Another key benefit of the Apertura/Clausura format would be to give MLS teams a substantial winter break. Assuming a fall-to-spring calendar switch is coming, northern clubs would likely have to play ...

Atlante, 2011 Clausura finalist Morelia, San Luis, Pachuca, Tigres, Toluca and Santos should make up the middle of the table but perhaps lack the firepower to be one of the favorites.

Leon becomes the first team since UNAM in 2004 to win both the Apertura and Clausura in succession, while the title is the seventh for Leon in club history.

The Liga MX playoffs are underway. The Mexican domestic season consists of two identical stages - the Apertura and Clausura - and crowns a champion in each of the two every year.

The NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup will feature all 14 NWSL clubs and six Liga MX Femenil teams with the highest points earned in the 2023 Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

The country’s top division is split into three tournaments throughout the season: the Torneo Apertura, Torneo Intermedio, and Torneo Clausura. All 16 first-division teams compete in each tournament.

The Apertura runs from July to December, while the Clausura runs from January to May. Each tournament features a regular season in which each team plays each other, followed by a 12-team playoff ...

The 2021-22 campaign saw Atlas of Guadalajara hoist both the Apertura and Clausura titles with their defend-and-counter playing style under Argentine manager Diego Cocca proving especially ...

Apertura, Clausura, Apertura, Clausura… Neil Morris will join Brian Quarstad of IMS Soccer News in a discussion of these changes. Look for the NASL podcast on Tuesday.

Apertura 2016: UANL Tigres Clausura 2017: Guadalajara Apertura 2017: UANL Tigres Clausura 2018: Santos Laguna Apertura 2018: América Here’s the complete list of champions going back to 1943.

For those who are unaware, Mexico's Liga MX season is broken up into the Apertura (opening) and Clausura (closing). The top eight clubs in each of the separate campaigns enter into an Apertura or ...