Defending champs Tigres top America

MEXICO CITY (AP)

JANUARY TRANSFERS

Want to find which footballers changed locations in January? Find out by clicking here.

Santos Laguna kept its lead atop the Mexico Clausura football championship with a 2-1 victory over Pumas over the weekend.

Santos leads by three points over both Atlante and defending champion Tigres.

Atlante defeated Queretaro 3-2 and Tigres defeated America 1-0 on Sunday, ending America's undefeated start to the season.

Chivas, Mexico's most successful club with 11 titles, continued its abysmal start to the season, losing 2-1 to Morelia to remain in last place with only one point in five matches.

In other weekend results, Cruz Azul won 2-0 against Jaguares, Pachuca defeated Toluca 4-3, Puebla drew 1-1 with Club Tijuana, Monterrey won 3-0 over San Luis and Estudiantes Tecos drew 0-0 with Atlas.

In Santos' victory, Christian Suarez of Ecuador scored first for Santos in the 12th minute, lifting a shot past the keeper after a swift counterattack. Rodolfo Salinas made it 2-0 in 20th, but then headed into his own net from a corner 10 minutes later.

Osvaldo Martinez curled a free kick from 25 yards (meters) into the top corner in injury time to give Atlante the victory. Goals from German Alemanno and Pablo Vitti put Queretaro into the lead twice in the second half, with Martinez equalizing the first time for Atlante and Juan Ezequiel Cuevas getting the other.

Chilean Hector Mancilla got the only goal in the 35th minute for Tigres against America, deflecting a shot from the edge of the penalty area into the net.

Miguel Sabah scored two second-half goals for Morelia, after Omar Arellano had put Chivas in the lead in the 39th. It was only Chivas' second goal of the season.

TRANSFER CENTRAL

Check out the latest moves in the football world at Transfer Central.

Cruz Azul maintained its unbeaten start to the season, with Brazilian Jair Pereira heading in from a corner in the 56th, and Javier Orozco getting the second six minutes later. Cruz Azul is in fourth with nine points.

Pachuca also improved to nine points, behind Cruz Azul in fifth on goal difference, after coming from 3-0 behind to defeat Toluca. Argentina's Mauro Cejas got his second in injury time to win the game for Pachuca.

An own-goal from David Munoz and a goal each from Ivan Alonso and Nestor Calderon put Toluca 3-0 up after 16 minutes, before goals from Daniel Arreola, Marco Bueno and two goals from Cejas gave Pachuca victory.

Puebla fell behind in the seventh minute when Duvier Riascos slotted the ball into the net for Club Tijuana. United States international DaMarcus Beasley won a penalty for Puebla in the 25th and Spaniard Luis Garcia converted.

Goals from Aldo de Nigris, Cesar Delgado and Jesus Zavala gave Monterrey the win against San Luis, which has lost its last three matches. Jehu Chiapas was sent off for San Luis in the 60th when the score was already 3-0.

In a relegation battle, Estudiantes Tecos and Atlas drew with Atlas striking the woodwork three times. Estudiantes Tecos remain four points behind Atlas in Mexico's relegation table.