Cruz Azul solidifies historical lead in Mexican soccer traveler

Cruz Azul rang up another nine games of championship in the Mexican soccer lineal race, expanding its total in the six-year tracking to 42. Not for nothing, the cement mixer won its first national title in 24 years in 2021.

Long before Cruz Azul broke a 24-year domestic championship drought by winning the 2021 Clausura, the big blue was leading Mexico historically in the lineal soccer championship, and the 2020-21 season maybe made that a little more firm.

Cruz began the season with four defenses of a title it won late in 2020, then ended the season with a five-game title that was still alive when the season ended. Cruz Azul will begin 2021-22 with the lineal championship.

The cement mixer now is up to 42 games of Mexican traveling title since tracking began in 2015-16.

León won one title in 2020-21 and held it for 11 games to win honors for the season as the leading lineal champ in Mexico. All-time, León is in second place with 30 games of championship.

After failing in four attempts to win the lineal in 2020-21, Club América fell to third place in the all-time standings with 20 games of championship.

Cruz Azul ends shortened 2019-20 with Mexican lineal

The best performances with the Mexican lineal soccer title in 2019-20 belonged to León and Pumas UNAM, but Cruz Azul held it when the games were ended because of coronavirus.

The 2019-20 Mexican soccer season was forced into cancellation after the games of March 15 because of the coronavirus pandemic, so it was shortened, though official.

The season ended with Cruz Azul on a three-game run with the title, pushing it's championship total in our five years of tracking to 33 games, the best total in Mexico.

León and Pumas UNAM each sustained runs of six games with this championship in 2019-20. León moved its all-time total up to 19, third in Mexico. UNAM hadn't won the title in five tries since ending a five-game reign in December 2015, so it's six game run puts it up to 11 games all-time.

Club América, the second-place team with 20 games of Mexican championship in the standings, took only one crack at it in 2019-20, losing, 1-0, at home against the cement mixer. Thus, Cruz Azul takes the Mexican lineal championship into the 2020-2021 season.