Los Angeles Blues News Release -- www.labluesprosoccer.com
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
FULLERTON, Calif. – The Los Angeles Blues are excited to announce they will treat Southern California soccer fans to a duel of two Mexican heavyweights on Sunday, July 8, as the USL PRO club will host a mouthwatering meeting between newly crowned champions Club Santos Laguna and fellow Priméra Division outfit Club Léon. Tickets for the 5 p.m. PT clash at The Home Depot Center in Carson start at $25 and go on sale this coming Thursday. They may be purchased by calling 714-738-8011.
Santos Laguna, which has won the domestic league crown four times, secured its most recent championship in May of this year with a 3-2 aggregate win over Monterrey in the final. The club features a star-studded roster led by El Tri, Guadalajara and Santos Laguna legend Oswaldo Sanchez, who was the starting goalkeeper for Mexico in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Sanchez is joined by fellow club legend and Colombian international striker Carlos Quintero as well as by five more national team stars in Mexicans Aaron Galindo and Oribe Peralta, Christian Suárez (Ecuador), Felipe Baloy (Panama) and Priméra Divison goal-scoring phenom Hérculez Gómez (U.S.).
The impressive list of notable names is rounded out by three more legendary Santos Laguna players: former El Tri regular Juan Pablo Rodríguez, one-cap defender Jorge Iván Estrada (Mexico) and Argentine attacking midfielder Daniel Ludueña, who has averaged nearly one goal every three games in over 200 appearances with the club.
Newly promoted Club Léon recently made a major splash in the transfer market, as the five-time domestic champions have added Mexican national team stars Jonny Magallón and Édgar Pacheco to the roster. The pair joins a team that also features former El Tri standout defender Duilio Davino, who had a stint with Major League Soccer’s FC Dallas in 2008 and whose recent signing adds the experience of over 80 caps with the national team.
Also on the Club Léon roster are two more ex-internationals in Mexico’s Fernando Salazar and Christian Martínez, as well as Mexican-American defender/midfielder Marco Vidal, who was born in Dallas, Texas.
Club Santos Laguna and Club Léon will face off at The Home Depot Center on Sunday, July 8, at 5 p.m. PT. Tickets may be purchased by calling 714-738-8011, starting Thursday.