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Mexicas De La Ciudad De México
The Mexicas de la Ciudad de México, also called Mexicas LFA or Mexicas CDMX, are an American football team based in Mexico City (CDMX), Mexico. The team was founded in 2015 with the name of Eagles, and is one of the four charter members of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, the top American football league in Mexico. The Mexicas play their home games at the Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo". History The team was founded on 4 November 2015, one of the four original franchises of the LFA. The team hoped to draw fans from the local university, Instituto Politécnico Nacional. The IPN football team, the Águilas Blancas (White Eagles), were one of the most popular teams in ONEFA and their team colors are cherry and white. For these reasons, the LFA franchise chose Eagles as their nickname and adopted similar colors of red and white. Antonio Sandoval was hired as the Eagles first head coach. The Eagles played their first game of the inaugural LFA season on 21 February 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City
Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de México, ; abbr.: CDMX; Nahuatl: ''Altepetl Mexico'') is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America. One of the world's alpha cities, it is located in the Valley of Mexico within the high Mexican central plateau, at an altitude of . The city has 16 boroughs or ''demarcaciones territoriales'', which are in turn divided into neighborhoods or ''colonias''. The 2020 population for the city proper was 9,209,944, with a land area of . According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Mexico City is 21,804,515, which makes it the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the second-largest urban agglomeration in the Western Hemisphere (behind São Paulo, Brazil), and the largest Spanish language, Spanish-speaking city (city proper) in the world. Greater Mexico City has a gross domestic product, GDP of $411 billion in 2011, which makes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Amavizca
Gabriel Amavizca Ortiz (born January 11, 1993) is a Mexican professional gridiron football placekicker for the Mexicas de la Ciudad de México of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). He played college football at UDLAP, Universidad Madero and BUAP. In June 2019, Amavizca became the first CFL global player ever to score points in a regular season match. Early years Amavizca was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, but moved to Puebla when he was eight years old. He started playing gridiron football at the age of 11, after practicing other sports such as baseball, tennis and association football. In high school, he received a scholarship to play football at the ITESM Puebla. College career Amavizca first enrolled in the UDLAP's college football program, the Aztecas, where he played for the 2013 season and won the CONADEIP championship. In 2014, he played for the Universidad Madero Tigres Blancos (''White Tigers''). After retiring for one season due to personal motives, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Ciudad De Los Deportes
Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes (English: “Sports City Stadium”; formerly Estadio Azul) is a 33,000-seat stadium located in Ciudad de los Deportes, Mexico City. This sports facility is used for association football matches and for American football as well. The Tazón México has been played at the stadium. It was the home of Mexican football club Cruz Azul until 2018, hence the previous nickname of ''Estadio Azul'', and the Mexico national football team, especially in the early 1990s. In summer 2016, it was announced by Mexico City authorities that plans to demolish the stadium would begin at the end of the 2017-2018 Liga MX season. However, in July 2018, the demolition project was put on hold. It is presently the home of Atlante F.C. The stadium was dubbed again with the nickname ''Estadio Azulgrana'' which it previously held during the 1980s and 1990s due to the fact that it was the home of Atlante F.C., whose club colors are blue and garnet. Both times Mexico hosted the FI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Mexicas De La Ciudad De México Season ...
The 2023 Mexicas de la Ciudad de México season is the Mexicas de la Ciudad de México eighth season in the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) and their fourth under head coach Héctor Toxqui. Mexicas opened the season with an upset, after losing to Galgos 6–24, in what was Galgos' first victory in its history. The team won its first game the next week against Gallos Negros, 17–14, in a match played at the Estadio Olímpico de Querétaro. On Week 6, Mexicas lost against Jefes de Ciudad Juárez, 27–33, in what was the Jefes' first ever LFA victory. Draft Roster Staff Regular season Standings Schedule References {{Mexicas de la Ciudad de México 2023 in American football Mexicas The Mexica (Nahuatl: , ;''Nahuatl Dictionary.'' (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, frolink/ref> singular ) were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallos Negros De Querétaro
Gallos Negros de Querétaro (English: ''Queretaro Black Roosters'') are an American football team based in Querétaro City, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... The Gallos Negros compete in the LFA, the top American football league in Mexico. The team was established following the relocation of Condors, one of the charter teams of the league, to Querétaro in November 2021. History On 10 November 2021 Commissioner Alejandro Jaimes revealed the Condors would relocate prior to the 2022 LFA season. The team had been acquired by the ownership group of Querétaro football club from Condors' owner Luis Nassar. On 7 December 2021, the move to Querétaro City was made official by LFA authorities and the team was presented as Condors de Querétaro. On 3 Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 LFA Season
The 2022 LFA season was the seventh season of operation (sixth season of play) of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on 4 March and concluded on 24 April, with the playoffs beginning on April 30 and ending with the Tazón México V, on 21 May. Fundidores won their first LFA championship after defeating Gallos Negros 18–14 in the Tazón México V, played in Tijuana. Preseason events Expansion Two new teams joined the league for the 2021 season: Galgos de Tijuana, based in Tijuana, and Reyes de Jalisco, based in Zapopan, Jalisco. The league also lost one team, Osos de Toluca, that folded in January 2021. With these changes, the 2022 season will be contested by seven teams and, unlike the previous seasons, the league will not be divided into two divisions. As a result, the league decided to expand the playoff field from four teams to six teams. The top two teams will have a bye in the quarterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Mexicas De La Ciudad De México Season ...
