TIJUANA, BC.- The 2013 Clausura calendar for Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente has been announced this weekend and every fan should mark January 6th as the date when the team will start defending its recently acquired championship crown.

The directors of the Liga MX have published the whole schedule for the next season where Tijuana will start by visiting Puebla de La Franja on January 6th at Estadio Cuauhtémoc, as part of Week 1 of play.

Xolos will play every game but one on Saturday at 5PM Pacific Standard Time (PST); the only match on Friday would be the game against Chivas.

Estadio Caliente in Baja California will have its first match on January 12th when the Xolos receive the visit from León Panzas Verdes, on a match surely to make big headlines because of the rivalry of these 2 clubs.

2 matches to highlight of the whole calendar will be the visits to Caliente stadium from both América Águilas and Guadalajara Chivas. The squad from Mexico City will land on the synthetic field on February 9, while the tapatíos will do the same on May 3rd, as part of the last week of the regular season.

Check out the whole calendar of the champion club:

Week 1 - Puebla vs Xolos – January 6th

Week 2 - Xolos vs León – January 12th

Week 3 - Pumas vs Xolos – January 20th

Week 4 - Xolos vs Pachuca – January 26th

Week 5 - Tigres vs Xolos – February 2nd

Week 6 - Xolos vs América – February 9th

Week 7 - Jaguares vs Xolos – February 15th

Week 8 - Xolos vs Atlante – February 23th

Week 9 - Atlas vs Xolos – March 2nd

Week 10 - Xolos vs Querétaro – March 9th

Week 11 - Xolos vs Rayados – March 16th

Week 12 - Toluca vs Xolos – March 31th

Week 13 - Xolos vs Santos Laguna – April 6th

Week 14 - Cruz Azul vs Xolos – April 13th

Week 15 - Xolos vs Monarcas – April 20th

Week 16 - San Luis vs Xolos – April 27th

Week 17 - Xolos vs Chivas – May 3rd

Apart from the Liga MX calendar, the club is still waiting for December 22 to know all about its schedule on the 2013 Copa Libertadores de América; that will be when Xoloitzcuintles will meet its rivals and the countries it has to travel to, in order to participate for the first time in the continent’s most prestigious club tournament.

The 2013-2014 Concacaf Champions League, where the best team from North America, Central America and the Caribbean play each other, will start on the second semester of the year, roughly on August 2013; this will leave room for Xolos to participate on this tournament until the end of the 2013 Clausura.

manuel.medina@sandiegored.com