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Club America star Zendejas reportedly out six weeks with broken leg

The USMNT midfielder is set to miss the entire 2024 Leagues Cup

Alejandro Zendejas appears set for a spell on the sidelines, with the Club América midfielder reportedly suffering a broken leg that will keep him out up to six weeks.

Zendejas suffered the injury while attempting to make a tackle in América’s 3-1 victory over Querétaro on Friday.

The U.S. men’s national team midfielder was seen in a walking boot after the game, and TUDN has now reported that he will likely be out until September with a fracture in his left fibula.

That timeline would see Zendejas miss multiple Liga MX games, América’s friendlies in the United States against Aston Villa and Chelsea, as well as the entirety of the 2024 Leagues Cup.

América released a statement on Tuesday confirming Zendejas had suffered a “bone injury to his left fibula.” The club didn’t provide a timeline for his return, saying that he was undergoing a “conservative treatment” after consulting with a specialist.

At a press conference on Tuesday, head coach André Jardine said: “Very sad because he was having a great moment, perhaps one of the best of his career. The blow is a fissure, he has to be out of action for at least four weeks and will be back in four to six weeks. When the Leagues Cup ends and Liga MX returns, he will be available.”

Zendejas has been a vital player for América over the past few seasons, with Las Aguilas winning their second straight Liga MX title in May with a win over Cruz Azul in the Clausura final.

Despite his excellent form at the club level, Zendejas is still awaiting his first cap for the USMNT since the 2023 Gold Cup. Zendejas has seven total appearances for the USMNT, all of which came in 2023 after he committed to the program after previously representing Mexico.

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Bay FC’s Camberos returns to Club America after leaving over safety concerns

The 23-year-old forward returns to Mexico after a season and a half in the NWSL

Bay FC forward Scarlett Camberos has re-joined Club América for an undisclosed transfer fee, the NWSL side announced on Monday.

Camberos departed América to join Angel City FC in March 2023, requesting a transfer after she expressed concerns over her safety. The Mexico international had been targeted by a man who threatened and harassed her, and also hacked into her social media accounts.

After spending the 2023 campaign with Angel City, Camberos was traded to Bay FC ahead of its expansion season. The forward has made 10 appearances, including eight starts, scoring one goal for the California side this season.

“We are grateful for Scarlett’s hard work and commitment to Bay FC and her role in helping us lay the foundation in our first season,” said Matt Potter, Bay FC head of football and interim sporting director.

“This scenario moved quickly between clubs and ultimately with Scarlett and her agent. We believe we’ve reached an agreement that supports her desires and growth as well as ours as a club as we continue to build our squad for the future. We wish Scarlett all the best as she continues her career and look forward to her return with her new club in the Summer Cup.”

Camberos, 23, was born in California and represents Mexico internationally. She started on Saturday as Mexico fell 1-0 to the U.S. women’s national team in a friendly.

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Club America vs. Queretaro: How to watch Liga MX, TV channel, streaming

America will look to bounce back from a season-opening defeat

Club América will look to bounce back against Querétaro on Friday after opening the 2024 Apertura with a defeat

América fell 2-1 at Atlético San Luis last week, getting its quest for three straight titles off to an unexpectedly rough start.

Querétaro also got its campaign off to a losing start, falling to a 2-1 defeat against Club Tijuana at home on Friday.

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With its usual home of the Estadio Azteca closed for renovations ahead of the 2026 World Cup, América is set to play the majority of its home games this season at the nearby Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes.

Both teams will have to deal with short turnarounds after this match, with Querétaro back in action on Tuesday against Chivas and América facing Tigres on Wednesday.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Club America vs. Queretaro (Liga MX)

  • When: Friday, July 12
  • Where: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes (Mexico City)
  • Time: 9 p.m. ET
  • Channel/streaming: UniMás (Watch FREE on Fubo), TUDN

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Atletico San Luis vs. Club America: How to watch Liga MX, TV channel, live stream

América is looking to start the 2024 Apertura off on the right foot

Club América will be looking to continue its Liga MX dominance as it begins the 2024 Apertura season on the road against Atlético San Luis.

Las Águilas won both the 2023 Apertura and 2024 Clausura seasons, but in these early stages of the Liga MX season, international call-ups may cause some hiccups.

Regulars Sebastián Cáceres and Brian Rodríguez are still with Uruguay at the 2024 Copa América.

