Minnesota United prepares to play its third international friendly at Allianz Field on Saturday as it welcomes CF Pachuca from Mexico’s Liga MX. The visitors are the third Liga MX team the Loons have hosted in club history and are one of the oldest clubs in the Western Hemisphere. Pachuca’s long history has been filled with adversity and turmoil, but it has built itself up to be one of Mexico’s top teams over the past two decades.
The team was founded as Pachuca Athletic Club in 1901 by a group of miners from Cornwall, England. This eventually led to the club being nicknamed Los Tuzos (The Gophers) by fans.