Maribel Domínguez
Encyclopedia
Maribel Guadalupe Domínguez Castelán (born November 18, 1978 in Mexico City
, México
) is a Mexican
footballer
.
. This was a previously unprecedented move. The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
did not object, but deferred to FIFA
headquarters in Zurich
for an official ruling.
A statement from FIFA ruled against mixed-sex football teams. From the report: "There must be a clear separation between men's and women's football."http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,104798,00.html?articleid=104%20798http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/natalie_bennett/2006/07/give_wayne_rooneys_sister_her.html Furthermore, a ban was placed on Domínguez appearing in an exhibition game outside the league but still alongside men.
"I just wanted to be given the chance to try," Domínguez said. "If I failed I would have been the first to say I can't do it, the first to admit it doesn't work. But at least I would have tried." http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,11812,1383457,00.html
In 2002 Maribel immigrated to the US to play with Kansas City Mystics. In her first year with the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association
, she scored 17 goals and was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
) is a Mexican
Mexican people
Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....
footballer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
.
Career
In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Domínguez led the Mexican women's Olympic soccer team to the quarter-finals. Later in 2004, she accepted a two year contract from a second division Mexican men's football club Atlético CelayaAtlético Celaya
The Club Atlético Celaya was a Mexican football club from Celaya, Guanajuato. The club was formed in 1994 when the two second-division clubs Atletico Cuernavaca and Escuadra Celeste de Celaya merged...
. This was a previously unprecedented move. The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación
The Mexican Federation of Football is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It administers the Mexican national team, the Mexican league and all affiliated amateur sectors, and is in charge of promoting, organizing, directing, spreading, and supervising competitive football in Mexico...
did not object, but deferred to FIFA
FIFA
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association , commonly known by the acronym FIFA , is the international governing body of :association football, futsal and beach football. Its headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter, who is in his fourth...
headquarters in Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
for an official ruling.
A statement from FIFA ruled against mixed-sex football teams. From the report: "There must be a clear separation between men's and women's football."http://www.fifa.com/en/media/index/0,1369,104798,00.html?articleid=104%20798http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/natalie_bennett/2006/07/give_wayne_rooneys_sister_her.html Furthermore, a ban was placed on Domínguez appearing in an exhibition game outside the league but still alongside men.
"I just wanted to be given the chance to try," Domínguez said. "If I failed I would have been the first to say I can't do it, the first to admit it doesn't work. But at least I would have tried." http://www.guardian.co.uk/gender/story/0,11812,1383457,00.html
In 2002 Maribel immigrated to the US to play with Kansas City Mystics. In her first year with the Atlanta Beat of the Women's United Soccer Association
Women's United Soccer Association
The Women's United Soccer Association, often abbreviated to the WUSA, was the world's first women's soccer league in which all the players were paid as professionals. Founded in February 2000, the league began its first season in April 2001 with eight teams in the United States...
, she scored 17 goals and was awarded the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
External links
- 2004 Olympics Roster
- It's a man's game - Guardian article on the FIFA ruling.