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The Mexico women's national football team (Spanish: Selección Nacional de México Femenil) represents Mexico in international women's football. The team is governed by the Mexican Football Federation and competes within CONCACAF , the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.
The second Unofficial World Championships with women's national football teams was hosted by Mexico in 1971. [5] Recently, the game has grown in the country with the introduction of a women's professional league. [6] [7] [8] The final was won by Denmark was played at Estadio Azteca, in front of 112,500 attendees. [9]
The late Marbella Ibarra was an enthusiastic women's football advocate who persuaded Club Tijuana to create a professional women's team in 2014. Former Mexico women's national football team player Andrea Rodebaugh took the helm as manager during the program's stint in the Women's Premier Soccer League. [7] [8]
After failing to qualify for last year’s World Cup and the 2024 Olympics, women's soccer in Mexico was in disarray. Mexico stunned the United States 2-0 in the Gold Cup and the team seems to be ...
Club América Femenil was founded on 5 December 2016, on the same day that Liga MX Femenil was announced. [4] Former Mexico women's national football team manager, Leonardo Cuellar, was appointed as the first manager of the team in February 2017. [5]
The seeds for Monday's win, Mexico's first over the U.S. since 2010, were planted in 2022 when its soccer federation fired women's coach Monica Vergara.
Lizbeth Ovalle and Mayra Pelayo score to lift Mexico to a stunning 2-0 upset over the U.S. women's national soccer team in CONCACAF W Gold Cup play.
The Mexico national team before the first ever World Cup game against France in 1930 In 1927, the first official governing football body in Mexico was founded. The 1928 Olympic Football Tournament was Mexico's first official international competition, where Mexico lost to Spain 1–7 in the round of 16.