It couldn’t be more appropriate. The Guadalajara Chivas, the only soccer team with an all Mexican roster, are sitting pretty at the top of the standings in the seminal “Bicentennial 2010” championship.

For anyone who says soccer is boring, this weekend's games involving the Guadalajara metropolitan zone teams provided a sweet antidote.

Guadalajara’s young red-headed boxing phenomenon Saul “Canelo” Alvarez is now a Golden Boy after signing for former world champion Oscar de la Hoya’s promotional outfit.

Monterrey and Guadalajara have an ongoing rivalry as to which is Mexico's second most important city but this weekend, at least in terms of soccer, it was Guadalajara that earned the bragging rights.

Chivas kicked off the Bicentennial 2010 soccer tournament this weekend with an emphatic win in the Estadio Jalisco against the highly regarded Toluca, sparking predictions that this could be their year.

Preseason is over, player transfers have been finalized and frenzied speculation has begun over which Mexican players should be going to the World Cup in South Africa. It can only mean one thing in these parts: a new soccer season, this time known as the 2010 Bicentenario, is upon us.