The season is divided into two tournaments, the Apertura and Clausura which provide two winners who then face off in the Campeon de Campeones to determine the overall champion.

Leon becomes the first team since UNAM in 2004 to win both the Apertura and Clausura in succession, while the title is the seventh for Leon in club history.

The NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup will feature all 14 NWSL clubs and six Liga MX Femenil teams with the highest points earned in the 2023 Apertura and Clausura tournaments.

Atlante, 2011 Clausura finalist Morelia, San Luis, Pachuca, Tigres, Toluca and Santos should make up the middle of the table but perhaps lack the firepower to be one of the favorites.

In 1991 Argentina pioneered the Apertura and Clausura system in part to create a midsummer break. Yet there is clearly more to it than that.

Another key benefit of the Apertura/Clausura format would be to give MLS teams a substantial winter break. Assuming a fall-to-spring calendar switch is coming, northern clubs would likely have to play ...

Elaborate formats are common all across the region. Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Mexico have Apertura and Clausura systems of their own. Mexico has play-offs for its play-offs.

The country’s top division is split into three tournaments throughout the season: the Torneo Apertura, Torneo Intermedio, and Torneo Clausura. All 16 first-division teams compete in each tournament.