a bit talented but the diving is pathetic absolutely pathetic it’s a serious disgrace to football soccer whatever you want to call it
Fisrt of all you are the ones coming in to our section and talking smack
when you can't take it anymore you complain yeah sure you played better opponents but just cause you won 2 games in a tournament and by a miracle of god you got to the next stage so doesn't make you number one you won against egypt wow big task give you props for the spain win but frankly it was just luck two horrible errors by the spain defense all you had to do is defend with 11 people and that is what you did good job that is your style of play defend with 11 people and counter attack but unfortunately for you you couldn't do that vs brazil you know why ?? cause they actually play football they are not cicies hiding in their side of the field praying to god you don't score.
and FYI YOU HAVENT WON A SINGLE GAME OUTSIDE IN THE FINAL ROUND OF QUALIFIERS YOU LOST VS COSTA RICA AND BARELY TIED WITH EL SALVADOR BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO GO TO 2 OF THE HARDEST VENUES IN CONCACAF MEXICO AND HONDURAS PLEASE GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR A… YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING. YOU FEEL QUALIFIED ALREADY BUT DON'T REALIZE YOU HAVE ONLY TWO HOME GAMES AND MEXICO HAS 3 SO DON'T BE SURPRISE IF YOU END UP IN 4TH PLACE JUST CAUSE YOU WERE OVER CONFIDENT
he scored 3
forza italia my ass! yesterday, the losers couldn’t even score a goal on Georgia! It was two Georgian OWN goals that gave italy the 2-0 win! like I said, italy ranks # 15 in Europe footies and #1 for diving…lol
Everybody should stand up!
Italia Has The Best Goalie And Fakers! XD JK
dallaskass u always comment italy’s videos writing something negative, saying that italy is just luck and cheat… look at the mirror… have u got a inferiority complex with italians?? u seem so frustrated… turn off the pc and live your (pathetic) life
.. no wait.. in the end you are a pleasure for us XD… envy makes us feel more important lol
wow, dallaskass, you are really making american soccer fans look bad.
i’m an american and support the american national team above all else, but i support the italian national team as well not because i have any italian blood simply for the fact that i love the technical aspects of italian soccer.
so go USA and Forza Italia!
why is it so hard for you guys to take the fact that italy is not as good in footies as you think they are? stop living a lie! they could even score a goal on Georgia yesterday in WC qualifications! Italy # 15 in Europe! now stop trash talking fuckhead!
Dallaskass your a fucking asshole and your a stupid ignorant dumbshit american that thinks he knows it all. i bet you get paid minium wage and your a racist punk that is a stupid dumb fuck so fuck off BITCH!!!!
FORZA ITALIA
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