The 2022 Mexicas de la Ciudad de México season was the Mexicas de la Ciudad de México seventh season in the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) and their third under head coach Héctor Toxqui. After the 2021 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mexicas returned to play in 2022. Mexicas finished the regular season as the third ranked team with a 4–2 record. The Mexicas were defeated by the Gallos Negros on the Wild Card round 7–14. Draft Roster Regular season Standings Schedule Postseason Schedule Awards The following Mexicas players were awarded at the 2022 LFA Gala. Notes References {{Mexicas de la Ciudad de México 2022 in American football Mexicas The Mexica ( Nahuatl: , ;''Nahuatl Dictionary.'' (1990). Wired Humanities Project. University of Oregon. Retrieved August 29, 2012, frolink/ref> singular ) were a Nahuatl-speaking indigenous people of the Valley of Mexico who were the rulers o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 LFA Season
The 2021 LFA season would have been the sixth season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. Initially, the regular season was scheduled to begin in March 2021. However, the kickoff date was pushed back three months, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with the season intended to start on 4 June 2021. In April 2021, however, the league confirmed the cancelation of the 2021 season due to the pandemic, stating that it would be almost impossible to play from June to September and then again start the next season in February 2022, thus, choosing not to play the 2021 season. Preseason events Coaching changes * Artilleros: After coaching the team for two seasons, Gustavo Torres left the Artilleros. * Osos: Michel Esquivel replaced Horacio García as head coach of the team. García previously coached the Osos in their two seasons as an American football franchise; García left to led the Pumas Acatlán varsity football team. * Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Mexico
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Mexico in February 2020. However, the National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) reported two cases of COVID-19 in mid-January 2020 in the states of Nayarit and Tabasco, with one case per state. The Secretariat of Health, through the ''"Programa Centinela"'' (Spanish for "Sentinel Program"), estimated in mid-July 2020 that there were more than 2,875,734 cases in Mexico because they were considering the total number of cases confirmed as just a statistical sample. Background On January 12, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, which was reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on December 31, 2019. The case f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 LFA Season
The 2020 LFA season was the fifth season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on February 8 and was to conclude on April 26, with the playoffs beginning on May 1 and ending with the Tazón México V on May 17. Nevertheless, after week 5, on March 16, the LFA announced the suspension of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and on 29 March 2020 the league confirmed that the season was cancelled. Preseason events Expansion and stadium changes One new team joined the league: Pioneros, based in Querétaro City. Due to Pioneros joining the LFA and the league failing to secure a tenth expansion team, thus raising the number of teams to nine, the LFA took the decision that the Mayas would not participate in the season, returning in 2021. This decision was also made taking in consideration the change of ownership in the team. Four teams switched stadiums: * Artilleros, previously playing at Estadio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raptors De Naucalpan
Raptors de Naucalpan (English: ''Naucalpan Raptors'') are an American football team based in Naucalpan, Mexico. The Raptors compete in the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, the top American football league in Mexico. The team plays its home games at the Estadio José Ortega Martínez. Despite never winning an LFA title, the Raptors are the only team to have reached playoffs every season. History The team was founded on 4 November 2015 and is one of the four charter members of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional. Rafael Duk era (2016–2017) In their first season, the Raptors finished second in the league with a 4–2 regular season record, qualifying for the Tazón México I. The team, though, lost the league's championship 13–29 to the Mayas. The Raptors led the North Division on the 2017 season, qualifying for playoffs with a 5–2 regular season record, led by League MVP, QB Bruno Márquez. In the divisional game, the team lost to the newcomers Dinos, despite th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 LFA Season
The 2018 LFA season was the third season of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional. The season saw all previous teams return with no additional new ones. The Eagles changed their team name to the Mexicas. This would be the first season that saw the championship, the Tazón México held at a neutral site of the Estadio Azul in Mexico City. The league season began on February 16 and concluded on the April 8. The playoffs began on the April 14 and concluded on April 22 with the Mexicas beating the Raptors in Taźon México III. Participating teams Preseason Events Relevant Events On October 28, 2017, Mr. Juan Carlos Vázquez left the presidency of the LFA; the figure of President was eliminated and the figure of the Commissioner was created, which Guillermo Ruiz Burguete occupied. On January 16, LFA commissioner Guillermo Ruiz Burguete resigned; the league did not announce his replacement. For operational purposes, the activities of the commissioner were absorbed by the presiden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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