Playoff-bound FC Juarez to Close 2025 Apertura Against Queretaro with Seeding at Stake
With seeding on the line for the Liguilla, FC Juarez, already set for the postseason, finishes its most successful regular season against Queretaro. The Bravos, currently seventh, will play at 6 p.m. MT at Estadio Benito Juárez.
FC Juarez aims to conclude its best regular season ever positively. They are guaranteed at least a spot in the play-in tournament starting next week, but the final match still affects their seeding position.
Liga MX is Mexico's top soccer division, a league older than the Americas' MLS by 50 years. The 2025 Clausura concluded in May with Toluca as champions, currently trailing Cruz Azul entering the last regular-season game.
Playoff Format and Implications
The 2025 Apertura Liga MX playoff system resembles the NBA's structure: the top six teams advance directly to the playoffs, while teams ranked seventh to tenth enter a two-round play-in to form an eight-team Liguilla playoff.
- To reach sixth place, Juárez must:
- Defeat Querétaro
- Hope Guadalajara Chivas lose at home to Monterey on Saturday, Nov. 8
- Close a four-goal deficit in goal differential against Chivas
- If Juárez wins but doesn't meet other conditions, it secures the 7th seed and hosts a home play-in game.
- A loss could see Juárez dropping anywhere between eighth and tenth place.
"The Bravos come into the game in seventh place, assured of at least making the play-in tournament that begins next week, but there is seeding at stake in the final game of the regular season."
"Liga MX is the top level of Mexican soccer, Mexico’s equivalent of Americas MLS (albeit 50 years older than its American counterpart)."
Author’s summary: FC Juarez enters the final regular-season match with a chance to improve its playoff seeding, underlining the competitiveness and strategic nuances of Liga MX’s postseason format.
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