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2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship Squads
The 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was an international football tournament that was held in Mexico from 18 to 30 March 2021. The eight national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of twenty players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers. Each national team had to submit a provisional list with up to fifty players to FIFA and CONCACAF at least thirty days before their first match in the tournament. The final list of twenty players per national team had to be submitted to FIFA and CONCACAF up to ten days before the start of the tournament. Once the final lists had been submitted, teams were only permitted to make replacements in cases of force majeure or serious injuries up to 24 hours before their first match, where the replacement players needed to be in the preliminary squad. The provisional lists were published by CONCACAF on 23 February 2021. The final lists were published by CONCACAF on 11 March 2021. All registered players h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship
The 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship was the fifteenth and final edition of the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying, the quadrennial, international, age-restricted football tournament organised by CONCACAF to determine which men's under-23 national teams from the North, Central America and Caribbean region qualify for the Olympic football tournament. In August 2019, it was announced that the tournament would be hosted in Guadalajara and Zapopan, both cities in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, with the tournament originally scheduled to take place between 20 March and 1 April 2020. On 13 March 2020, CONCACAF suspended all upcoming competitions scheduled to take place over the next thirty days due to the COVID-19 pandemic in North America. On 14 January 2021, CONCACAF announced that the Men's Olympic Qualifiers would now take place between 18 and 30 March 2021, as the Olympics had been postponed to July 2021. Host nation, Mexico successfully defended their title after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Mozo
Alan Mozo Rodríguez (born 5 April 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga MX club Guadalajara. Club career UNAM Mozo made his Liga MX debut on 16 September 2017, in a match that ended as a 1–1 tie against Guadalajara. At the end of the Clausura 2018, he was listed on the Best XI of the tournament. Guadalajara In May 2022, Mozo joined C.D. Guadalajara. International career Youth In May 2019, Mozo was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate in that year's Toulon Tournament. In the first group stage match against Bahrain, he would win the Player of the match award. Playing all matches of the tournament, Mexico would place third in the competition. Mozo also participated at the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship, where Mexico won the competition. Senior In September 2019, Mozo received his first senior national team call-up by Gerardo Martino for a set of friendly matches and on 2 October, he made his debut against Trinidad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club América
Club de Fútbol América S.A. de C.V., commonly known as Club América or simply América, is a professional football club based in Mexico City. Nicknamed ''Las Águilas'' (The Eagles), it competes in Liga MX, the top tier of Mexican football. The club was founded in 1916, and since 1959 has been owned by media company Televisa. The team plays its home games at the Estadio Azteca, the largest stadium in Latin America, and one of the largest stadiums in the world. América is one of the founding members of the Primera División. The club has a long-standing rivalry with Guadalajara, as both are the most successful and most popular teams in the country, and are the only clubs to have never been relegated. Matches between them are known as '' El Súper Clásico'', considered to be the biggest rivalry in Mexico, and one of the biggest in the world. América also play local derbies against Cruz Azul and Club Universidad Nacional. Club América have won more titles than any ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastián Córdova
Francisco Sebastián Córdova Reyes (born 12 June 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Tigres UANL and the Mexico national team. Club career Born in Aguascalientes, Córdova joined the youth academy of Club América in 2015. He spent 2016 on loan with Ascenso MX side Alebrijes de Oaxaca, only managing two appearances between league and Copa MX, totaling 21 minutes of action; in his sole Ascenso MX appearance, Córdova came on as an 85th-minute substitute against Murciélagos in Oaxaca's 4–1 victory. He played 16 minutes in Oaxaca's scoreless draw against the same opposition in the Copa MX. Following the loan spell, Córdova returned to Club América's youth side. In 2018, Córdova joined Necaxa on loan, with whom he made his competitive debut in the Supercopa MX victory over Monterrey, scoring the game's only goal. He made his Liga MX debut on 14 August against Lobos BUAP. Córdova returned to América prior to the start of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Juárez
Fútbol Club Juárez, commonly referred to as ''Bravos de Juárez'', or simply as ''Juárez'', is a Mexican football club based in the city of Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua that currently competes in Liga MX. History Futbol Club Juárez was founded in 2015 by a bi-national group of six families, two from the border city of El Paso, Texas and four from Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, making it one of the few clubs with foreign investors in Mexican football and marking the return of professional sports to Ciudad Juárez for the first time since 2012 after the previous franchise, Indios de Ciudad Juárez, was relegated from Liga MX, suffered from poor management, and was ultimately disbanded. On June 7, 2015, it was officially announced by Ascenso MX officials that FC Juárez would compete in Ascenso MX, starting in the Apertura 2015 season. On December 5, 2015, after a very successful beginning to the season, the team ended the 2015 campaign in second place, and FC Juárez captured its f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Joaquín Esquivel
