Goal explains why there is a need to split the Liga MX into two campaigns, and why Mexico's premier competition names two winners instead of just one
You may not be too familiar with the way that Mexico's top level splits itself into two seasons: the Apertura and Clausura.
Deviating from traditional European football seasons that oversee just a single campaign that stretches over the better part of the year, Liga MX has a completely different structure and crowns not one winner, but two.
So how exactly does Liga MX work, and why does it split itself into two seasons?