What he cannot produce, he buys in Tijuana. Xolos has become America’s “official supplier” of reinforcements, As they are more than 10 players in just over a luster they have left the northern border to put on the Eagles jersey, with Mauro Lainez and Jordan Silva as the most recent cases.
Signings from America that came from Xolos
The story of this relationship between Xolos and America began in 2014, when the Paraguayan defender Pablo Aguilar was transferred to the Eagles, where it became a referring one obtaining championships of League and CONCACAF.
then they were Darío Benedetto and Cristian Pellerano. The former scored 26 goals in all the competitions he played in a year and a half as azulcrema, while the restraint failed to be the player expected and was only a semester (11 games) in Coapa.
For the 2015 Opening it arrived Javier Güemez, But like Pellerano, he failed to consolidate and left the club finishing the 2017 Clausura.
Guido Rodríguez, the most successful of all
With only one year in Mexican football wearing the xolos shirt, Guido Rodríguez went to America at the 2017 Opening and from its first day it became a benchmark, being the pillar for the Eagles to win another league title in the 2018 Opening, an MX Cup and a Champion of Champions, and from there to Europe with Betis of Spain.
Next to Guido he also arrived Carlos Vargas, A young defender who was beginning to have sparks with xolos, who even took him to the Mexican National Team led by Joan Carles Osorio, but in America he could not excel and ended up emigrating after five tournaments in Morelia.
3×1 combo at the 2018 Closing Ceremony
During the winter market of 2018, the directives of the America and Tijuana agreed on a player exchange, Which included the return of Pablo Aguilar from the border in exchange for Henry Martin, Joe Corona and Emanuel Aguilera.
Corona was only two tournaments with 31 League and Cup games, plus he was champion in the 2018 Opening, his last contest, from there to return to Tijuana and then emigrate to MLS.
Henry and Aguilera remain in America. The first is one of the team’s top scorers and the second a mainstay of the defense, in addition to being the official collector of penalties.
Two years later he arrived in Coapa Luis Fonts, A veteran defense that only came for a six-month loan and ended up staying longer thanks to his involvement and leadership.
Lainez and Jordan Silva, the latter
Finally, for this Closing 2021, in the restructuring of the American staff already without Miguel Herrera (who also led both clubs) at the front, the Eagles again resorted to their relationship with Tijuana to hire Mauro Lainez and Jordan Silva.
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