Club Tijuana (women) explained

Nickname:Las Xoloitzcuintles[1]
Perrísimas
Xolos Femenil
Rojinegras
Reinas del Mictlán
Xolas
Ground:Estadio Caliente
Capacity:27,333
Owner:Grupo Caliente
Clubname:Tijuana Femenil
Fullname:Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente Femenil
Chairman:Jorgealberto Hank Inzunsa
Manager:Juan Manuel Romo
League:Liga MX Femenil
Season:Clausura 2024
Position:11th
Website:https://www.xolos.com.mx
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Club Tijuana Femenil is a Mexican professional women's football club based in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The club competes in the Liga MX Femenil and has been the women’s section of Club Tijuana since 2016.[2] [3] Estadio Caliente serves as the team's home venue.

Although the current iteration of Tijuana Femenil was established in late 2016 alongside the founding of Liga MX Femenil, Club Tijuana already had a professional women’s team prior to the league’s formation, which the club co-founded in 2014. This team, for a period of time, participated in the Women's Premier Soccer League in the United States.[4]

Personnel

Club administration

PositionStaff
Chairman Jorgealberto Hank Inzunsa
Sporting director Fernando Arce
Source: Club Tijuana

Coaching staff

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Manager Juan Manuel Romo
Assistant manager Cristian Martínez
Fitness coach Jesús Burgos
Team doctor Alma Meza
Physiotherapist Jair Abizai Araiza
Source: Liga MX Femenil

History

Beginnings

On 5 December 2016, former Liga MX president, Enrique Bonilla, announced the establishment of a women's professional league in Mexico: the Liga MX Femenil. Under this initiative, each club in Liga MX would field a team in the new league.[5] Notoriously, even before the league's announcement, Club Tijuana already boasted a women's professional team, founded in 2014 in collaboration with the late Marbella Ibarra—who was a prominent advocate for women's football in Mexico and a local business owner in Tijuana.[6] The team competed in many regional tournaments within Mexico, and for a time, also in the Women's Premier Soccer League of the United States.[7]

Liga MX Femenil

In February 2017, the club announced through its social media channels that it would be forming a women's side. That May, the 2017 Copa MX Femenil was contested between 12 teams, including Xolos Femenil. Las Perrísimas won their group, which also included Necaxa, Santos, and Rayadas. In the final, Tijuana fell 9–1 to Club Pachuca.

On July 29, 2017, led by technical director Andrea Rodebaugh, the Xolas debuted in Apertura 2017 on the road against Club América, a match they lost 1–0. Tijuana had been drawn into Group 2, along with América, Pachuca, Toluca, Pumas, Monarcas, Cruz Azul, and Veracruz.

The first goal by the Xoloitzcuintles in Liga MX Femenil was scored by Evelyn Fernández in week two of the Apertura tournament.

On 18 February 2020, Tijuana midfielder Valentina Oviedo, the Mexican-born daughter of former Colombian international footballer Frankie Oviedo, was called up to the Colombia women's national under-20 team.[8] It marked the first time a player from the Liga MX Femenil was called up to a foreign national team.

On July 8, 2021, Club Tijuana signed their first-ever foreign player, American striker Angelina Hix, from the Chilean club Santiago Morning. Hix had played in both the Copa Libertadores and the UEFA Champions League.

Mexican-American forward Renae Cuéllar is the top scorer in club history, with 76 career goals for the Xolas.

Present

Over the last two seasons, Tijuana has established itself as one of the most competitive clubs in the league, having qualified for two consecutive years to the Liguilla. During Clausura 2023, the club recorded their first ever victory in the Liguilla phase after beating Rayadas 2–0 at home in the first leg of the quarterfinals.[9]

Players

Current squad

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Other players under contract

Source: El Sol De Tijuana [10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Con Doblete de Carolina Jaramillo, Xoloitzcuintles Femenil Liga DOS Ganados.
  2. Web site: LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional.
  3. Web site: Women's Copa MX kicks off in Toluca. 3 May 2017.
  4. News: Lakhani . Nina . 2018-10-21 . Pioneer of women's football in Mexico is latest victim of Tijuana violence . 2024-03-31 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  5. Web site: Mexico Will Have a Women's League Beginning in 2017 . El Financiero . 6 December 2016 . 24 March 2024.
  6. News: Mancera . Diego . 18 October 2018 . Secuestrada y asesinada Marbella Ibarra, pionera del fútbol femenino de México . registration . 5 April 2024 . El País . es . 1134-6582.
  7. Web site: Marshall . Tom . 27 August 2014 . Bridging the divide: Club Tijuana's women's team set to play in American league starting in May . 4 April 2024 . MLS Soccer . en.
  8. 1229887771403157504 . flaco737 . CONVOCATORIA DE MI FLACA A LA SELECCIÓN COLOMBIA SUB20 SURAMERICANO FEMENINO . 18 February 2020 . 22 February 2020 . es.
  9. Web site: Hernández . Nestor . 19 May 2023 . ¡Caen las Rayadas! Tijuana hace pesar su localia con triunfo 2-0 . 16 April 2024 . Debate.
  10. Web site: Romero . Marcos . 24 January 2024 . Angelina Hix se perderá el torneo por lesión . 4 April 2024 . El Sol De Tijuana. es.