5 things you should know ahead of the friendly between Chivas vs Xolos | OneFootball

After Guadalajara visited San José and imposed its conditions against Atlas in the first game of the Rebaño 2025 Tour, it's time to close this mini-tour and prepare for the match against Cruz Azul on Matchday 13 of the Clausura 2025.

Before that happens, the Rebaño will have to face another friendly match in the American Union, as this Sunday afternoon they will face Xolos de Tijuana at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego, California. As part of the preview of this clash, we have prepared for you some curiosities that you should know about this match, which we will tell you below.

1. This is the first time that Chivas and Xolos will face each other in the United States. Throughout the history of the Border team, they have never met in friendly matches in the neighboring country.

2. Although they had never played a match in the United States, they had played very close to San Diego, since Snapdragon Stadium is only 40 kilometers away from the Xolos' home.

3. San Diego witnessed a special story for Guadalajara, since on September 14, 2010, the Rebaño Sagrado visited Petco Park to play a friendly match against Chivas USA, which ended in a scoreless draw.

4. The Rebaño and Xolos recently faced each other in Liga MX and the match brought with it a very special moment: the return of Alan Pulido. It was on February 9, 2025 when the Baja California Xolos visited the Akron Stadium to play the match corresponding to J6 of CL25 and precisely on that night, Pulido returned to play at the home of Guadalajara. As if that wasn't enough, he scored a goal at 27'.

5. If you want to know which channels will be broadcasting this match live, CLICK HERE and find out how to watch it both in Mexico and in the United States.