00:00And it's time to talk about La Liga MX Femenil that has been a historical tournament this time around.
00:07The first time since the restructure of this tournament.
00:11Camila, break it down. What are the changes that we experienced in this tournament?
00:16And if they work or it's just more jombo-jombo that they're trying to complicate the league?
00:22Break it down. What is your analysis?
00:24Yes, so Liga MX Femenil has officially been restructured.
00:28It's not going to be, you know, one big list of standings.
00:31Now we're going to have Group A and we have Group B.
00:34This was done to shorten travel time.
00:36We're going to encourage more rivalries in the league, which I think is absolutely amazing, right?
00:41We're also, I think, the biggest reason why we had this restructuring was to encourage more people to go to
00:46the games.
00:46Last season, there was a lot of controversy.
00:48A lot of weak games.
00:49A lot of weak games. A lot of games during the weekday, which is, you know, tiring.
00:53It throws off the whole schedule for the players.
00:55But also, last season, we had a lot of controversy.
00:57Tigres wasn't playing that well on the men's side.
00:59They had a back-to-back game.
01:01People packed the stadium for the men's team that was underperforming.
01:04But for the women who were playing incredibly well, it wasn't even half full.
01:08So I think this change and this restructuring has been made to hopefully bring more people and more eyes into
01:13it.
01:13But it has been a phenomenal tournament so far.
01:15America, Tigres, and Juarez.
01:17If you're a Juarez fan, on the men's side, don't worry, because the men obviously aren't performing.
01:22But the women are.
01:23They have been doing incredibly well.
01:25Las mujeres facturan en Juarez.
01:25Las mujeres pueden.
01:27And for Tigres, too.
01:28I think the highlight for me watching this so far has been the Tigres-America rivalry has been incredible.
01:34You know, America, even though he likes to make fun of me and say that I'm an Americanista.
01:37America, I've been calling it from two seasons ago when they lost against Tigres.
01:42I thought that they were the better team and they have absolutely shown themselves to be.
01:45And it's been incredible to watch.
01:47They have some incredible forwards like Scarlett Camberdos, who has been just doing an amazing job.
01:52It's amazing to see the growth of Liga MX Femenil.
01:57Without a doubt, last season, you know, you know who we forgot to mention on our first segment?
02:03And it makes me think about it right now.
02:05El Mazatlán.
02:07El Mazatlán se nos fue para el torneo.
02:09And unfortunately, last tournament, they were critical for people to realize how different the experience for a soccer player it
02:20is on the men's side than the women's side.
02:22These players, the female players from Mazatlán, were traveling up to 14 hours by balls before a game, straight to
02:28the stadium to play,
02:29not even catching a night of sleep, getting on their buses back, 14 hours back to training.
02:35It was inhumane.
02:36The coach himself came out to say, like, I cannot work like this.
02:40These players, they cannot stay healthy, protect themselves against injuries.
02:45There was no way to do.
02:46And finally, we're creating this type of adjustment to the league to prevent these type of things.
02:52It's good to see that the league I make is feminil.
02:54It's trying to do what they need to do to make the league sustainable, attractive to the people, but also
03:00exciting on the field.
03:01And that, they never disappoint because the top teams, you know, great level of play.
03:06This league is growing so much that now we have Raul El Potro Gutierrez, a coach that won El Mundial
03:11Sub-17 with the national team boys.
03:13He also coached at Club America, now with Cruz Azul.
03:17I think when you get this type of coaches involved in a league, in a women's league, it speaks volumes
03:24of what they're doing.
03:26They're getting very serious about it.
03:28They are investing money with the players.
03:30They want this league to grow.
03:31They want to see the stadiums full.
03:33And I think, I love it, you know, my little girl has a future.
03:36If she plays soccer in Mexico, as well as in the United States.
03:39And I think...
03:40NWSL is not falling behind.
03:42What they're doing here in the United States with the women game is impressive.
03:46Some of these teams have been performing at the highest level.
03:49And both teams from Liga MX and NWSL could compete in Champions League levels easily.
03:56Especially Tigres, America, Gotham, maybe Kansas City if they put their game together.
04:01La Chivas.
04:01La Chivas también playing right there.
04:03Exciting to see.
04:04But for me, the story of this tournament in Liga MX Femeniles, Juarez, a team that against every odd is
04:11fighting for the top spots.
04:12They have a chance to be champions.
04:14It will be historical to defeat teams like Tigres and America that have the highest payrolls in the tournament.
04:21And, like we were saying before, brings back this sense of illusion.
04:26These poetic, historical hazañas quijotescas del más pequeño derrotando al más grande de la Liga.
04:34It's amazing.
04:35It's good to see it happening.
04:37On the other side, we have America on the other group.
04:39Because in one group, we have Monterrey and Tigres and Juarez fighting for the top spots.
04:43And on the other side, we have America and Chivas.
04:47But don't get too excited.
04:48America has like twice as many points as Chivas.
04:51Chivas está en segundo lugar.
04:52Chivas está en segundo lugar.
04:53But it's exciting to see a lot of new eyeballs on the league.
04:58And they keep bringing top players to the league, which is exciting.
05:02I think exactly.
05:03Like you said, top players.
05:04I think this season especially, we saw the NWSL and Liga Maquis be so interconnected and intertwined, changing and transferring
05:12players back and forth.
05:13And I think it's just a testament to how much both leagues have grown and are trying to really grow
05:17together to bring up women's football as a whole.