Mexico pair Israel Reyes and Érick Sánchez, Chile duo Igor Lichnovsky and Diego Valdés, and midfielder Richard Sánchez (Paraguay) may all be back, but given how recently they were playing intense matches with their national teams, their availability is uncertain.

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San Luis, meanwhile, will be hoping this season resembles the Apertura from last year.

Head coach Domènec Torrent will make his debut for a club that finished in 13th out of 18 teams in the most recent Clausura campaign, but San Luis’ Apertura saw the club advance to the Liguilla and stun Monterrey before a semifinal aggregate defeat at América’s hands.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Atletico San Luis vs. Club America (Liga MX)

  • When: Saturday, July 6
  • Where: Estadio Alfonso Lastras (San Luis Potosí)
  • Time: 7 p.m. ET
  • Channel/streaming: ViX (Watch on Prime Video)

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Club America vs. Tigres: How to watch Liga MX Super Cup, TV channel, live stream

The game will serve as the unoffiicial kickoff to the 2024 Apertura season

Club América and Tigres will square off on Sunday in the Liga MX Super Cup at Dignity Health Sports Park in Los Angeles.

The match will serve as the unofficial kickoff to the 2024 Apertura campaign, which gets underway next weekend.

América will be aiming for its third consecutive Liga MX title in the Apertura, having won the Apertura in 2023 and the Clausura last month with a win over Cruz Azul.

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This match was originally scheduled as the Campeón de Campeones, which features the winner of the Apertura against the winner of the Clausura.

But due to América’s back-to-back titles, the game is now the Liga MX Super Cup, with Tigres qualifying by virtue of winning the 2023 Campeón de Campeones.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Club America vs. Tigres (Liga MX Super Cup)

  • When: Sunday, June 30
  • Where: Dignity Health Sports Park (Los Angeles, CA)
  • Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
  • Channel/streaming: Univision (Watch FREE on Fubo), TUDN

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FC Juarez vs. Club America: How to watch friendly, TV channel, live stream

It will be the first time the two Liga MX rivals have met on American soil

FC Juárez and Club América will meet in a friendly in El Paso, Texas on Sunday night.

It will be the first time the two Liga MX rivals have met on American soil, with the match taking place at Sun Bowl Stadium.

The match will essentially be a home game for Juárez, whose home of the Estadio Olímpico Benito Juárez is located around five miles from the Sun Bowl Stadium.

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América is preparing to defend its second straight Liga MX crown, having won the Clausura title last month. Juárez, meanwhile, missed the playoffs after finishing in 12th place.

Following this match, América will face Tigres in the Liga MX Super Cup in Los Angeles on June 30. The Apertura campaign will begin one week later.

Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the match.

Club America vs. FC Juarez (friendly)

  • When: Sunday, June 23
  • Where: Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, TX)
  • Time: 9:30 p.m. ET
  • Channel/streaming: Fubo (Watch FREE)

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Report: America and Chivas to play official Liga MX match in United States

Could the next Super Clasico take place in the United States?

Regular-season Liga MX games could be coming to the United States very soon.

According to a report in W Deportes, Club América and Chivas are planning on staging the next edition of the Súper Clásico in the U.S. on September 14.

América, the back-to-back Liga MX champion, is set to hit the road for the 2024 Apertura, as its usual home of the Estadio Azteca closes for renovations ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

Las Águilas will be based at the Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes in Mexico City next season, but club president Santiago Baños said last month he’d be interested in bringing his team around the country — and possibly to the U.S. — during the 2024 Apertura.

“We’re not opposed to the possibility of playing in the United States as the home team, now that the lawsuit has been finalized and it appears that there’s a possibility for other teams to play there,” Baños told reporters.

“It would be incredible to play in the U.S. and in other (Mexican) states because we have so many fans.”

The lawsuit Baños referred to involves promoter Relevent Sports, which sued FIFA and U.S. Soccer in 2019 to challenge FIFA’s ban on league matches being played outside a given home country.

Relevent and FIFA have since agreed to drop FIFA from the lawsuit, leaving U.S. Soccer as the lone defendant. FIFA has said that it will likely change the ban before the end of 2024.

That could open the door for Liga MX’s biggest game to take place in the USA — an event that would no doubt be a financial boon to all parties.

