Reds de la Ciudad de México (English: ''Mexico City Reds'') are an

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team based in

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. The Reds compete in the

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, the top American football league in Mexico. The team plays its home games at the Estadio ITESM CCM.

History

Beginnings

The team was established in 2020 as Rojos de Lindavista and joined

Fútbol Americano de México Mexican American Football ('', FAM'') was a professional American football minor league in Mexico, founded in 2018. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league was also known as FAM-YOX for the 2022 season. Starting with five teams, the FAM expanded ...

(FAM) as an expansion team to compete in the 2020 season; nevertheless, the season was canceled in March 2020 due to the

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with only four games played (the Rojos had a 1–3 record at the moment that the season was canceled).

Raúl Rivera era (2020–present)

In October 2020, the team was rebranded as Rojos CDMX and Raúl Rivera, who previously led

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to several college championships, was appointed as head coach. The 2021 FAM season was also canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the league returned to play in 2022. The Rojos won the 2022 FAM season after finishing the regular season with a 6–2 record and as the second best team. In the semifinals, they defeated the

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40–0 and won the final against the

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21–14. On 14 September 2022, after the dissolution of FAM, the team, now rebranded as Reds, joined the

as one of the three expansions teams ahead of the

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, the others being

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and

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. It was also announced that the team will play in the

Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" The Estadio Jesús Martínez "Palillo" is a multi-use stadium located in the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City in Mexico City. It is currently the home of the Mexicas of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), Chilangos F.C. of the Serie ...

; nevertheless, it was later announced that the team would play in the Estadio ITESM CCM, with a capacity of 2,500 spectators.

Team names

* Rojos de Lindavista (2020) * Rojos CDMX (2021–2022) * Reds de la Ciudad de México (2023–present)

Roster

Staff

Season-by-season

References

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