Final Standings

	P	W	L	T	PF	PA
*CDMX Mayas	6	4	2	0	158	99
*Raptors de Edomex	6	4	2	0	139	124
CDMX Eagles	6	3	3	0	136	139
CDMX Condors	6	1	5	0	102	173

Playoffs

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Tazon Mexico I
13.04.2016	CDMX Mayas	29	Raptors de Edomex	13

Regular Season Results

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Week 1
21.02.2016	CDMX Mayas	34	Raptors de Edomex	6
21.02.2016	CDMX Eagles	28	CDMX Condors	30
	Week 2
28.02.2016	CDMX Condors	14	CDMX Mayas	45
28.02.2016	Raptors de Edomex	27	CDMX Eagles	29
	Week 3
06.03.2016	CDMX Eagles	26	CDMX Mayas	33
06.03.2016	Raptors de Edomex	40	CDMX Condors	34
	Week 4
13.03.2016	CDMX Condors	0	CDMX Eagles	19
13.03.2016	Raptors de Edomex	13	CDMX Mayas	9
	Week 5
20.03.2016	CDMX Eagles	12	Raptors de Edomex	33
20.03.2016	CDMX Mayas	21	CDMX Condors	18
	Week 6
03.04.2016	CDMX Condors	6	Raptors de Edomex	20
03.04.2016	CDMX Mayas	16	CDMX Eagles	22

Report

The Liga Futbol Americano Profesional was the latest Profesional American Football League in Mexico, and probably the first one to be considered Major League. The first season in 2016 was won by CDMX Mayas, 29-13 versus Raptors de Edomex. The Regular Season featured four teams, with all games played in Mexico City, CDMX Mayas and Raptors de Edomex finishing joint top with 4-2 records, with CDMX Eagles in third on 3-3 and CDMX Condors last on 1-5.

CDMX is shorthand for Ciudad de Mexico – Mexico City and Edomex is a local name for Estado de Mexico – Mexico State: the State immediately west of the Federal District (Mexico City). Mexico is divided into 32 States and one Federal District.

References:

Web Archive

[1] Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional (2018) LFPA Standings [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20161106181310/http://lfa.mx/home/standings/ [Accessed 20 January 2018]

[3] Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional (2018) Calendario [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20160927045600/http://lfa.mx/home/calendario/ [Accessed 20 January 2018]

Websites

[2] American Football International (2016) Mayas Win First Liga de Football Americano Championship Game In Mexico [Internet] available from: http://www.americanfootballinternational.com/mayas-win-first-liga-de-futboll-americano-championship-game-mexico/ [accessed 5 August 2018]

Images

[4] Brands of the World (2018) LFA Logo [Internet] Available from: https://botw-pd.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/logo-thumbnail/s3/012017/untitled-1_0.jpg?itok=is8COLAV [Accessed 1 August 2018]

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Ralph Schmeer, Cillian Smith, Michael Smith and Michael Brophy of the Irish American Football Association and Irish American Football Officials Association.

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