tags: California , Ciudad Juarez , Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente , Dayro Moreno , Fernando Arce , FMF , Joe Corona , Jorge Alberto Hank , Jorge Hank Rhon , Mexican First Division , Mexico , San Diego , Tijuana , Xolos
“Welcome to Tijuana…Tequila, Sexo y Marijuana” ~ Manu Chao
Please give a warm welcome to , new to gibfootballshow and now our Mexican League corresspondent
In May, Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, better known as the Xolos (named after a breed of hairless dog native to Mexico), won promotion to the Mexican first division. For a team that only came into existence in 2007, it is a rapid ascent, but the Xolos are not a normal club. They play in a peripheral border city in the midst of a brutal drug war, their owner has a checkered past, and they are spending on promotion and new players like there is no tomorrow. Perhaps in this way, the Xolos are reflective of their community.
