The 2017 LFA season was the second season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). This season saw two new franchises join the league: Dinos (short for "dinosaurios", the Spanish word for dinosaurs) and Fundidores (Spanish for smelters or founders) to bring the league to a total of 6 teams. The regular season began on February 18 and concluded on April 9. The Tazón México II was played on April 30 with the Mayas defeating the Dinos to win their second LFA championship.

News On September 28, 2016, the LFA announced its expansion for the 2017 season: the Monterrey Founders and the Saltillo Dinos.

Prior to the Mexico II Bowl, the visiting team, Dinos, was about to cancel the match since they had to travel by bus 10 hours from Saltillo to Mexico City, get to play and return immediately, with no opportunity to train or rest before the game, which put them at a notable disadvantage. The LFA had no budget to pay for airplanes and hotels for players and staff members.

Due to the increase in teams for the 2017 season, the LFA made some changes in the competition format, creating two divisions, the North and the center, although for sponsorship reasons these divisions were named after commercial products. The new format included divisional championships to be played in the postseason, the winners of which would go to the Tazón México.

The salary cap per franchise was 650,000 MXN (US$30,000 ).

Coaching changes Eagles: José Campuzano replaced Antonio Sandoval as head coach for the Eagles after a 3–3 season

Standings Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, PF = Points for, PA = Points against, Diff=Difference between pts. for and against

Teams in bold qualified for the playoffs

North DivisionTeam Raptors 7 5 2 160 121 39 Dinos 7 2 5 117 137 −20 Fundidores 7 2 5 112 146 −34

Central DivisionTeam Mayas 7 6 1 256 150 106 Eagles 7 4 3 159 150 9 Condors 7 2 5 110 210 −100

Results Week 1AwayScoreHomeVenueDateKickoff (UTC-6)Dinos33–16FundidoresOlímpico Francisco I. MaderoFebruary 1815:00Condors10–13RaptorsEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"February 1911:00Eagles33–21MayasEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"February 1915:00 Week 2AwayScoreHomeVenueDateKickoff (UTC-6)Condors16–64MayasEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"February 2611:00Fundidores24–25EaglesEstadio TecnológicoFebruary 2613:00Raptors34–27DinosEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"February 2615:00 Week 3AwayScoreHomeVenueDateKickoff (UTC-6)Eagles20–24CondorsEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"March 511:00Fundidores22–21RaptorsEstadio TecnológicoMarch 513:00Mayas30–12DinosEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"March 515:00 Week 4AwayScoreHomeVenueDateKickoff (UTC-6)Raptors31–34MayasEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"March 1211:00Dinos10–14EaglesOlímpico Francisco I. MaderoMarch 1214:00Condors14–12FundidoresEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"March 1215:00 Week 5AwayScoreHomeVenueDateKickoff (UTC-6)Dinos23–10CondorsOlímpico Francisco I. MaderoMarch 1915:30Eagles24–27MayasEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"March 2611:00Raptors14–10FundidoresEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"March 2615:00 Week 6AwayScoreHomeVenueDateKickoff (UTC-5)Mayas47–20CondorsEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"April 211:00Fundidores14–6DinosEstadio TecnológicoApril 214:00Eagles12–28RaptorsEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"April 215:00 Week 7AwayScoreHomeVenueDateKickoff (UTC-6)Condors16–31EaglesEstadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"April 215:00Mayas33–14FundidoresEstadio TecnológicoApril 914:00Dinos6–19RaptorsOlímpico Francisco I. MaderoApril 914:00

Playoffs

Playoff bracket

* Indicates overtime victory

Tazón México II Tazón México IIDinosvsMayas(2–5)(6–2)Head Coach:Head Coach:Guillermo RuizErnesto Alfaro Teams 1 2 3 4 Total Dinos 3 7 0 8 18 Mayas 0 14 3 7 24Date: 30, April 2017Stadium: Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo"Attendance: 3,000MVP: Marco Garcia, QBReferee: Jorge Armando RodríguezTV: ← I • Tazón México • III → The Tazón México II (called Indian Motorcycle Tazón México II for sponsorship reasons) was the second edition of the LFA championship game. The Mayas obtained repeat championships by winning against Dinos at the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" in Mexico City, by a score of 24–18. The MVP of the game was QB Marco Garcia. Quarter Time Series Team Annotations Score Plays Yds TOP DIN MAY 1 4:27 11 78 5:37 DIN Field goal, 20 yards from K Gallarado 3 0 2 13:30 3 75 1:30 DIN Touchdown, 1-yard run from QB Alberto García; the extra point is good (K Gallarado)) 10 0 2 9:31 7 80 3:53 MAY Touchdown, 42-yard pass from QB Marco García to WR Josue Martinez; the extra point is good (K Mauricio Morales) 10 7 2 4:51 6 47 3:06 MAY Touchdown, 10-yard run from QB Marco García; the extra point is good (K Mauricio Morales) 10 14 3 1:50 9 42 3:35 MAY Field goal, 20 yards from K Gallarado 10 17 4 6:21 7 93 4:11 MAY Touchdown, 10-yard run from RB Omar Cojolum; the extra point is good (K Mauricio Morales) 10 24 4 1:16 – – – DIN Safety of P Aceves (Mayas) 12 24 4 0:39 3 75 0:35 DIN Touchdown, 5-yard pass from QB Alberto García to WR Gerardo Álvarez; the extra point is good (K Gallarado) 18 24

Awards Following the season, awards are shown the best of the 2017 season. AwardWinner(Position)TeamMVP of the seasonBruno MárquezQBRaptorsCoach of the yearErnesto AlfaroHCMayasOffensive player of the yearJosué MartínezWRMayasDefensive player of the yearDaniel CarreteLBDinosBest Offensive LinemanJonathan SeguraOLEaglesBest defensive linemanOctavio MartínezDLEaglesBest deep threatLuis GonzálezWRRaptorsBest linebackerÁngel RosadoLBCondorsBest runnerOmar CojolumRBMayasBest receiverGerardo ÁlvarezWRDinos

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