José Joaquín Esquivel Martínez (born 7 January 1998) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Liga MX club Mazatlán. Club career Esquivel debuted for Pachuca against Querétaro on 24 September 2016. International career Youth Esquivel was called up by Mario Arteaga to compete in the 2015 CONCACAF U-17 Championship, where he wore the captain armband, leading the team to win the tournament. He subsequently participated in the U-17 World Cup to a fourth-place finish. Esquivel was called up for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Esquivel was included in the under-21 roster that participated in the 2018 Toulon Tournament, where Mexico would finish runners-up. Esquivel was called up by Jaime Lozano to participate with the under-22 team at the 2019 Toulon Tournament, attaining third place in the tournament. He was later called up for the 2019 Pan American Games, with Mexico winning the third-place match. Esquivel participated at the 2020 CO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uriel Antuna
Carlos Uriel Antuna Romero (born 21 August 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Cruz Azul and the Mexico national team. Club career Early career In 2012, Antuna joined the Santos Laguna youth academy, successfully going through the U-15, U-17 and U-20 teams. In 2017, first-team manager José Manuel de la Torre promoted Antuna. On 5 March, Antuna made his professional debut in the Liga MX entering as a substitute in a 2–1 loss to Pumas UNAM. FC Groningen On 12 July 2017, English club Manchester City, via City Football Group, announced they had signed Antuna on a four-year contract. On 9 August, he joined Eredivisie club FC Groningen on a two-year loan deal. On 10 September, Antuna made his league debut against VVV-Venlo; he entered the match as a substitute in a 1–1 draw. LA Galaxy On 29 January 2019, Antuna joined MLS side LA Galaxy on loan for their 2019 season. He scored his first goal for the team in their 2–1 vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pachuca
Pachuca (; ote, Nju̱nthe), formally known as Pachuca de Soto, is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat. Pachuca is located about from Mexico City via Mexican Federal Highway 85. There is no consensus about the origin of the name ''Pachuca''. It has been traced to the word ''pachoa'' (strait; opening), ''Pachoacan'' (place of government; place of silver and gold), and ''patlachuican'' (place of factories; place of tears). The official name of Pachuca is Pachuca de Soto in honor of congressman Manuel Fernando Soto, who is given credit for the creation of Hidalgo state. Its nickname of "La bella airosa" (Beautiful Airy City) comes from the strong winds that blow into the valley through the canyons to the north of the city. In the indigenous Otomi language, Pachuca is known as . The area had been long inhabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Érick Aguirre
Érick Germáin Aguirre Tafolla (born 23 February 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga MX club Monterrey. Club career Morelia Aguirre made his senior debut with Morelia on 8 August 2014, in a 0–0 goalless draw. He would score his first goal with the team on 19 September 2014 in a 3–2 loss against Pumas UNAM. Pachuca On 8 June 2016, it was declared that Aguirre was purchased by Pachuca. He would score his first goal with the team on 20 January 2018 against Lobos BUAP, adding the third tally where Pachuca won 3–1. Monterrey On 3 July 2021, Aguirre joined Monterrey. International career Youth Aguirre participated in the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship in Panama. With Mexico winning the tournament, the team would go on to qualify to the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Aguirre would also go on to participated in the U-17 World Cup. During the final against Nigeria, he would score an own goal at the 9th minute as Mexico would go on to lose 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Alvarado
Roberto Carlos Alvarado Hernández (born 7 September 1998), also known as El Piojo, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Guadalajara and the Mexico national team. He is the youngest player to ever play in Ascenso MX. Alvarado started his career with second division Celaya in 2013 until 2017, when he began to play in the top-flight Liga MX where he briefly participated with clubs Pachuca and Necaxa, winning the 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League and Clausura 2018 Copa MX, respectively. Alvarado participated with the Mexico U-21 side that received second place at the 2018 Toulon Tournament. Following his international and club performances, he would earn his first senior international appearance with Mexico on 7 September 2018 in a friendly match against Uruguay. Club career Celaya Alvarado made his professional debut on 25 September 2013 in the Apertura 2013 Copa MX group stage match against Estudiantes Tecos, coming on as a substitute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Alberto Rodríguez
Carlos Alberto "Charly" Rodríguez Gómez (born 3 January 1997) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga MX club Cruz Azul and the Mexico national team. Club career Rodríguez originally hailed from C.F. Monterrey's youth academy. He made his professional debut with Monterrey on 28 September 2016, in a 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League group stage match against Don Bosco, winning 3–0. Loaned out to Spanish third division team Toledo, he made 30 league appearances along with scoring three goals. Returning to Monterrey for the 2018–19 season, he made his Liga MX debut on 20 October 2018, coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory over Toluca. He would score his first goal with Monterrey on 15 February 2019, in a 3–2 victory over Monarcas Morelia. He would prove to be a vital part of the club as they would win the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League Finals against town rivals Tigres UANL and be included in the competition's Team of the Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna S.A. de C.V. (), commonly known as Santos Laguna or Santos, is a Mexican professional football club that competes in the Liga MX. It is located in northern Mexico and represents the urban area of La Comarca Lagunera, made up of the surrounding municipalities of Torreón, Gómez Palacio , Lerdo and Matamoros . Santos Laguna was founded in 1983 and reached Mexico's top division after buying the Ángeles de Puebla club. The club debuted in first division in the 1988–89 season. Domestically, Santos Laguna has won 6 Liga MX championships, as well as 1 Copa MX and 1 Campeón de Campeones cup. It has also reached the finals of the CONCACAF Champions League twice, finishing runners-up on both occasions. Santos is the third football club formed in the Laguna region, after the unsuccessful Laguna FC and FC Torreón. In 2018, the club celebrated its 35th anniversary with a change in their logo. In a February 17, 2013 poll, by Consulta Mitofsky, it was the fifth-most-p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
