For more than 20 years.
features a short tournament system and a minor league that is now also entering a reclassification phase, which means that the winner can emerge from the top eight teams in their successful standings.
The team finished the regular season with 35 points, despite 10 victories, and as the superb leader of the 2021 Opening Day
Still retaining their ticket into the Mexican Football League, five draws and two losses were not enough as they were beaten 1-3 by the team in the quarterfinals at Stadium Field.
Two years later, the Eagles revisit the famous "Super Leader Curse" of Mexican soccer this Saturday, and the opening ceremony of 2021 will not be dedicated to the leader of the tournament, as was the case in the first two editions, in which Kazu broke the deadlock with the curse.
Perhaps one of the best champions in recent years has been Blue Cross, and in addition to not reaffirming the curse of the Super Leaders, the Machine broke another curse that has plagued them for nearly 24 years. In the 2021 Guadines Championship, Juan -'s team finished the regular season with 41 points, making them the most successful team in Mexican soccer history.
Celeste won 13 of their 17 matches, with only two draws and two defeats, and had the best defense in the tournament with 11 goals. In the final they faced off against in a very close game and the Machine beat Leon 2:1.
Leon regained his status as a super leader in the 2020 Guardian Championship, totaling 40 points at the end of the regular season, nine more than the Cougars and Pumas who followed him. Esmeraldas won their eighth soccer title in Mexico with a 3-1 defeat at the Camp Nou, in an exciting game where sporting justice was served and the leader achieved his goal.
The Amerks snapped a six-year winning streak and the Super Leaders were not crowned in the league, becoming the fifth team to win the title under those circumstances.
