We've got a dog in the fight: Joe Corona at Club Tijuana (Xolos)

I assume he is one of the 2 Coronas on the bench tonight (he's #6):

¡ATENCIÓN JAURÍA!

Este es nuestro primer XI del año en el Mictlán para seguir escribiendo la #Revoluxion 👊🐾 pic.twitter.com/INP40pLwPV

— Xolos (@Xolos) January 14, 2024

 

Starts:

Estos son los 11 Xoloitzcuintles que darán todo por los tres puntos ¡Vamos Perros! 💪 pic.twitter.com/m8iD3PnZwe

— Xolos (@Xolos) February 4, 2024

 

Started & scored:

⏱57' | La Jauría ¡mordió primero! 🐕🔥

¡GOOOOL Xoloitzcuintle! El primero de @JoeCorona15 en su regreso

¡Vamos! 💪 pic.twitter.com/RbK812GmgE

— Xolos (@Xolos) February 29, 2024

Leading 1-0 in the 58th.

 

A great goal too

Tijuana taking on Monterrey and an American has scored

No, not Brandon Vazquez

It’s Joe Benny Corona.. and it’s a damn nice goal.

Tijuana take a 1-0 lead in the 58th minute https://t.co/jtu1M3YfZu

— Brian Sciaretta (@BrianSciaretta) February 29, 2024

 

Started:

El XI Xoloitzcuintle de esta noche ante León

¡Vamos Perros! 🐕❌ pic.twitter.com/8qLeJABKhn

— Xolos (@Xolos) March 4, 2024

Out at the half:

⏱45’ | Doble cambio previo al arranque de la segunda mitad
➡️ Entran: Ake Loba y Kevin Castañeda
⬅️ Salen: Raúl Zúñiga y Joe Corona pic.twitter.com/hLBc9xSEjd

— Xolos (@Xolos) March 4, 2024

 

Started:

El XI Xoloitzcuintle que salta a la cancha de C.U

¡Vamos Perros! 🐕 ❌ pic.twitter.com/FMIalxRjAb

— Xolos (@Xolos) March 10, 2024

They are down 2-1 in the 41st and Pumas is playing with 10 (Concacaf boiled down to a single league).

 

Out at the half:

⏱45’ | Triple cambio Xoloitzcuintle previo al arranque de la segunda mitad:

➡️ Entran: Aké Loba, Kevin Castañeda y Eduardo Armenta

⬅️ Salen: Carlos González, Diego Barbosa y Joe Corona pic.twitter.com/QjQFosDBvw

— Xolos (@Xolos) March 10, 2024

Xolos managed to give up a short-handed goal to trail 3-1 in the 56th.

 

Corona drew a red and a penalty in the 22nd

 

All the way from Sweden?

@bungadiri
@dark knight
@TheFalseNine

Can we get a title change, even if it's only temporary? Joe Corona at Club Tijuana (Xolos).

 

Corona assisted on the opener of Tijuana’s 4-2 win over Chivas

El primer gol de Xolos como local en la Era Osorio 🇨🇴

Cortesía de Domingo Blanco 🔥

pic.twitter.com/KuJ4MS7raD

— Zona Xolos (@ZonaXolos) July 13, 2024

 

@bungadiri

How about "We've got a dog in the fight: Joe Corona at Club Tijuana (Xolos)"

 

Corona an injury substitution in just the 19th minute last night against LAFC. Tijuana got swamped 3-0 despite a possession advantage.

 

Started in playoffs:



Up 2-0 near the half.

 

Went 60' in a 3-0 win over Atlas.

That's his 10th start in 19 Liga NX league & playoff ties, with another 2 substitute appearances.

Not bad for a guy who was in playing in the USL 18 months. Not bad for a 34 year-old either.

 

Corona subbed on in the 74th minute of a second straight 3-0 playoff win for Tijuana. All the goals happened before he came on. Tijuana carry a dominant lead into the second leg on Saturday. Efrain Alvarez scored one of the goals.

 

Came on at the half of the Clausura opener against Toluca with the match 1-1. Tijuana lost 4-2.

 

I’m a little surprised there hasn't been any mutual interest with San Diego FC. He lives in Chula Vista and grew up there.

 

Joe Corona and Efrain Alvarez starting against Tigres tonight.

 

Out at the half, trailing 1-0.

 

Starts 3rd match of Leagues Cup:

 

Looks like he has retired (from Jon Arnold newsletter):

A meeting between the two Liga MX clubs he had helped to a title in the first week of the season was the perfect occasion for Joe Corona to say goodbye to the sport.

The 35-year-old San Diego native was replaced by winter signing Ignacio Rivero just before halftime with the game briefly pausing as players from both sides congratulated Corona on his career.

A ceremony at halftime saw Corona, who played more than 250 matches with Xolos, honored. Corona was part of the first wave of Americans to sign for what then was a new franchise on the border, helping Tijuana win promotion, then win the league in a shock 2012 Apertura.

 

Congratulations, Joe Benny! Well done, sir!

 

damn, i remember being a superfan of TJ when they started out. they had so many yanks. sadly they didn't persist as a kind of American player outlet in Liga MX. Joe Benny was in fact the only remaining American on the squad. with his retirement they now have none

 

Same. Those early Paul Arriola days…

 

Not likely to have many more either. Partly because they're an established team in an long-established league. They sign the same number of foreign players as the rest of Liga MX.

Mostly it's the same as the decline of Yanks in the AllSvenskan:15 years ago, Sweden and even Norway significantly outpaid MLS and Liga MX massively did. Regular MLS rotators and even starters were earning $70-80k and could double that in Scandinavia and triple it in Mexico. That ceased to be the case some time ago.

A Yank that heads to Liga MX now will do so because a particular team down there is a specific fit for him, not because of lousy pay in the US