Liga MX Femenil – Apertura 2017 – Week 3
Results
Pachuca 3-0 Tijuana
Toluca 1-2 América
León 1-3 Atlas
Santos Laguna 0-6 Tigres UANL
Chivas de Guadalajara 1-0 Necaxa
Monarcas Morelia 0-1 Cruz Azul
Pumas UNAM 3-0 Veracruz
Monterrey 2-1 Querétaro
Liga MX Femenil’s inaugural Apertura 2017 season continues this Friday with the third round of games. The games will not be televised, but some will be streamed live on the league’s website.
The current standings can be found here.
All times Eastern, home team listed first.
Veracruz 1-2 León (Group 6)
León remained perfect in the Copa MX with a 1-2 away win against Veracruz. The result leaves the Tiburones Rojos still looking for their first points in the competition. A light rain and a wet field kept the game moving at a rapid pace, but it wasn’t until the half-hour mark that León took the lead. In the 31st minute, Andrés Andrade sent a cross in for Álvaro Ramos, whose header gave the visitors the 0-1 lead.
Veracruz responded on the stroke of halftime through Leandro Díaz, whose shot from the top of the box beat Édgar Hernández to make it 1-1. But La Fiera reclaimed the lead in the second half, with Andrade getting on the scoreboard himself in the 62nd minute, assissted by Maximiliano Cerato, to make it 1-2. Veracruz pushed for a second equalizer, and they came as close as hitting the post, but ultimately León held on to the lead.
With the 1-2 win, León reaches six points while Veracruz still has zero.
Zacatepec 2-1 Tigres UANL (Group 5)
Zacatepec remained unbeaten in the Copa MX with a 2-1 victory against Tigres UANL. The result leaves the universitarios winless in Group 5. The visitors started the game off well with chances from Enner Valencia and Luis Cruz, but they couldn’t capitalize on them. Instead, the hosts took the lead in the 17th minute, when Armando González beat Enrique Palos from close range to make it 1-0.
Zacatepec added to their lead 10 minutes later after a penalty call in their favor. Luis Márquez converted the spot kick to make it 2-0. Tigres looked to respond in the second half, and they were able to reduce the deficit in the 78th minute. Damián Álvarez got free on the left, cut inside, and sent his shot past Víctor Hugo Hernández to make it 2-1. That goal set up a frenetic finale as Tigres pushed for an equalizer, but in the end Zacatepec held on to the lead.
With the 2-1 win, Zacatepec reaches four points while Tigres still have one.
The Disciplinary Committee has suspended one player and opened an investigation into another in the aftermath of this weekend’s Jornada 3 games.
The only player ejected in Week 3, Pablo Cáceres of Puebla, was given a one-game suspension for receiving two yellow cards in the same game.
The Apertura 2017 Copa Corona MX continues this week with the third round of group-stage games.
Current standings can be found here.
All times Eastern, home team listed first.
Lobos BUAP moved into first place with their 3-2 victory against Pachuca, while Tijuana dropped into last after their 0-3 loss to Monterrey.
There are no perfect teams remaining after Atlas lost and Necaxa drew, but nine teams are still unbeaten. On the other hand, León, Puebla, Pachuca, and Tijuana remain winless.
In the relegation fight, Veracruz is still last in the Tabla de Cociente despite their win against relegation rival Puebla, while Atlas lost and Querétaro drew.
Veracruz beat Puebla 2-0 to give the Tiburones Rojos their first victory of the season. The result keeps Puebla winless in the Apertura 2017.
The game started at a good pace as both teams pressed forward in search of that elusive first victory. It was the visitors who started off better, but it was the hosts who opened the scoring. In the 9th minute, Adrián Luna scored direct from a free kick to give Veracruz the 1-0 lead – and their first goal of the Apertura.
Toluca came from behind twice to beat Atlas 3-2, with the Diablos Rojos taking the lead for the first time in the 85th minute. The result keeps Toluca unbeaten this season while the Rojinegros saw their two-game winning streak ended.
The game started well for the visitors, who were looking to remain top of the table. In the 23rd minute, Matías Alustiza sent the ball in for Juan Vigón, whose header beat goalkeeper Luis García to give Atlas the 0-1 lead.
América earned their first home win of the season with a 2-1 victory against Pumas UNAM. The result is a second straight win for the Águilas, while the universitarios have now lost two in a row.
Pumas had the first chance of the game in the 4th minute, when Nicolás Castillo won the ball, got around his defenders, and took a shot that was just wide. Castillo came close again from a free kick, but Agustín Marchesín was there to deny him.
