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The 2019 LFA season was the fourth season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on February 22 and concluded on April 14. The playoffs commenced on April 26 and concluded on May 12 with the Condors defeating the Raptors to win the Tazón México IV.

Preseason events

Expansion and stadium changes

Two new teams joined the league for the 2019 season: Artilleros Puebla, based in Puebla, and Osos Toluca, based in Toluca, State of Mexico. This expansion raises the number of teams in the league to eight.

During the first LFA season, the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" hosted all the league's teams. Nevertheless, 2019 will be the first season in which none of the teams would play there, due to the fact that the stadium is now working as shelter for Central American migrants.

• Condors was supposed to be the only team playing at the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo", but moved to the ITESM Santa Fe stadium in the district of Santa Fe after Mexico City's government designed the "Palillo" Martínez stadium as a temporary shelter for Central American migrants.

• Mayas moved from the "Palillo" Martínez to the Estadio Wilfrido Massieu, which is regularly used by the Instituto Politécnico Nacional Águilas Blancas college football team.

• Mexicas also moved from the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" to the Casco de Santo Tomás, the training ground of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional football teams.

• Raptors moved from the Estadio José Ortega Martínez to the field of the National Autonomous University of Mexico Acatlán campus.

Draft

The 2019 Draft was regional, that is, each team chose players graduated from universities in their region. In the case of Artilleros Puebla and Osos Toluca , being unique teams in their region, they had no competition in their player selections. The Draft was held on January 12 at the FES Acatlán facilities . There were nine rounds, 6 normal and 3 complementary. The selections were as follows:

* Not signed with Condors but with Mexicas.

CFL–LFA draft

In November 2018, the LFA signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with the CFL to share resources and to allow for at least one CFL game to be played in Mexico, as well as lay the ground work for special Mexican-specific editions of the CFL Combine and CFL Draft.

On January 11, 2019, 51 players from the LFA and Mexican college ranks were announced as participants in a combine to beheld on January 13 and a 27-player draft to be held on January 14, 2019. Each CFL team sent scouts and were reported to likely receive four picks.

27 players were chosen from an invited pool of 51 Mexican players: 34 from the LFA and 17 seniors from Mexican university teams.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach
North Division
Dinos	Saltillo, Coahuila	Estadio Olímpico Francisco I. Madero	8,000	Javier Adame
Fundidores	Monterrey, Nuevo León	Estadio Nuevo León Unido	1,500	Israel González
Osos	Toluca, State of Mexico	Universidad Siglo XXI	4,000	Horacio García Aponte
Raptors	Naucalpan, State of Mexico	FES Acatlán	3,000	Guillermo Gutiérrez
Central Division
Artilleros	Puebla City, Puebla	Estadio Templo del Dolor	4,500	Gustavo Torres
Condors	Mexico City	ITESM Santa Fe	2,000	Félix Buendía
Mayas	Mexico City	Estadio Wilfrido Massieu	13,000	Francisco Chaparro
Mexicas	Mexico City	Casco de Santo Tomás	2,000	Enrique Zárate

Regular season

Standings

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Results

Week 1
Away	Score	Home	Venue	Date	Kickoff (UTC-6)	Streaming
Dinos	13–26	Fundidores	Estadio Nuevo León Unido	February 22	21:00
Osos	12–48	Raptors	FES Acatlán	February 23	16:00
Condors	21–13	Mayas	Estadio Azul	February 24	12:00
Artilleros	29–12	Mexicas	Estadio Azul	February 24	16:00

Week 2
Away	Score	Home	Venue	Date	Kickoff (UTC-6)	Streaming
Fundidores	29–30	Osos	Universidad Siglo XXI	March 2	13:00
Raptors	21–7	Dinos	Estadio Olímpico Francisco I. Madero	March 2	18:00
Mexicas	3–13	Mayas	Estadio Wilfrido Massieu	March 3	12:00
Condors	22–15	Artilleros	Estadio Templo del Dolor	March 3	15:00

Week 3
Away	Score	Home	Venue	Date	Kickoff (UTC-6)	Streaming
Raptors	21–31	Fundidores	Estadio Nuevo León Unido	March 8	21:00
Dinos	22–10	Osos	Universidad Siglo XXI	March 10	12:00
Mexicas	22–18	Condors	ITESM Santa Fe	March 10	15:00
Artilleros	7–14	Mayas	Estadio Wilfrido Massieu	March 10	15:00

Week 4
Away	Score	Home	Venue	Date	Kickoff (UTC-6)	Streaming
Osos	6–17	Artilleros	Estadio Templo del Dolor	March 16	15:00
Dinos	13–16	Mayas	Estadio Wilfrido Massieu	March 17	12:00
Fundidores	13–15	Condors	Campo ITESM Santa Fe	March 17	12:00
Raptors	23–29	Mexicas	Casco de Santo Tomás	March 17	15:00

