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Blues to Host July 8 Clash of Mexican Giants

June 13, 2012 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Orange County SC News Release


FULLERTON, Calif. - The Blues are excited to announce they will treat Southern California soccer fans to a duel of two Mexican heavyweights on July 8, as the USL PRO club will host a mouthwatering meeting between newly crowned champions Club Santos Laguna and fellow Prim�ra Division outfit Club L�on. 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 Su�=A1rez (Ecuador), Felipe Baloy (Panama) and Prim�ra Divison goal-scoring phenom H�rculez G�"mez (U.S.).

The impressive list of notable names is rounded out by three more legendary Santos Laguna players: former El Tri regular Juan Pablo Rodr� - guez, one-cap defender Jorge Iv�=A1n Estrada (Mexico) and Argentine attacking midfielder Daniel Ludue�=B1a, who has averaged nearly one goal every three games in over 200 appearances with the club.

Newly promoted Club L�on recently made a major splash in the transfer market, as the five-time domestic champions have added Mexican national team stars Jonny Magall�"n and �=89dgar 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 L�on roster are two more ex-internationals in Mexico 's Fernando Salazar and Christian Mart� - nez, as well as Mexican-American defender/midfielder Marco Vidal, who was born in Dallas, Texas .

Club Santos Laguna and Club L�on 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.

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