On a cool early November night in Tijuana, the nearly full Estadio Caliente was starting to get a sense of optimism about it. Club Tijuana had been eliminated from the playoffs the night before thanks to their own poor run of form and some unfavorable results elsewhere, and in that night’s game against Monarcas Morelia it looked early on like a playoff-bound Monarquia was set to pile on the misery. An early goal from Miguel Sansores had put Monarcas up in the first half, but just eight minutes into the second half young midfielder Antonio Nava rejuvenated the crowd by scoring his first professional goal; tying the game and giving the rojinegros faithful something to be hopeful about.