Mexico women's national football team

Mexico

Nickname(s)	El Tricolor (The Tricolor)
Association	Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (Mexican Football Federation)
Head coach	Leonardo Cuéllar
Most caps	Juana Lopez
Top scorer	Maribel Dominguez
FIFA ranking	21
Highest FIFA ranking	21 (January 2011)
Lowest FIFA ranking	31 (December 2002)
Home colours Away colours
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
Appearances	2 (First in 1999)
Best result	Group Stage
CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 1991)
Best result	2nd (1998), (2010)

The Mexico Women's National Football Team (sometimes referred to as Las Tri) represents Mexico in international women's football competition and is controlled by La Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (Mexico Football Federation). In the 1970s, the team gained popularity, with Mexico finishing 3rd in a unofficial Women's World Cup held in Italy. Also, in 1971, the team hosted a unofficial women's World Cup reaching the final, only to lose to Denmark 3-0. A estimated 110,000 people attended the final at Estadio Azteca that day. The team that was formed 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 . 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 . The team again is re-gaining popularity, as the U-20 team finished in the quarter-finals in the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and a notable 1-0 win over England in which the game was broadcasted live in the country. The team was the host for the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup, finishing in second place after a shocking 2-1 victory over the United States. The team has a professional league, the Super Liga Femenil de Futbol, which was established partially to raise the popularity of women's football in Mexico.

History

The first official coach for the Mexico Women’s National Soccer Team was Leonardo Cuéllar. One of his main goals when first establishing the team was to qualify for the 1999 Women’s World Cup. The team accomplished this by placing second to the Canadian team in the 1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship. 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. The National Team was formed despite the controversy and consisted of Mexican and Mexican-American players.

Culture & language barriers

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. 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 did not receive as much support as they would have liked and needed. However, with time their accomplishments were covered by the news and the support grew. 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. 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.

Kit

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 recent results

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 24, 2012	2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	BC Place, Vancouver	United States	0-4
January 27, 2012	2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	BC Place, Vancouver	Canada	1-3

Team for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

• Source

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Erika Venegas (1988-07-07)7 July 1988 (aged 22) 13 0 2 DF Kenti Robles (1991-02-15)15 February 1991 (aged 20) 12 0 RCD Espanyol 3 DF Rubí Sandoval (1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 27) 70 5 4 DF Alina Garciamendez (1991-04-16)16 April 1991 (aged 20) 17 1 Stanford University 5 DF Natalie Vinti (1988-01-02)2 January 1988 (aged 23) 20 0 University of San Diego 6 DF Natalie Garcia (1990-01-30)30 January 1990 (aged 21) 3 0 University of San Diego 7 MF Juana Lopez (1978-12-25)25 December 1978 (aged 32) 102 14 8 MF Guadalupe Worbis (1983-12-12)12 December 1983 (aged 27) 95 22 Extremadura Femenino CF 9 FW Maribel Domínguez (1978-11-18)18 November 1978 (aged 32) 90 67 UE L'Estartit 10 MF Dinora Garza (1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 23) 30 9 Tigres de la UANL 11 MF Nayeli Rangel (1992-02-28)28 February 1992 (aged 19) 27 3 Tigres de la UANL 12 GK Pamela Tajonar (1984-12-02)2 December 1984 (aged 26) 36 0 Club Atlético Málaga 13 MF Liliana Mercado (1988-10-22)22 October 1988 (aged 22) 11 0 UDLAP 14 DF Monica Alvarado (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 20) 5 0 Texas Christian University 15 DF Luz del Rosario Saucedo (1983-12-14)14 December 1983 (aged 27) 91 2 16 DF Charlyn Corral (1991-09-11)11 September 1991 (aged 19) 19 3 Monterrey Royal Eagles 17 MF Teresa Noyola (1990-04-15)15 April 1990 (aged 21) 7 0 Stanford University 18 FW Veronica Perez (1988-05-18)18 May 1988 (aged 23) 23 4 Saint Louis Athletica 19 FW Monica Ocampo (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 24) 36 12 Atlanta Beat 20 GK Cecilia Santiago (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 16) 11 0 UE L'Estartit 21 FW Stephany Mayor (1991-09-23)23 September 1991 (aged 19) 16 5 UDLAP

Records

World Cup record

World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999	Group Stage	3	0	0	3	1	15	-14
2003	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Group Stage	3	0	2	1	3	7	-4
2015	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	2/6	6	0	2	4	4	22	-18

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record

• 1996 - Did not qualify
• 2000 - Did not qualify
• 2004 - Quarterfinals
• 2008 - Did not qualify
• 2012 - Did not qualify

CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup record

Women's Gold Cup
Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws*	Losses	GF	GA	GD
1991	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	9	16	-7
1993	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1994	Third Place	4	1	1	2	6	19	-13
1998	Runners Up	5	3	1	1	20	6	+14
2000	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	10	7	+3
2002	Third Place	5	3	0	2	11	7	+4
2006	Third Place	3	2	0	1	6	2	+4
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.

Pan American Games record

• 1999 – Silver Medal
• 2003 – Bronze Medal
• 2011 – Bronze Medal

Records of youth teams

U-20 World Cup Record

• 2002 – group stage
• 2004 – Did not qualify
• 2006 – group stage
• 2008 – group stage
• 2010 – Quarterfinals

U-17 World Cup record

• 2008 – Did not qualify
• 2010 – group stage