More events set with Liga MX, MLS and women’s teams
By ANNE M. PETERSON, Associated Press To see also : Amazon Prime Video hires Michael Smith as TNF news analyst.
Published: August 19, 2022, 7:46 pm
PORTLAND – Striker Daniela Solis is the embodiment of a growing connection between football in the United States and Mexico – which will only intensify as the 2026 World Cup approaches.
Major League Soccer’s All-Star Game against Liga MX counterparts, an expanded Leagues Cup competition next year, and a series of women’s exhibition matches this summer aim to cross the border.
For the MLS, that means tapping into Liga MX’s sizable fan base in the United States. On the female side, it’s about growing the game in general.
Solis is a native of Mexico, but was a high school star in Oregon and played football at Portland State before transferring to Monterrey Tech, one of Mexico’s top college women’s teams.
“I always dreamed of playing professional football, but when I was in college there was no professional football in Mexico,” Solis said. “So I basically went there without knowing it and a few years later the league was born and I was in it.”
Now with Liga MX Femenil’s CF Monterrey, Solis is currently in the United States for the Women’s International Challenge Cup at Portland’s Providence Park. Las Rayadas, as the team is known, will face French power Lyon for the tournament title this Saturday.
The women of Tigres UANL recently performed at Angel City of the National Women’s Football League, part of an agreement between teams that will share best practices and community outreach strategies. Angel City will play Tigres in Mexico next year.
“As a Mexican-American, this partnership is very important to me and to women’s football because it is challenging the ‘limits’ of this sport and crossing borders,” said Tigres forward Anika Rodriguez. “Football/futbol is universal and knows no borders. This partnership is just one step closer to that ideal.”
One of Tigres’ top stars is Mia Fishel, who played for UCLA and avoided the NWSL to play in Mexico.
Another Liga MX Femenil team, Club America, is currently in Kentucky for the Women’s Cup and will face AC Milan in the tournament’s third-place match on Saturday.
LA Galaxy star Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez is embracing the cross-border collaboration between the MLS and Liga MX. No doubt there will be more eyes on both leagues ahead of the 2026 World Cup, hosted by the US, Canada and Mexico.
“I want to have the narrative that Liga MX has so many things that we need to commend, just like MLS, and so these kind of events are going to help us move forward,” said the forward, who has played in both leagues.
It is beneficial for the MLS to capitalize on ties: Liga MX matches on Spanish-language television in the United States attract more viewers than televised MLS games on average, and last year’s All-Star Game had better combined ratings (on broadcasts in Spanish and English) than the MLS Cup Final.
There are more shared events in the future. MLS Cup champions NYCFC will host defending Liga MX champions Atlas next month in the 2022 Champions Cup.
Next year, the MLS and Liga MX will compete in an expanded League Cup tournament. It will be the first to include all 47 MLS and Liga MX clubs. The winner will advance directly to the round of 16 of the CONCACAF Champions League.
A recent Leagues Cup showcase at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles attracted 71,000 fans with games between Galaxy and Chivas, LAFC and Club America.
While MLS commissioner Don Garber has hinted that next year’s All-Star Game may not involve fellow Liga MX players, he said the 2023 League Cup will elevate the alliance between the two leagues.
“We have a really focused and strategic partnership with Liga MX, trying to make CONCACAF one of the dominant confederations in the world, not just in our region,” he said in a televised interview at halftime of the All-Star Game. .
NWSL commissioner Jessica Berman said her league is looking to expand international partnerships.
“We are definitely excited and have had some very preliminary introductory conversations, at least on a corporate and league level, since I got here,” she said. “We’re excited to explore this, given the connectivity and our geographic proximity.”
For Solis, football is a good way to unite his two homes.
“I think the Mexican league is really supporting their (women’s) teams and I’m really happy that the NWSL is opening the door for the Mexican league teams to play friendlies in the US,” she said. “It’s good for everyone.”
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