User:Pattyg10/Mexico Women's National Soccer Team

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Mexico Women's National Soccer Team

Mexico
Nickname(s)El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
AssociationFederación Mexicana de Fútbol
(Mexican Football Federation)
Head coachLeonardo Cuéllar
Most capsJuana Lopez
Top scorerMaribel Dominguez
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current21 [1]
Highest21 [1] (January 2011)
Lowest31 [1] (December 2002)
First international
 Mexico 9 - 0 Austria 
(Jesolo, Italy; July 6, 1970)
Biggest win
 Mexico 9 - 0 Honduras 
(Veracruz, Mexico; May 5, 2005)
 Mexico 9 - 0 Austria 
(Jesolo, Italy; July 6, 1970)
Biggest defeat
 United States 12 - 0 Mexico 
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 18 April 1991)
World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1999)
Best resultGroup Stage
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1991)
Best result2nd (1998), (2010)

The Mexico Women's National Soccer Team (sometimes referred to as Las Tri) represents Mexico in international women's soccer competition and is controlled by La Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (Mexico Football Federation). The team was officially started before the 1999 Women's World Cup and was composed of Mexican and Mexican-American players. The main goal for the team was to qualify for their first World Cup. Since then, the team has developed and is now ranked 21st in the Women's FIFA World Ranking [1]. One of the big advantages the team has compared to all others is that they have had one coach, Leonardo Cuéllar for the past 14 years, which is rare to see in a national team from Mexico [2].

History[edit]

The first official coach for the Mexico Women’s National Soccer Team was Coach Leonardo Cuéllar. One of his main goals when first establishing the team was to qualify for the 1999 Women’s World Cup, which the team was able to do [2]. After finding a coach to begin the team, controversy soon began regarding the nationality of the players being recruited. Many people in Mexico argued that Mexican-American girls should not be allowed to play on the team because they were taking a spot away from a full Mexican player. The team captain, Andrea Rodebaugh, argued that the team’s main goal was to qualify and said that to them it did not matter who was on the team as long as the team was formed [3]. The National Team was formed despite the controversy and consisted of Mexican and Mexican-American players.

Culture & Language Barriers[edit]

The team has encountered several difficulties since their formation. The players had to learn to play together and become a team despite the different views on the culture between the Mexican-Americans and the Mexicans. At the beginning, the division was apparent: all the Mexicans roomed together and all the Americans roomed together; however, with time the team became more integrated [3]. The culture was also a barrier the team had to overcome. For many Mexican girls, playing soccer in general was not thought of highly in Mexican families because it was referred to as a male sport, so the team was not receiving as much support as they would have liked and needed [2]. However, with time the accomplishments they did were covered by the news and the support grew [2]. Even to this day the team is glorified by the media for the improvements they continue to do. Despite there being two dominate languages on the team, the players have managed to overcome the boundary and a lot of the Americans speak better Spanish now and vice versa [3]. At practices, both languages are used, but when cameras are on, Spanish is used more so the people from Mexico can understand what is going on [3].

Kit[edit]

The Mexican national team utilizes a tricolour system, composed of the colors green, white and red. The team's three colors originated from Mexico's national flag, known as the tricolor. Currently the kit being used 2011-2012 is a green jersey for home and a black with gold jersey for away. Sewn on the inside collar of both jerseys is the Mexican saying somos guerreros meaning "we are warriors".

Schedule and Results[edit]

Date Competition Location Opponent Result
October 21, 2010 Friendly Suwon World Cup Stadium, Suwon  Chinese Taipei 1-0
October 29, 2010 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Estadio De Béisbol Beto Ávila, Cancún  Guyana 7-2
October 31, 2010 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Estadio De Béisbol Beto Ávila, Cancún  Trinidad and Tobago 2-0
November 2, 2010 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Estadio De Béisbol Beto Ávila, Cancún  Canada 0-3
November 5, 2010 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Semifinal Estadio De Béisbol Beto Ávila, Cancún  United States 2-1
November 8, 2010 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup Final Estadio Quintana Roo, Cancún  Canada 0-1
June 27, 2011 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Groupstage Volkswagen-Arena, Wolfsburg  England 1-1
July 1, 2011 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Groupstage BayArena, Leverkusen  Japan 0-4
July 5, 2011 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Groupstage Rhein-Neckar-Arena, Sinsheim  New Zealand 2-2
18 October 2011 2011 Pan American Games Groupstage Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara  Chile 0-0
20 October 2011 2011 Pan American Games Groupstage Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara  Trinidad and Tobago 1-1
22 October 2011 2011 Pan American Games Groupstage Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara  Colombia 1-0
25 October 2011 2011 Pan American Games Semifinal Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara  Brazil 0-1
27 October 2011 2011 Pan American Games 3rd place game Estadio Omnilife, Guadalajara  Colombia 1-0
January 20, 2012 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament BC Place, Vancouver  Guatemala 5-0
January 22, 2012 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament BC Place, Vancouver  Dominican Republic 7-0
January 26, 2012 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament BC Place, Vancouver  United States 0-4

