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MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (May 23, 2020) Liga MX, the top level professional soccer league in Mexico, has announced it has cancelled the remainder of their 2019-2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season was initially suspended on March 15 with seven rounds left to be played. Cruz Azul and Leon, who were in first and second place in the team standings at the time of the suspension, will advance to the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League.
Plans were being make to resume play in one city without fans, but with Santos Laguna announcing yesterday that 15 players had tested positive for the virus, club owners voted to shut down the season. In a prepared statement league officials were quoted:
“It’s undisputed that we are living in unprecedented times in our country, which forces the soccer industry in Mexico to act with absolute reason and respond with unity to the requirements that have been presented to us."
Mexico’s Clausura season usually runs from January to May, and had run 10 match weeks before the coronavirus pause.
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