Final home game more of same

With more ties than a Men’s Wearehouse, the Xolos are one week away from bringing their perplexingly disappointing season to a close.

That the now 14th ranked Xolos reached a 0-0 draw at home Friday night with 13th place Puebla isn’t a surprise, they have had more trouble winning than former GOP presidential candidate Marco Rubio did winning a primary. The bewilderment stems from the fact that each of Tijuana’s piddling three victories was on the road.  Given that in years past the Xolos were almost guaranteed to win at home in raucous Estadio Caliente while rolling over on the road, the 2016 Clausura season has been a head-scratching mystery—until you consider that mercurial forward Dayro Moreno has nearly half of the team’s 17 goals while the defense has been inconsistent, leaning toward shaky. Given all of that unpredictability it should not be a surprise that Tijuana played it’s last home game of the season without winning it.

But then again, neither did they lose. Which is what this season has been reduced to, looking at the bright side in an otherwise splotchy campaign. At 3-8-5 the Xolos have more ties than losses and with the pressure of trying to make the playoffs finally cast aside coach Miguel Herrera has the option of starting and playing younger players in the team’s final game of the season May 5 at Atlas. Even if they lose that game the Xolos can still say they have more draws than losses. That ought to count for something, even if it’s only a moral victory away from home.