Apertura 2019 Season Preview for Monterrey

Photo credit should read JULIO CESAR AGUILAR/AFP/Getty ImagesMonterrey enter the Apertura 2019 with some uncertainty and lofty expectations. Los Rayados were able to beat their cross-town rivals UANL Tigres to win the CONCACAF Champions League, but were unable to beat them in the semifinals of the Clausura 2019 Liguilla.

The loss in the Liguilla ensured that despite spending big, bringing in big names such as Chivas attacker Rodolfo Pizarro, Jesús Gallardo from UNAM Pumas, former, FC Porto, Watford FC and Sevilla defender Miguel Layún, and Argentina international midfielder Maxi Meza from CA Independiente, Monterrey went yet another year without a Liga MX title. Monterrey haven’t won the…