Soccer World Cup 2011 / Mexico

This article covers the Mexican national soccer team of women at the soccer world championship of women 2011 in Germany . Mexico was ranked 24th in the FIFA World Cup before the World Cup and was part of the World Cup finals for the second time. In 1999 , when they participated for the first time, Mexico failed in the preliminary round with 1:15 goals as the bottom of the group. The Mexican coach Leonardo Cuéllar is the only male coach who was also a player at a football World Cup. In 1978 he played three games as a midfielder for Mexico (including the 0: 6 against Germany).

qualification

Mexico qualified for the finals by beating the USA in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup semi- finals. It was the first victory of the Mexicans against the USA in the Gold Cup. In the final, Mexico lost 1-0 to Canada, who were also qualified. The most goals for Mexico were scored by Maribel Domínguez (6, including 4 in the 7-2 win against Guyana).

The way to the World Cup

The championship took place in Mexico in October and November 2010 . Mexico qualified automatically. The preliminary round was played in the league system.

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Canada	12: 0	9
2	Mexico	9: 5	6th
3	Trinidad and Tobago	4: 4	3
4th	Guyana	3:19	0

October 29, 2010
Mexico	-	Guyana	7: 2 (4: 2)
October 31, 2010
Mexico	-	Trinidad and Tobago	2: 0 (1: 0)
November 2, 2010
Mexico	-	Canada	0: 3 (0: 2)

Semifinals

5th November 2010
United States	-	Mexico	1: 2 (1: 2)

Squad for the World Cup

On June 8, 2011, the squad for the World Cup was named. The most experienced player is the 32-year-old Maribel Domínguez , who was also used in the three preliminary round matches in 1999 and scored the only World Cup goal for Mexico when she first played. Eight players ( Cecilia Santiago , Kenti Robles , Alina Garciamendez , Mónica Alvarado , Natalie García , Nayeli Rangel , Stephany Mayor and Charlyn Corral ) were already in the squad for the U-20 World Cup, which reached the quarter-finals as group winners and failed to South Korea. The players have an average height of 1.65 m, with Charlyn Corral being the smallest at 1.52 m and Alina Garciamendez being the tallest at 1.76 m.

No.	player	Date of birth	society	International matches	International goals	World Cup games	World Cup 2011
							Sp.	Gates
goal
1	Erika Vanegas	07/07/1988	without a contract	014th	00		0	0	0	0	0
12	Pamela Tajonar	12/02/1984	Atlético Málaga	036	00		0	0	0	0	0
20th	Cecilia Santiago	October 19, 1994	Laguna de Tultitlán	016	00		3	0	0	0	0
Defense
2	Kenti Robles	02/15/1991	Espanyol Barcelona	016	00		2	0	0	0	0
3	Rubi Sandoval	01/18/1984	without a contract	072	05		1	0	0	0	0
4th	Alina Garciamendez	04/16/1991	Stanford Cardinal	022nd	01		3	0	1	0	0
5	Natalie Vinti	01/02/1988	University of San Diego	025th	00		3	0	0	0	0
6th	Natalie García	01/30/1990	University of San Diego	005	00		2	0	0	0	0
14th	Mónica Alvarado	01/11/1991	Mississippi State Bulldogs	005	00		0	0	0	0	0
15th	Luz Del Rosario Saucedo	12/14/1983	without a contract	096	02		3	0	0	0	0
midfield
7th	Juana López	December 25, 1978	without a contract	104	14th		1	0	0	0	0
8th	Guadalupe Worbis	12/12/1983	Itesem Puebla	099	22nd		2	0	0	0	0
10	Dinora Garza	01/24/1988	Tigrillas de la UANL	035	09		3	0	0	0	0
11	Nayeli Rangel	02/28/1992	Tigrillas de la UANL	032	03		3	0	0	0	0
13	Liliana Mercado	10/22/1988	Aztecas UDLA Puebla	013	00		1	0	0	0	0
17th	Teresa Noyola	04/05/1990	Stanford Cardinal	010	00		2	0	0	0	0
attack
9	Maribel Domínguez	11/18/1978	UE L'Estartit	095	69	3 (1999)	3	1	1	0	0
16	Charlyn Corral	09/11/1991	ITESM Monterrey	021st	03		1	0	0	0	0
18th	Verónica Pérez	May 18, 1988	Saint Louis Athletica	027	04th		2	0	0	0	0
19th	Mónica Ocampo	01/14/1987	Atlanta beat	041	14th		3	1	0	0	0
21st	Stephany Mayor	09/23/1991	Aztecas UDLA Puebla	019th	05		3	1	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Director Técnico	Leonardo Cuéllar	01/14/1952	FEMEXFUT	40	3	3 (1978) 3 (1999)	3	0	0	0	0
Assistant coach	Roberto Medina Arellano						3	0	0	0	0
Goalkeeping coach	Christopher Carlos Cuéllar						3	0	0	0	0
Remarks: ↑ Numbers and positions according to the FIFA archive link ( memento of the original from June 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  ↑ a b Number according to the FIFA squad list Archive link ( memento of the original from June 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  ↑ Status before the World Cup ↑ a b c As a player ↑ As a trainer

preparation

Of all World Cup participants, Mexico played the most test matches before the World Cup.

