Mexico women’s soccer team shows great progress in the Gold Cup and shoots for more
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico women’s soccer team shows great progress in the Gold Cup and shoots for more

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — After failing to qualify for last year’s World Cup and the 2024 Olympics, women’s soccer in Mexico was in disarray. “It’s helping with all the leagues around the world and Mexico is definitely a product of that with their league.” For the Apertura 2022 final between America and Tigres, 52,654 fans attended to set a new league record and it became the sixth largest attendance for a women’s soccer match in history. “Mexico is a country of great emotions, and I don’t want this to be something sporadic, I want Mexico to be a reality and to be respected worldwide in women’s soccer,” Lopez said. “So far we have made some new fans in Mexico, and that’s pretty good for women’s soccer.” ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

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Women’s pro soccer is thriving in Mexico seven years after top league started
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Women’s pro soccer is thriving in Mexico seven years after top league started

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexican striker Charlyn Corral packed up for Spain in 2015 because her home country didn’t have a professional league. “I started playing with my cousins, and from five to 12 years old I played just with boys,” says Stephany Mayor, who has played in two Women’s World Cups for Mexico. “People used to tell me, ‘Don’t play …

Olympic soccer preview: Spain women seek gold after lifting a World Cup trophy
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Olympic soccer preview: Spain women seek gold after lifting a World Cup trophy

Associated Press  

Coach Montse Tomé proclaimed that Spain’s women’s soccer team has “insatiable ambition” heading into the Olympics. La Roja is seeking to become the first team to win a gold medal in France after lifting a Women’s World Cup trophy. “And in that work, their enjoyment comes out and their talent shines and they can be competitive, because we have footballers …

With new faces, Mexico arrives at Copa America looking for a fresh start
6 months, 1 week ago

With new faces, Mexico arrives at Copa America looking for a fresh start

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — After suffering yet another defeat against the United States, Jaime Lozano knew he needed to change something or he would soon be the one changing jobs. With a renewed cast and with the notable absences of Guillermo Ochoa, Hirving Lozano and Raúl Jiménez, Mexico will arrive at the Copa América 2024 looking for a fresh start after …

US, Mexico Withdraw Joint Bid for 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US, Mexico Withdraw Joint Bid for 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup

News 18  

The United States and Mexico withdrew their joint bid for the 2027 Women’s World Cup on Monday, just weeks before FIFA is due to vote to award the tournament at a meeting in Bangkok. US Soccer said waiting until 2031 would give tournament organizers more breathing space to plan for the tournament while absorbing lessons from the region’s staging of …

U.S. and Mexico drop bid to host 2027 World Cup, Brazil and joint German-Dutch-Belgian bids remain
7 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. and Mexico drop bid to host 2027 World Cup, Brazil and joint German-Dutch-Belgian bids remain

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup on Monday and said they will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament. FIFA said last year it planned to spend $896 million in combined prize money to teams and payments to clubs for releasing players for …

U.S. and Mexico drop joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup
7 months, 3 weeks ago

U.S. and Mexico drop joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup

LA Times  

U.S. women’s national team forward Sophia Smith, right, celebrates with Lindsey Horan, second right, after scoring against Croatia in a SheBelieves Cup match on April 9. The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup on Monday and said they instead will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament. …

In Mexico, greater investment in women’s soccer is starting to pay off
8 months ago

In Mexico, greater investment in women’s soccer is starting to pay off

New York Times  

Mayra Pelayo was on the pitch for less than ten minutes when she scored one of the Mexico women’s national team’s most memorable goals. But I think we’re on a really good path.” After nearly a decade of strategic investments, the Mexican national team now finds itself able to compete with some of the best teams in the world, largely …

Mexico's national soccer team must deal with an age-old problem
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Mexico's national soccer team must deal with an age-old problem

LA Times  

Remember when the Mexican national team was good? Soccer U.S. defeats Mexico for its third consecutive Nations League title Tyler Adams and Gio Reyna score for the United States in a 2-0 victory over Mexico in the CONCACAF Nations League title match. Less than a year ago, U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter’s future with the national team was very much in …

