 De la Torre was also called up for the Mexico national team on various occasions, but unfortunately he was never called for a FIFA World Cup.On December 10, 2006, Guadalajara won their eleventh league championship, making de la Torre the youngest coach to win a championship in the last decade at age 40 years & 27 days, and making Guadalajara the club with the most titles in the Primera División de México (their record would later be surpassed by América in 2014) (then again in 2018).In mid 2008, de la Torre became the coach of Club Toluca.