date	place	opponent	Result	particularities
April 22, 2011	Chía ( Colombia )	Colombia	3: 2 (1: 0)	1st game against Colombia
April 24, 2011	Chía ( Colombia )	Colombia	4: 2 (2: 1)
May 18, 2011	Cozumel	Costa Rica	3: 0 (1: 0)
May 20, 2011	Cancun	Costa Rica	4: 1 (3: 0)
June 5, 2011	Harrison ( USA )	United States	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 16, 2011	Gothenburg ( Sweden )	Sweden	0: 2 (0: 1)
June 20, 2011	Göttingen ( Germany )	Australia	2: 3 (2: 2)

Group games

In Group B, Mexico first met vice European champions England. It was only the second game between the two teams; the English won the first 5-0 in 2005. Surprisingly, the Mexicans started with the only 16-year-old goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago , the youngest goalkeeper in World Cup history. The English, in which captain Faye White made her 100th international match, initially had field advantages as the Mexicans started very nervously. In the 21st minute, Fara Williams consequently headed a corner to make it 1-0 for England. Surprisingly, Mónica Ocampo equalized in the 33rd minute when the English goalkeeper Karen Bardsley didn't look good. Then the English pushed for the second goal, but did not come to dangerous goals because they failed again and again in one-on-one situations against the Mexican defense. So they could only check Cecilia Santiago by long shots, with which she had no problems. As the length of the game increased, the game became more balanced and towards the end the Mexicans had better chances to score. In the end, both teams lacked the strength to decide the game in their favor. For Mexico it was the first point win in a World Cup game, the previous three games were all lost.

In the second game, Mexico faced Japan , third in the 2010 Asian Women's Cup . Mexico did not get a chance against the fast combined game of the Japanese, after 15 minutes it was 0-2 with goals from Homare Sawa and Shinobu Ōno . In the 39th minute, Sawa even increased to 3-0 for Japan. In the second half, the Japanese went back a gear so that Mexico could shift the game a little more into the Japanese half, but the Mexicans could not create scoring opportunities. It was more the Japanese who created good scoring opportunities. In the 80th minute, Sawa took advantage of one of them and scored her third goal.

Mexico now needed a victory in the final game against the already eliminated Oceania champions New Zealand , against whom they could win 5-0 in the only game so far, in order to advance . They also needed the help of the Japanese against England. Accordingly, Mexico entered the game with great enthusiasm and made it 1-0 after just two minutes through Stephany Mayor . New Zealand were shocked and struggled to get into the game. Only in the 26th minute there was a first opportunity to score, but the Mexican goalkeeper thwarted it. In the 29th minute, she initiated the 2-0 for Mexico with a wide kick, which Maribel Domínguez scored single-handedly after a header extension at the center line. The New Zealanders pushed for the connection in the second half, but their efforts weren't rewarded until the 90th minute when Rebecca Smith made it 2-1. In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Hannah Wilkinson also equalized. But since England won against Japan, this draw was of no consequence for Mexico. With two draws in three games, this was the best result so far at a World Cup for Mexico.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	England	5: 2	7th
2	Japan	6: 1	6th
3	Mexico	3: 7	2
4th	New Zealand	4: 6	1

Monday, June 27, 2011, 6:00 p.m. in Wolfsburg
Mexico	-	England	1: 1 (1: 1)
Friday, July 1, 2011, 3 p.m. in Leverkusen
Japan	-	Mexico	4: 0 (3: 0)
Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 6:15 p.m. in Sinsheim
New Zealand	-	Mexico	2: 2 (0: 2)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 50 facts about the FIFA Women's World Cup ™ ( Memento of the original from August 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 335 kB)  
2. ↑ Match Report Mexico - Guyana ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Convocatoria de la Selección Femenil Para la Copa Mundial Alemania 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ http://de.fifa.com/associations/association=mex/fixturesresults/gender=f/index.html
5. ↑ FIFA.com: One highlight makes all the difference