In 2002, with high expectations after a successful preseason they played in Atlixco. The club started the year off by losing 12 of their first 22 games. With all this at hand the club struggled to find the right equation but weren't able, so on May 15 manager "Piri" Bellazetín was let go and replaced by Eddie Castro who was quickly let go as well and replaced by Marco Antonio Guzmán. The club finished last in their division with a record of 38–70 which was the third worst record in club history.