Mexican striker Charlyn Corral packed up for Spain in 2015 because her home country didn’t have a professional league. Women’s soccer in Mexico has transformed since then, however. More than 50,000 fans attended the women’s league final on Monday and watched Monterrey beat Tigres in a penalty shootout.
America’s Priscila Flor Da Silva gives a ball to young fans at the end of her team’s Mexican women’s soccer league semi-final first-leg match against Tigres in Mexico City, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. Fans enter the stadium for a Mexican women’s soccer league quarter-final second leg match between America and Chivas in Mexico City, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.
“The growth has been exponential, I can tell it was very fast,” says the 33-year-old Corral, who returned to Mexico three years ago to sign for Pachuca, which lost to Monterrey in the semifinals. “It’s nice to see that every day more people know who you are. “It’s been incredible all the support, not just here but in the whole country — of course there are places with less fans, but in Monterrey it has been incredible,” says Monterrey goalkeeper Pamela Tajonar, who played for Barcelona during a stint in Spain.showed in the 2021-22 season that Liga MX Femenil had the second highest average attendance behind the National Women’s Soccer League in the United States .
In the Mexican league, the women’s teams are affiliated to the men’s top flight teams, and they play in the same stadiums — which can boost attendance. Last year, Mexico won the gold medal at the Central American Games, then won its first ever gold medal at a Pan American Games. This year, Mexico beat the United States 2-0 in the Gold Cup.
“I would have never imagined that the results would arrive so quickly,” she says. “It just shows that we are on the right track. It was so much faster that I could have imagined.”
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