[INTERLIGA] New Mexico product Edgar Castillo played his first game for Club America in a 1-1 tie with Guadalajara in an InterLiga game in front of 30,729 fans at Houston’s Robertson Stadium. Texas product Jose Francisco Torres, 21, started for Pachuca in its 4-0 rout over UAG in front of a much smaller crowd in North Texas.
Castillo, 22, moved from Santos, with which he won the Clausura 2008 title, to Club America after Santos’ runner-up finish in the Apertura 2008 in December.
The InterLiga is an eight-team Mexican league tournament held in the USA that determines two of Mexico’s Libertadores Cup qualifiers.
In the second day of the 2009 competition in Houston, archrivals Chivas and Club America shared the spoils while Tigres and Atlas played to a scoreless tie in Group B play.
On day 1 at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, in front of 6,073 fans, Toluca tied Morelia, 1-1, while Pachuca thumped UAG, 4-0, in Group A.
Chilean midfielder Jean Beausejour opened the scoring for Club America. Guadalajara equalized when Club America’s Alejandro Arguello deflected Sergio Ponce‘s header into his own goal.