From América’s goal to stop Toluca to Chivas’ plan with its quarry: the 18 Liga MX clubs have wishes and goals for 2026
With the start of Closing 2026the Liga MX is preparing for a decisive year. Between possible bombshell signings and the consolidation of youth teams, the teams already have clear goals. From the obsession of America to avoid the three-time championship Tolucauntil the plan Chivas with their forward, we review the wishes of each club.
America: Toluca without third championship
The most visceral desire of America by 2026 is to stop Toluca so that it does not become three-time league champion and equals the historical milestone that the team forged in the Closing 2024, Opening 2024 y Closing 2025. After the Red Devils dominated the year in terms of football, within the club the absolute priority is that the Red Devils do not crown yourself in the Closing 2026 to prevent the equipment Antonio Mohamed write a golden page that overshadows the recent blue-cream past and leaves them on a secondary level prior to the World.
Atlas: Mystique and tactical order of the two-time championship
Atlas wants the mystique and tactical memory that makes them two-time champions during the first stage of the season to return. Diego Cocca on the bench After experiments in technical direction that left the goal unprotected in the years after the double title, the club longs to be that team with lethal transitions and order at the back to put an end to the results that keep it at the bottom of the table, both overall and in terms of quotient.
Atlético de San Luis: Maturity of the project and historic semifinal
In Potosí lands, the wish is not a stroke of luck, but the culmination of a project that has advanced year after year with solid foundations. Atlético de San Luis He longs for sporting maturity to stop being just a positive statistic and become a tangible reality, like a historic semifinal as a milestone.
Chivas: Solution to the goal from Verde Valle
Chivas He has spent millions of dollars on forwards who, for one reason or another, do not fit the team or arrive at the twilight of their career. The wish for 2026 is that the solution does not come from romantic returns or from a ‘repatriate’, but from Green Valleyas is the case of Armando Gonzalezwho had an important rise in his career throughout the last tournament and will seek consolidation in the coming ones.
Cruz Azul: Miguel Borja as a top striker for the tenth team
For the ‘Machine‘, the wish is that Miguel Borja He is not another name on the list of ‘what could have been’, but rather the top striker capable of withstanding maximum pressure even in adverse scenarios. Blue Cross They are not looking for a scoring champion in the regular season, but for a net-breaker who wins games on his own and motivates the rest of the squad to take the decisive step towards the tenth.
FC Juárez: Investment translated into direct Liguilla
The border has witnessed great investment and important names for FC Juárezbut the team remains indebted to its parishioners. The dream is that both dollars and reinforcements are metabolized at constant points, as well as classifying League by direct means.
León: Resurgence of the ‘Fiera’ with Ambriz
The desire of León It’s simple: that the ‘Fair‘ resurfaces. Currently, the institution is going through a period of readjustment after the exclusion of the Club World Cup on the part of FIFA and the miscalculation that meant James Rodriguez. The challenge for Ignacio Ambriz In 2026 it will be to rebuild the collective identity, prioritizing the block over individualities.
Mazatlán FC: Administrative miracle and permanence at its headquarters
In the ‘Pearl of the Pacific’, the wish is made from the sea with a mixture of faith and nostalgia. Beyond the points, the dream of the purple fans is that an administrative miracle occurs that dissipates the notorious change of headquarters, because they want The Charm continues to be your home so that the gunboat identity is not a passing chapter, but one with permanence.
Monterrey: Team above individual stars
The great wish for 2026 is that Monterrey stop being individual stars and become a team. The gap between what Striped projects with infrastructure and bomb signings in the face of the failures that it delivers semester after semester has become unsustainable for the fans, so next year must be a year of total harvest.
Necaxa: Solid base without semi-annual dismantling
In Aguascalientes, the desire is stability. The hydro-warm fans are witnesses of the revolving door that exists in the club, through which talent passes as soon as it begins to shine. The desire is a solid foundation that is not dismantled every semester, to generate a collective game with top players who stay long enough.
Pachuca: Institutional authority and vanguard in basic forces
Pachuca has fallen into an irregularity that has made it an uncomfortable team, but not dominant. The desire of the Tuzos for the World Cup year is for the team to systematically recover the institutional authority that led it to the finals, as well as demonstrate that its model of basic forces, currently represented by Alexei Dominguez, Israel Kamakimai y Jorge Berlangaare the vanguard of Mexican soccer. The desire is for the team to play from memory, with that physical dynamic that is the hallmark of the house, but with the tactical maturity to not err on the side of innocence in Leagues.
Puebla: A ‘new Larcamón’ for miracles with the budget
The ‘Fringe‘He lives by ingenuity, so his desire is to find that ‘new Larcamón’, a strategist capable of doing magic with the budget and squad, as well as a leader who transforms limitations into virtues so that his modest squad plays as if it were elite.
Pumas: Without a shield in the face of failure
The great wish of 2026 for Pumas is that the lack of budget is not a moral shield against failure. In recent years, the Auriazul fans have seen how the team competes ‘with determination’ but remains on the sidelines of the best in the face of more robust rosters. The deep desire is for the club to recover its memory and for the University Olympic Stadium celebrate titles that are not light blue.
Querétaro: End of uncertainty
Queretaro dreams that the project Marc Spiegel break with the cycle of the aura that surrounds the club, between sparring of the Liga MX and a perpetual feeling of being for sale, so that the fan stops wondering if the team is going to move and starts questioning who will be the rival they are going to beat during the weekend. Likewise, that Alex Alcala Be the first of many youth players who find in the club a perfect ecosystem to exploit in football.
Santos: Return of the ‘House of Other People’s Pain’ to TSM
There was a time when visiting Warriors It was synonymous with defeat for the rival. Today, the club is a friendly host of the Liga MXso the fans dream of the team recovering its combative memory so that the TSM once again be the ‘House of Other People’s Pain‘ and not just another customs office on the border.
Tigres: Gignac retires with absolute glory
The deepest desire of Tigers is that the withdrawal of André-Pierre Gignac It is not an administrative event, but a sporting outbreak. The fans do not want to see the French star lacking in level, but at the top and with his last title as a professional footballer to close the most brilliant book in feline history with a chapter of absolute glory.pbh
Tijuana: Gilberto Mora as a pillar of prominence
In Tijuanahope has a first and last name: Gilberto Mora. The desire of Only -and Mexican soccer- is that the meteoric rise of the young pearl is not just a spark, but the pillar of a collective project that turns that part of the border into a terrain that is both impassable and spectacular.
Toluca: Three-time championship and equality against América
The desire of Toluca for 2026 is not to succumb to the vertigo of history. Achieving the two-time championship in 2025 placed them on a pedestal within Mexican soccer, but the three-time championship is territory that only the America. What better rival than the scarlet to do mischief: match the most recent azulcrema reason to show off and in the process obtain new arguments such as the ‘big fifth’ with thirteen stars on the shield.