FIFA Rankings: Spain retains top-spot in women’s football; USA slips to fourth
9 months, 1 week ago

FIFA Rankings: Spain retains top-spot in women’s football; USA slips to fourth

The Hindu  

Spain, the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 and the UEFA Nations League 2024 winner continued to lead the FIFA World Rankings in women’s football, sitting at the top for four months now. La Roja, which was in the middle of an off-the-field storm of controversy when Luis Rubiales, the then chief of the Spanish football federation, kissed forward Jennifer Hermoso, …

CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup: Brazil earns spot in final with 3-0 victory over Mexico
9 months, 2 weeks ago

CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup: Brazil earns spot in final with 3-0 victory over Mexico

The Hindu  

Adriana Leal and Antonia both scored first-half goals and Brazil earned a spot in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup final with a 3-0 victory over Mexico on Wednesday. Brazil will play the winner of the late match between the United States and Canada in the championship game set for Sunday evening at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium. The tournament was the …

USWNT players shut out talk of team’s demise
9 months, 3 weeks ago

USWNT players shut out talk of team’s demise

The Hindu  

The US women’s national team is not subscribing to the idea that its best days are behind it and welcomes the higher level of competition it is seeing globally, defender Crystal Dunn said on Saturday. The most successful team in international women’s football history struggled to create chances in its 2-0 loss to Mexico in the group stage of the …

Spain women celebrate another soccer title. This time without the distractions
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Spain women celebrate another soccer title. This time without the distractions

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s women’s soccer team is finally getting attention for its play on the field, rather than the behavior of its officials. Spain followed up its Women’s World Cup title in August with victory in the inaugural Women’s Nations League on Wednesday, and this time the talk in Spain is about the great performances of the team and not …

CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup: US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0
9 months, 3 weeks ago

CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup: US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0

The Hindu  

Mexico beat the United States for the second time ever, getting goals from Lizbeth Ovalle and Mayra Pelayo for a 2-0 victory Monday night in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. The U.S. entered the game 40-1-1 against its rival, with its only previous loss a 2-1 decision during Women’s World Cup qualifying in 2010. It was the first loss for …

US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0 in the Women’s Gold Cup
9 months, 3 weeks ago

US falls to Mexico for the second time ever, losing 2-0 in the Women’s Gold Cup

Associated Press  

CARSON, Calif. — Mexico beat the United States for the second time ever, getting goals from Lizbeth Ovalle and Mayra Pelayo for a 2-0 victory Monday night in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup. It was the first loss for the U.S. under interim coach Twila Kilgore, who took over after the team’s dramatic exit from the Women’s World Cup last …

Commentary: Mexico scored a ‘historic’ Gold Cup win over U.S. women. How we got to this point
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Commentary: Mexico scored a ‘historic’ Gold Cup win over U.S. women. How we got to this point

LA Times  

Mexico midfielder Mayra Pelayo, right, celebrates with teammate Karen Luna after scoring against the U.S. on Monday. “From the bottom to the top, there’s just not that much of a gap anymore.” Whatever gap remained closed with a thud in a CONCACAF W Gold Cup group-play game at Dignity Health Sports Park, with Mexico outhustling, outrunning, outshooting and completely outplaying …

U.S. women’s soccer loses to Mexico for first time in nearly 14 years in Gold Cup shocker
9 months, 4 weeks ago

U.S. women’s soccer loses to Mexico for first time in nearly 14 years in Gold Cup shocker

LA Times  

U.S. forward Lynn Williams, left, and Mexico defender Greta Espinoza, right, battle for the ball during Mexico’s 2-0 win in a CONCACAF W Gold Cup group-play match at Dignity Health Sports Park on Monday night. Goals by Lizbeth Ovalle and Mayra Pelayo lifted Mexico to a stunning 2-0 win over the U.S. women’s national team Monday in the final group-play …

