MEXICO CITY (AP) - Goals from Yulian Anchico and Edgar Benitez gave Pachuca a 2-0 win at America in the opening round of the Mexican Clausura championship on Sunday.
Guadalajara drew 1-1 at Puebla and Toluca was held 1-1 by UNAM Pumas in the day's other games.
At America's Azteca stadium, Anchico's goal came courtesy of a defensive mistake by defender Juan Carlos Valenzuela in the 25th minute. Valenzuela lost track of the ball after a free kick and it bounced off his back, allowing Anchico to fire it into the roof of the net.
Benitez hit the second goal in the 67th minute to seal the win.
Earlier, Omar Esparza gave Chivas of Guadalajara an early lead with a deflected cross that looped into the net in the ninth minute. Felix Borja equalized the score when he burst through the middle of the Chivas defense and clipped the ball past goalkeeper Luis Michel in the 55th.
At Nemesio Diez stadium, Toluca's Nestor Calderon received the ball on the edge of the box and swiveled to hit a shot into the top right corner of the net in the 38th minute against Pumas.
Juan Cacho leveled the score with a shot on the half-turn after Toluca's defenders failed to clear a corner in the 81st.
In Friday and Saturday results, it was: Necaxa 0, Chiapas 1; Cruz Azul 4, Tecos Estudiantes 1; Monterrey 0, San Luis 2; Queretaro 2, UANL Tigres 2; Santos 2, Atlante 1; Atlas 5, Morelia 0.
The Mexican league season is split into two tournaments with playoffs to determine the champion.
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