Why are the Liga MX teams not playing in the Copa Libertadores?

By means of sixth year consecutively, the Mexican teams will not participate in the Libertadores cup. It was almost two decades in which the paintings of the MX competition were invited to the prestigious competition of the conmebolbut they were left out time differences of each confederation, recalling that the concave rules the Mexican squad and their clubs.

With this it is clear that competitiveness from the Aztec Siamese has declined apart from the hostility of the South American fields and level of their teams, being to replace through multiple competitions in combination with the MLS.

It has been mentioned many times intent of the directors of both parties to come to an agreement; However, they have not been able to specify the return of national football to Libertadores or America cupanother important tournament that no longer attended and of which he was a constant cheerleader.

than in goal We explain why you are not participating in the 2023 edition of the competition. Puebla (first phase), Toluca (round of 16) and cougars (quarter-finals), the most recent to play the role in the 2016.

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CALENDAR

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The MLS and the conca champions They fit the calendar as both are held simultaneously for much of the year. the tournament of concave is from February to May, and that of conmebol from February to November.

With this, availability of the Mexican teams is reducednecessarily prioritize the tournament in their geographic area and not that of South America.

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DISTRIBUTION OF QUOTAS

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Another bone of contention was: which teams would hypothetically participate in the Copa Libertadores? The concave ensures the presence of the four last season’s champions and runners-up, logically present at the three teams who have scored the most points between the two Liga MX tournaments and have not played a final.

While there was mx cup, several were made amendments in your competition system. In case you lost others three candidates to the title for going to the Libertadores, would also have detracted from the prestige of the Liga MX cup bearer competition.

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MORE INTEREST IN MLS

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By staying out of it liberatorsit was decided to strengthen ties with the MLS, with success accepted the managers from both countries. The creation of the Leagues Cup, a tournament already officially sanctioned by Concacaf between teams from Liga MX and MLS, is the bet that Mexican football managers have decided for years to come.