Records[edit]

Team for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup[4][edit]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Erika Venegas (1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 22) 13 0
2 2DF Kenti Robles (1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 20) 12 0 Spain RCD Espanyol
3 2DF Rubí Sandoval (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 27) 70 5
4 2DF Alina Garciamendez (1991-04-16)16 April 1991 (aged 20) 17 1 United States Stanford University
5 2DF Natalie Vinti (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 23) 20 0 United States University of San Diego
6 2DF Natalie Garcia (1990-01-30)30 January 1990 (aged 21) 3 0 United States University of San Diego
7 3MF Juana Lopez (1978-12-25)25 December 1978 (aged 32) 102 14
8 3MF Guadalupe Worbis (1983-12-12)12 December 1983 (aged 27) 95 22 Mexico Extremadura Femenino CF
9 4FW Maribel Domínguez (1978-11-18)18 November 1978 (aged 32) 90 67 Spain UE L'Estartit
10 3MF Dinora Garza (1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 23) 30 9 Mexico Tigres de la UANL
11 3MF Nayeli Rangel (1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 19) 27 3 Mexico Tigres de la UANL
12 1GK Pamela Tajonar (1984-12-02)2 December 1984 (aged 26) 36 0 Spain Club Atlético Málaga
13 3MF Liliana Mercado (1988-10-22)22 October 1988 (aged 22) 11 0 Mexico UDLAP
14 2DF Monica Alvarado (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 20) 5 0 United States Texas Christian University
15 2DF Luz del Rosario Saucedo (1983-12-14)14 December 1983 (aged 27) 91 2
16 2DF Charlyn Corral (1991-09-11)11 September 1991 (aged 19) 19 3 Mexico Monterrey Royal Eagles
17 3MF Teresa Noyola (1990-04-15)15 April 1990 (aged 21) 7 0 United States Stanford University
18 4FW Veronica Perez (1988-05-18)18 May 1988 (aged 23) 23 4 United States Saint Louis Athletica
19 4FW Monica Ocampo (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 24) 36 12 United States Atlanta Beat
20 1GK Cecilia Santiago (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 16) 11 0 Spain UE L'Estartit
21 4FW Stephany Mayor (1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 19) 16 5 Mexico UDLAP

CONCACAF Gold Cup Records[edit]

Women's Gold Cup
Year Result Matches Wins Draws* Losses GF GA GD
Haiti 1991 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 9 16 -7
United States 1993 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Canada 1994 Third Place 4 1 1 2 6 19 -13
Canada 1998 Runners Up 5 3 1 1 20 6 +14
United States 2000 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 10 7 +3
United StatesCanada 2002 Third Place 5 3 0 2 11 7 +4
United States 2006 Third Place 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4
Mexico 2010 Runners Up 5 3 0 2 11 7 +4
Total 7/8 28 14 2 12 73 64 +9
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

World Cup Records[edit]

World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Sweden 1995 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
United States 1999 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 1 15 -14
United States 2003 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
China 2007 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -
Germany 2011 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 3 7 -4
Canada 2015 To Be Determined - - - - - - -
Total 2/6 6 0 2 4 4 22 -18
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Women's World Ranking". Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Lewis, Michael (21 January 2012). "Mexico's Leonardo Cuellar Has Turned 'Las Tri' into a Global Power". Fox News Latino. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d Jenson, Mike (17 June 1999). "Mexican Soccer Team Has American Accent Half Of The Improbable Women's World Cup Squad Comes From North Of The Border". The Inquierer. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  4. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup Germany 2011". FIFA. Retrieved 7 February 2012.


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