Estadio TSM Corona

The club moved from the old stadium in 2009, demolishing the concrete bowl to make way for the new one.

The pitch is marked with natural grass. There is a clock tower visible above the main stand, holding up the floodlights. It is a clean, modern design. Nothing about the architecture draws your eye away from the game.

The location matters more than the building itself. It sits in the middle of Torreón, in the state of Coahuila. The desert landscape is flat, stretching out beyond the stadium walls. You can see the mountains in the distance on the clear days. The wind is always there, blowing across the open space. It picks up the ball and changes its path.

The stadium opened in November 2009. It was ready for the FIFA U-17 World Cup just two years later. The matches hosted then were the ones that put it on the map. The capacity holds thirty thousand people. Most of the seats are empty on an average weeknight, but the away end stays full. The fans wear green and white, standing or sitting depending on the score.

It replaced a stadium built in 1970. That one was called Estadio Moctezuma before the brewery deal. The name changed, but the ground stayed in the same city. The new one is bigger, cleaner and louder. The players walk through a tunnel under the main stand to reach the field. The fans wait on the other side.