LIGA MX SOCCER CUP

Copa México, currently known as Copa MX,2 is an official soccer tournament played between clubs in Mexico. It is played one tournament per soccer year, starting in July and ending in April, in which clubs from the First Division and the Liga de Ascenso participate. It was instituted in 1932 by the Mexican Soccer Federation to replace the multiple cup tournaments organized at the end of each league campaign, of which only two had had the backing and recognition, first by the extinct Amateur Association and then by the Federation founded in 1922: the Tower Cup (1907-1921) and the Elimination Cup (1921-1926).3456789

The great difference with the league tournaments was its direct elimination competition system, preceded by group rounds and crowned with emotional finals, full of color, festivity and coated with the presence of federation officials, directors and sometimes the President of the Republic (the tournament was even called Copa Presidente).

At the time it came to be considered a tournament of equal level and expectation as the League Championship, the participating clubs, federations, press and fans gave equal value and seriousness to both titles, and it was seen as an opportunity to repair a bad season in the League. However, over the years the tournament lost seriousness and regularity; with constant changes in format (direct elimination, league system, group rounds by geographical location, single matches, etc.), as well as suspensions (the first between 1976 and 1988, the second between 1992 and 1994, and the third from 1997 to 2012) and calendar problems (it was played before, during and after the league tournament on several occasions, the most common was after it; with the birth of the liguilla, it became customary at the end of the first round).510118

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