In October 2023, Chivas and América drew 86,134 fans at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, CA for a friendly, the largest crowd ever for a game between two Mexican clubs in the United States.

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Club America to face Tigres in Liga MX Super Cup in Los Angeles

The two Mexican powers will face off at Dignity Health Sports Park, home of the LA Galaxy

Club América will face Tigres in the Liga MX Super Cup in Los Angeles on June 30, the Mexican league has announced.

The match was originally scheduled as the Campeón de Campeones, which features the winner of the Apertura against the winner of the Clausura.

But that format was no longer possible after América won the Liga MX Clausura title on Sunday, adding to the Apertura title that it won in December.

By winning its second straight Liga MX title, América automatically clinched the Campeón de Campeones for 2024.

With the Campeón de Campeones already settled, the game has now been converted into the Liga MX Super Cup. As such, América has been pitted against Tigres, the winner of the 2023 Campeón de Campeones.

The match will kick off at 1:30 p.m. local time at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, home of the LA Galaxy. Tickets are available HERE.

Liga MX also confirmed that América will face the Columbus Crew in the Campeones Cup, which takes place between the most recent Liga MX and MLS champions. A date for that match will be announced shortly.

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Monterrey tops America in dramatic Liga MX Femenil final

After nearly losing the tie, Rayadas took home their third title in dramatic fashion

Club América was just seconds away from a Liga MX Femenil title on Monday night, but Monterrey sent the game to extra time with a late penalty and eventually won the title in a penalty shootout.

It was a dramatic ending to the season at Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, as América took the lead early in the final second leg.

Missouri native Sarah Luebbert gave América a 1-0 lead on the night within the first 10 minutes, sneaking a shot past Rayadas goalkeeper Pamela Tajonar.

Luebbert’s goal handed the visitors a 2-0 advantage on aggregate after they won 1-0 in the home leg on Friday night.

But Monterrey would strike back on 25 minutes as Jermaine Seoposenwe took the ball down well inside the box, turned and fired home to level the match 1-1.

The game would stay level until Monterrey was awarded a penalty kick in the game’s dying moments.

Rayadas captain Rebeca Bernal stepped up, knowing a conversion would send the tie into extra time and a miss would give América the title.

Bernal kept her nerve, scoring in dramatic fashion to keep the final alive.

In the penalty shootout, Tajonar made two saves to ensure Monterrey won its third Liga MX title.

After the game, Bernal spoke about her last-second penalty to level the tie.

“It wasn’t easy [taking the last minute penalty], I couldn’t live the last 15 minutes. In the end I think that the security that I transmit to the team is a firm step that I could take, I took my time and had great confidence,” Bernal said in quotes published on ESPN Mexico.

“I knew that they trusted me, that people trusted me, I took responsibility and today we are celebrating.”

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America clinches second straight Liga MX title in controversial fashion

The final turned on a controversial second-half penalty

For the second straight time, Club América is champion of Mexico.

América clinched the Liga MX Clausura title on Sunday night, defeating Cruz Azul 1-0 in the second leg of the final at the Estadio Azteca.

After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, América became bicampeón with a 2-1 aggregate win over its Mexico City rival.

But the victory was not without controversy.

The match turned on a moment in the 70th minute. U.S. men’s national team winger Alejandro Zendejas won a battle with Carlos Rotondi on the right flank and managed to sneak a pass through to Israel Reyes.

Reyes raced to get the first touch with Rotondi desperately lunging in to win the ball. Reyes went down. Penalty.

After a VAR review, Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava decided to stick with the call on the field and award the penalty.

Henry Martín stepped up from the spot and scored what would be the game’s only goal.

Outside of the controversial penalty, the story of the final was América goalkeeper Ángel Malagón.

Malagón, who looks set to get his shot as Mexico starter at the Copa América this summer, made several key saves throughout the match.

Cruz Azul could have easily been a goal or two up at halftime were it not for Malagón, and La Maquina could have easily equalized late in the game as well.

After the game, América manager Andre Jardine brushed aside any talk that his side hadn’t fully earned its second straight title.

“That’s how things are at América,” Jardine said in his post-match news conference. “We’re always surrounded by controversy and there are a lot of people who try to disqualify our wins. When we win, there’s always some type of discussion, but I think two No. 1 finishes, the best attack, the best defense, two titles, a lot of clean sheets … there we are.”

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