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Acapulco Gets New Pro Soccer Team, Guerreros del Pacífico, Aiming to Revive Local Football
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Acapulco Gets New Pro Soccer Team, Guerreros del Pacífico, Aiming to Revive Local Football

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A new professional soccer team, Guerreros del Pacífico, will join Mexico's Liga Premier Serie A, aiming to revive professional soccer in Acapulco after a 13-year absence.
  • The team's launch includes a June 9 friendly match featuring legends from rival clubs América and Chivas at the Unidad Deportiva Acapulco.
  • Former Chivas player Jorge “Chatón” Enríquez joins as sporting director, bringing his experience to develop young talent and contribute to the team's serious project.

Acapulco is set to regain its professional soccer presence with the launch of Guerreros del Pacífico, a new team joining the Liga Premier Serie A. The club aims to put the port city back on the Mexican soccer map after a 13-year hiatus from the sport at this level.

This event is to celebrate that soccer returns after 13 years without a team of this level (Second Division). We feel a great responsibility because it is a serious project, which we are betting on to develop young talent.

— Andrés RíosPresident of Guerreros del Pacífico, speaking at a press conference about the team's launch and commitment to developing young players.

To mark the ambitious, locally-driven project, team president Andrés Ríos, alongside Luis Villagrán and Alfredo Medina, organized a friendly match on June 9. The game will pit legends from two of Mexico's most storied clubs, América and Chivas, against each other at the Unidad Deportiva Acapulco. "This event is to celebrate that soccer returns after 13 years without a team of this level (Second Division)," Ríos stated at a press conference. He emphasized the team's serious commitment, "We feel a great responsibility because it is a serious project, which we are betting on to develop young talent."

Today, I am very interested in sports management; I believe I have a lot to contribute to projects like this.

— Jorge “Chatón” EnríquezThe newly appointed sporting director of Guerreros del Pacífico, discussing his role and aspirations for the team.

Adding to the project's credibility, former Chivas player Jorge “Chatón” Enríquez has been appointed as the team's sporting director. Enríquez, a London 2012 Olympic gold medalist with the Mexican national team, holds a coaching certificate and has prior experience in lower divisions and academies. "Today, I am very interested in sports management; I believe I have a lot to contribute to projects like this," Enríquez commented. He will also participate in the legends match, anticipating a competitive encounter. "They are extremely intense games; don't expect us to be walking. Beating América always means beating the hated rival," he added.

They are extremely intense games; don't expect us to be walking. Beating América always means beating the hated rival.

— Jorge “Chatón” EnríquezThe former Chivas player and new sporting director of Guerreros del Pacífico, anticipating the legends match against América.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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