Mexico QB Diana Flores leads the charge as women’s flag football makes gains internationally
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico QB Diana Flores leads the charge as women’s flag football makes gains internationally

Associated Press  

Diana Flores has starred in a Super Bowl halftime ad, signed a deal with Under Armour and even coached girls at a clinic in Morocco. When it comes to gold medals, the women’s side seems better positioned to crack American dominance as NFL fans pencil in Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill for a U.S. men’s dream team in Los Angeles. …

US and Mexico submit joint bid to host 2027 Women’s World Cup
1 year ago

US and Mexico submit joint bid to host 2027 Women’s World Cup

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — The U.S. Soccer Federation and Mexico Football Federation submitted a joint bid Friday to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup projecting $3 billion in revenue, competing against a proposal from Brazil and a joint Germany-Netherlands-Belgium plan. The European bid said it had “a target revenue well above what the FIFA Women’s World Cup has reached before.” The US-Mexico …

This Mexican immigrant soccer agent wants women players to get more pay and less abuse
1 year ago

This Mexican immigrant soccer agent wants women players to get more pay and less abuse

LA Times  

When Guillermo Zamarripa arrived in New York from Mexico as an international student, he knew very little English. “It’s a shame that Jenni Hermoso is going to be remembered for this.” The harassment that a number of women soccer players and other female athletes endure also was highlighted by the alarming case of San Diego native and UC Irvine graduate …

Spain's women's soccer team isn't backing down in its fight
1 year, 2 months ago

Spain's women's soccer team isn't backing down in its fight

LA Times  

Turns out winning the World Cup was the easiest thing the Spanish women’s team did this summer. Spain, which didn’t win its first women’s World Cup game until 2019 and didn’t have a fully professional women’s league until 2021, is now arguably at the center of the women’s soccer universe. In addition to the unparalleled success of its national teams …

Mexico will elect a female president, but Mexican women will still lose
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico will elect a female president, but Mexican women will still lose

Al Jazeera  

In a landmark first, two women are competing for the Mexican presidency, but neither seems that interested in upsetting the patriarchy. Last year, Mexico’s National Institute of Statistics and Geography estimated that more than 70 percent of Mexican women and girls over the age of 15 had experienced some form of violence. In March, Sheinbaum came under fire from feminists …

Commentary: The U.S. women’s soccer team is struggling at the World Cup. Can it right itself?
1 year, 4 months ago

Commentary: The U.S. women’s soccer team is struggling at the World Cup. Can it right itself?

LA Times  

U.S. players react following a 0-0 tie against Portugal in the last match of group play on Tuesday at the Women’s World Cup in New Zealand. “The reality is, yeah, things haven’t fallen into place at this point,” said Ellis, the only coach to win two women’s World Cup titles. Although the U.S. is unbeaten, its one win and five …

Women’s World Cup 2023: Spain team guide
1 year, 5 months ago

Women’s World Cup 2023: Spain team guide

New York Times  

Spain took part in the Women’s World Cup for the first time only in 2015. Whether the return of those players makes enough of a difference given the dispute that has rumbled on for so long remains to be seen… GO DEEPER A guide to Group C at the Women's World Cup: A mix of chaos, inconsistency and unpredictability Manager …

USA and Mexico to submit a bid to co-host 2027 Women’s World Cup
1 year, 8 months ago

USA and Mexico to submit a bid to co-host 2027 Women’s World Cup

The Hindu  

The United States and Mexico have informed FIFA they will submit a bid to co-host the 2027 Women’s World Cup, the countries’ federations said on Wednesday. The United States previously hosted the Women’s World Cup in 1999, when it won the second of its record four titles, and in 2003. “The United States has always been a global leader for …

Why many soccer fans in the U.S. will be cheering on another team (probably Mexico)
2 years ago

Why many soccer fans in the U.S. will be cheering on another team (probably Mexico)

Salon  

Soccer fans will turn their eyes to Qatar starting Nov. 20, 2020, as the World Cup gets underway. Mexico's El Súper Clásico, as the game is known, drew a total of 2.5 million viewers watching on Univision's TUDN – the self-proclaimed "home of soccer in the U.S." And this wasn't a fluke. The unparalleled success of the U.S. women's team …

