10-11 APRIL 2002

AMERICA			2-2			SANTOS
Castillo 34						Borguetti 65
Valdes 43						Romero 84

Castillo volleyed the ball over the keeper to put Ameica ahead.Valdes curled a
right footed shot from 10-yards out into the top right corner to scored. In the
second half Santos cut the lead in half after Borguetti headed in the cross.
Six minutes from time Romero got the equaliser from a free kick.


LA PIEDAD			3-1			NECAXA
Claudinho 21,  54, 74					Sosa 50

Claudinho scored three times to lead La Piedad over Necaxa. Claudinho first
goal of the game came from the penalty spot. Sosa got the equaliser from
a free kick. Claudinho tap in the cross to put La piedad ahead and later he
headed in the cross for his hat-trick.


CELAYA				2-1			VERACRUZ
Trejo 26, 87						Rodriguez 9

Just nine minutes into the game Veracruz took the lead after Rodriguez let the
ball bounce once and left footed the ball past the keeper. The equaliser came
from Trejo when he tap in the cross later he scored his second of the game
with a great header that turn to be the winning goal.


TECOS				2-2			PACHUCA
Oretgon 13, 90						Chitiva 33
							Arango 76

Ortegon gave Tecos the lead with a brilliant header. Chitiva great shot to the
upper corner was the equaliser. Arango did a one-two with Caballero and lasted
the ball into the net. Tecos pressed forward for the equaliser and just before
the end of the game Ortegon headed in the cross.


PUMAS				2-1			PUEBLA
Lopez 89						Aspe 83
Muller 90

All of the scoring took place with just ten minutes to time. Aspe put Puebla
ahead with a brilliant free kick. Lopez scored at the second attempt after his
initial effort had been saved. One minute later Muller scored the winning goal
after  he let fly a stunning shot into the net.


TIGERS				1-0			GUADALAJARA 

The only goal of the game came courtesy of Sanchez header.


ATLAS				5-1			MONTEREY
Torrez 12						Arrellano 2
Grana 46 (og)
Calderon 62, 89
Rivarola 70

Monterey took the lead just two minutes into the game when Arrellano right
footed shot beat the keeper. After that Atlas took control of the game Torres
chested down Rivarolas 30-yards cross let the ball bounce once and put the
ball in the net with a brilliant leftfooted shot. Grana headed the ball into his
own net. Then Calderon headed in the cross minutes later Rivarola beat the
keeper with a shot to the right post. The second of the game for Claderon
came when he tap in the cross.


CRUZ AZUL			3-1			LEON
Morales 44						Vazquez 32
Ledesma 54
Abreu 78

Vazquez rightfooted shot neatly into the left top corner of the net just before half
time Morales got the equaliser. In the second half Ledesma gave Cruz Azul the
lead after his shot beat the keeper. Abreu finish Leon with is 16 goal of the
season.


MORELIA			2-3			ATLANTE
Morales 12						Regiz 6
Noriega 78						Gonzalez 37
							Rubirosa 70

Just six minutes into the game Atlante took the lead from a great header from
Regiz. The equaliser for Morelia came courtesy of Morales. Gonzalez gave
Atlante the lead again after he headed in the corner kick. In the second half
Rubirosa scored from the free kick minutes later Noriega was foul in the
penalty box and he conveted the penalty.


Julio Lopez
angeljmmm@pacific.net