Saltillo Rancho Seco is a Mexican professional

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team based in

Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and highwa ...

, the capital of the northern

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Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

. Since 2011, Saltillo has been a member of the Liga Mexicana de Futbol Rápido Profesional (LMFR) and in November 2013 began play in the Central Division of the

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(PASL). With the PASL's absorption of 6 former MISL teams, the league changed its name to the

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and the team moved to the new Southern division. After three successful seasons in the Liga Mexicana de Futbol Rápido Profesional, Saltillo became the third team from Mexico to join the PASL. The team remains a member of both leagues. The team plays home games at the purpose-built Deportivo Rancho-Seco Saltillo but began league play on the campus of the

Autonomous University of Coahuila The Autonomous University of Coahuila (''Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila'', or "UAdeC") is a state university founded in 1957. It is located in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila. The university system has three campuses — Saltillo, To ...

while construction was underway. The team is owned by Marco Antonio Davila De Leon.

History

Under the direction of head coach Elizandro Campos and assistant coach Jesus Monroy, the Central Division team struggled from the start with a loss to the

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then split their next eight games, losing to teams with winning records and beating teams with losing records. Saltillo won only one game in 2014, faced steadily declining attendance at home, and earned a 6–10 record on the season, missing the

post-season. Moving to the new Southern Division of the re-branded

, Saltillo will face the

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and

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on the road while their other 18 games will be against opponents based in Texas and Mexico.

Year-by-year

References

External links

Saltillo Rancho Seco official team website
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