U-17 Women’s World Cup: Mexico upstage Spain in replay of 2018 final
2 years, 2 months ago

U-17 Women’s World Cup: Mexico upstage Spain in replay of 2018 final

Hindustan Times  

Early mornings can be chilly in capital Bogota this time of the year, but Colombia were determined to be well-prepared when they landed in India for the Under-17 Women’s World Cup. Mexico beat defending champions Spain 2-1 To ensure the 10-and-a-half hour time difference between Colombia and India didn’t hamper his players’ performance due to jet lag, Colombia coach Carlos …

U-17 Women's World Cup: Holders Spain, China start with wins
2 years, 2 months ago

U-17 Women's World Cup: Holders Spain, China start with wins

Hindustan Times  

On the eve of their match, Spain coach Kenio Gonzalo wanted his team to play bold football and enjoy every moment. China's Qiao Ruiqi celebrates along with her team members after scoring a goal against Mexico In the group’s opening match, crucial saves from China goalkeeper Chen Liu, including one in stoppage time, ensured they won 2-1 against the 2018 …

How Spain has become a leading power in women's football
2 years, 2 months ago

How Spain has become a leading power in women's football

Hindustan Times  

A decade ago, Spain weren’t bracketed among the elite in women’s football. Last season’s Champions League semi-final match against Wolfsburg was watched by record 91,648 fans at Camp Nou Barcelona is now one of the top women’s clubs in the world. Spain have dominated at every age group level in women's football in the recent past—be it World Cup or …

Analysis: USWNT edges Mexico at CONCACAF W Championship
2 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: USWNT edges Mexico at CONCACAF W Championship

LA Times  

Kristie Mewis celebrates with Megan Rapinoe in the 89th minute Monday night after scoring the United States’ goal against Mexico during a 1-0 win in the CONCACAF W Championship. The last game the U.S. women’s national team played against Mexico in Mexico was a World Cup qualifier in 2010. So when the teams met Monday night in the group-play final …

Mexico’s national soccer federation enters into U.S. promotional deal
2 years, 7 months ago

Mexico’s national soccer federation enters into U.S. promotional deal

LA Times  

Mexico fans cheer ahead of an international friendly between Mexico and Nigeria at the Coliseum in July. “Having this opportunity to extend the contract, knowing that this money will come to the Mexican Federation in the following years, lets us plan and program many projects on the sports side, both men and women, and on the youth part throughout the …

US, Mexico head to World Cup after final qualifying games
2 years, 8 months ago

US, Mexico head to World Cup after final qualifying games

Al Jazeera  

US will return to the tournament after failing to qualify in 2018, while Mexico qualified for the eighth straight time. The United States and Mexico are both headed to the men’s football World Cup in Qatar following their final qualifying games. Despite a 2-0 loss to Costa Rica on Wednesday, the US team found itself in third place overall in …

To protest machismo, women played soccer in Mexico City’s central square
2 years, 9 months ago

To protest machismo, women played soccer in Mexico City’s central square

LA Times  

Female soccer groups play on Mexico City´s main square, the Zocalo, on Wednesday to protest the machismo in the sport.. “There’s a different way to play the sport that’s contrary to the machista practices, the discrimination, which promotes companionship and solidarity,” said Pilar Tlatempa, a 26-year-old member of Barra Feminista, one of several women’s soccer groups that organized the event, …

Soccer newsletter: Mexico’s elite soccer training facility gives El Tri an edge
2 years, 10 months ago

Soccer newsletter: Mexico’s elite soccer training facility gives El Tri an edge

LA Times  

The Mexican soccer federation built a performance center near Mexico City dedicated to helping develop all of its national teams. “It’s beneficial for us to have a national training center,” said men’s coach Gregg Berhalter, whose team began preparing for the next round of World Cup qualifiers Monday in Columbus, Ohio, the third state in which the U.S. has gathered …

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