{"id":624428,"date":"2026-04-24T00:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624428\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T00:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:29:12","slug":"mexicos-soccer-league-moves-to-end-multi-club-ownership-with-atlas-mazatlan-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624428\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico’s soccer league moves to end multi-club ownership with Atlas, Mazatl\u00e1n sales"},"content":{"rendered":"

MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Mexico\u2019s top-flight soccer league<\/a> took another step toward ending multi-club ownership on Thursday when the owners of all 18 teams approved the sale of Atlas and Mazatl\u00e1n.<\/p>\n

Until June 30, Atlas will remain under the ownership of Grupo Orlegi, which also owns Santos Laguna, while Mazatl\u00e1n was previously owned by Ricardo Salinas Pliego<\/a>, owner of TV Azteca.<\/p>\n

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With the sale, which still needs to be legally finalized, Grupo Pachuca remains the only group to own two teams in the same league: Le\u00f3n<\/a> and Pachuca.<\/p>\n

Owning both teams has already cost Grupo Pachuca dearly because the multi-club ownership left Le\u00f3n out of the last Club World Cup.<\/p>\n

Liga MX gave owners until the summer of 2027 to eliminate multi-club ownership. Previously, Grupo Caliente sold Quer\u00e9taro to United States investors and now only owns Tijuana.<\/p>\n

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By purchasing Mazatl\u00e1n, Atlante, a team with a rich history and a three-time league champion, will return to the top flight after spending the last 12 years competing in the second division.<\/p>\n

By selling Mazatl\u00e1n, Salinas Pliego only retains control of Puebla.<\/p>\n

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AP soccer: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/soccer<\/a><\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MEXICO CITY (AP) \u2014 Mexico\u2019s top-flight soccer league took another step toward ending multi-club ownership on Thursday when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535071,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,234188,234186,234184,234182,1072,234183,234181,234185,561,234187,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-624428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-grupo-caliente","11":"tag-grupo-orlegi","12":"tag-grupo-pachuca","13":"tag-mazatlan","14":"tag-mexico","15":"tag-multi-club-ownership","16":"tag-ricardo-salinas-pliego","17":"tag-santos-laguna","18":"tag-soccer","19":"tag-soccer-league","20":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}