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América Leads Liga MX in Youth Player Participation

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • América has accumulated 1,169 qualifying minutes with six youth players after six rounds of the Apertura 2026.
  • The club needs 1,170 minutes to meet the Liga MX requirement, but not all minutes count because the league caps qualifying time at 225 minutes per match.
  • Minutes played by Brazilian academy player Ícaro da Conceicao do not count because the rule applies only to Mexican players.

América is leading Liga MX’s youth-player participation table, even though coach Guillermo Almada has not yet completed the league’s requirement after six rounds of the Apertura 2026.

The club has recorded 1,169 qualifying minutes with six young players: Dagoberto Espinoza, Miguel Vázquez, Diego Arriaga, Alejandro Cárdenas, Patricio Salas and Franco Rossano. The minimum required over the tournament is 1,170 minutes.

América has not been able to count every minute played because the rules recognize a maximum of 225 qualifying minutes per match. Tijuana, coached by Sebastián “El Loco” Abreu, has 75 minutes left to fulfill the requirement and is the other team to have used the most young players during the opening third of the tournament.

América’s Brazilian academy player Ícaro da Conceicao cannot contribute to the participation table because the regulation applies only to Mexican players.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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