Week 5
Away	Score	Home	Venue	Date	Kickoff (UTC-6)	Streaming
Fundidores	0–8	Dinos	Estadio Olímpico Francisco I. Madero	March 23	18:00
Mayas	13–20	Raptors	FES Acatlán	March 24	12:00
Mexicas	20–21	Artilleros	Estadio Templo del Dolor	March 24	12:00
Condors	54–30	Osos	Campo Universidad Siglo XXI	March 24	15:00

Week 6
Away	Score	Home	Venue	Date	Kickoff (UTC-6)	Streaming
Artilleros	7–6	Fundidores	Estadio Nuevo León Unido	March 29	21:00
Raptors	28–6	Osos	Universidad Siglo XXI	March 30	13:00
Mexicas	20–28	Dinos	Estadio Olímpico Francisco I. Madero	March 30	18:00
Mayas	14–33	Condors	ITESM Santa Fe	March 31	12:00

Week 7
Away	Score	Home	Venue	Date	Kickoff (UTC-5)	Streaming
Osos	13–12	Dinos	Estadio Olímpico Francisco I. Madero	April 6	18:00
Mayas	22–12	Mexicas	Casco de Santo Tomás	April 7	12:00
Fundidores	13–30	Raptors	FES Acatlán	April 7	12:00
Artilleros	29–26	Condors	Campo ITESM Santa Fe	April 7	15:00

Week 8
Away	Score	Home	Venue	Date	Kickoff (UTC-5)	Streaming
Osos	9–16	Fundidores	Estadio Nuevo León Unido	April 12	21:00
Dinos	7–19	Raptors	FES Acatlán	April 13	16:00
Condors	16–14	Mexicas	Casco de Santo Tomás	April 14	12:00
Mayas	25–20	Artilleros	Estadio Templo del Dolor	April 14	15:00

Statistical leaders

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

* Indicates overtime victory

Tazón México IV

Tazón México IV
Raptors	vs	Condors
(6-2)		(6-2)
16		20
Head Coach:		Head Coach:
Guillermo Gutierrez		Felix Buendia
Teams 1C 2C 3C 4C Raptors 0 9 0 7 Condors 6 0 7 7
Date: 12, May 2019
Kickoff time: 3 p.m.
Stadium: Estadio Azul
Weather: Sunny, 28°
Attendance: 18,000
MVP: Diego Arvizu, QB
Referee: Mario Matos
TV:
Half time show: Álex Lora
← III • Tazón México • V →

The Tazón México IV was held on May 12, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at the Estadio Azul in Mexico City, with a record attendance for the LFA of 18,000 fans present. The commissioner of the CFL, Randy Ambrossie, was the great guest of the event and together with Alejandro Jaimes, commissioner of the LFA, and Gabriel Soto, they started the fourth edition of the Tazón México. Álex Lora performed the national anthem. The Condors became LFA champions, after beating the Raptors by a score of 20-16 in a somersault game and it was the most cardiac edition in the history of Tazón México, decided in the last 30 seconds of the game. The MVP of the match was Diego Arvizu "El Comandante" (QB) Condors.

Awards

Following the season, awards are shown the best of the 2019 season.

References

1. ^ "El futbol americano en México se alista con la LFA". Milenio (in Spanish). 21 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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3. "Debido a migrantes, el equipo Condors cambiará de sede a Santa Fe" (in Spanish). 20 Minutos. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
4. "Viene la nueva era en el Imperio Azul". LFA.mx (in Spanish). 4 January 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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6. "CFL, LFA sign letter of intent to grow football in Canada and Mexico". Retrieved 23 November 2018.
7. Dan Barnes (January 11, 2019). "'FUN ELEMENT': CFL set for inaugural draft of Mexican talent".
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9. "ESTADÍSTICAS - LFA". Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional. 2 March 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.

Notes

1. Fernández completed 1−1 pass for 100.00% pass completion; taking into account quarterbacks with a minimum of 80 pass attempts during the season (10 per game), Bruno Márquez of the Raptors de Naucalpan led with a pass completion percentage of 61.34%.
2. Richarte averaged 21.0 rushing yards on 1 rush attempt; taking into account players with a minimum of 8 rush attempts during the season (1 per game), Joel Ramon Rodriguez Fernandez of the Fundidores de Monterrey led with an average 9.5 rushing yards on 13 rush attempts.
3. Zumalacárregui averaged 32.0 receiving yards on 2 receptions; taking into account players with a minimum of 8 receptions during the season (1 per game), Rafael Adrian Gomez Galvan of the Condors CDMX led with an average of 25.7 receiving yards on 13 receptions.
4. Rosales averaged 39.0 returning yards on 1 return; taking into account players with a minimum of 8 returns during the season (1 per game), Joan Alejandro Medina Tabitas of the Dinos de Saltillo led with an average of 22.7 returning yards on 15 returns.

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