Check out the amazing goal from Javier Cortes to win the Clausura title!!

After the match, even Cortes himself was stunned by his play. From Reuters:

"Really, that was the move of my life, that was the goal for the championship," Cortes said. "I dared to have a go, I dared to shoot and how good it was to get that goal," he told reporters after the Pumas' lap of honor.

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After loss to Pumas, what is next for Morelia?

According to ESPN-Los Angeles, even though Morelia, one of the better supported Mexican clubs in the L.A. area, lost to Mexico City's Pumas UNAM the Monarcas might have booked a Home Depot Center encounter with the loss. A win over the Caribbean Championship runner-up next weekend will send Morelia to the Group A preliminary round of the upcoming CONCACAF Champions League held in Los Angeles.

Morelia could face other Group A opponents such as the L.A. Galaxy, Costa Rica's Alajuelense and either Honduras' Motagua or Guatemala's Municipal.

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Mexico City Pumas win Clausura championship!

21 year old Javier Cortes' looked like a stone-cold veteran striker with his 77th-minute goal that lifted the Mexico City club to a 2-1 triumph and to its seventh title. This is the Pumas' fourth Clausura title since 2004. Francisco Palencia also scored for the Pumas, converting a 15th-minute penalty kick after an illagal takedown by Morelia goalkeeper Federico Vilar.

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Pumas save match with late Rojas goal

Joao Rojas scored a 73-minute to rescue a 1-1 draw for Morelia in a hard-fought opening match against UNAM Pumas in the final of the Mexican Clausura tournament. The return match is scheduled for this Sunday at Puma's Olimpico Universitario stadium in Mexico City.

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