In advance of today’s USA-Mexico clash at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship, here’s a quick compilation of minutes played by Mexico’s roster, so far. Compared to Swanson’s broad use of his roster, Roberto Medina has primarily used the same groups of starters and substitutes in Mexico’s group matches.
For Mexico, six field players have been on the pitch for the entire group stage. Only two starters from the first match have been rested (not played) in one of the later group matches: goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago and defender Ashley Kotero. The remaining nine starters have started all of Mexico’s group stage matches this tournament.
Medina’s use of substitutions has also been consistent: The same three players have been subbed off in all three matches:
- Team captain Nayeli Rangel, who is still recovering from a torn ACL, has been subbed off before the 60th minute mark in all three matches (56′, 46′, 54′). The last two times Rangel was subbed off, Yamile Franco replaced her.
- Forward Tanya Samarzich. In the last two matches, she was replaced by Daniela Solis.
- Forward Chrystal Martinez. In two of the matches, she was subbed off for Maria Fernanda Pina.
Three of the four defenders on Mexico’s backline have played in every match: Ariana Romero, Bianca Sierra, and Christina Murillo. With only Ashley Kotero being not played for one match (against Canada).
For more on Mexico’s roster, here’s an earlier post that notes any American connections for Mexico’s players and links to the player’s collegiate bio page where available.
Player P. JAM HAI CAN Total Ariana Martinez MF 90 90 90 270 Arianna Romero DF 90 90 90 270 Bianca Sierra DF 90 90 90 270 Christina Murillo DF 90 90 90 270 Natalia Gomez-Junco MF 90 90 90 270 Olivia Jimenez MF 90 90 90 270 Tanya Samarzich FW 83 61 66 210 Chrystal Martinez FW 81 63 59 203 Ashley Kotero DF 90 90 0 180 Cecilia Santiago GK 90 0 90 180 Nayeli Rangel MF 56 45 54 155 ----------------------------------------------- Alejandra Amador DF 0 0 90 90 Rosa Mérida Medina GK 0 90 0 90 ----------------------------------------------- Yamile Franco MF 0 45 36 81 Daniela Solis FW 0 29 24 53 Maria Fernanda Pina FW 9 0 31 40 Cristina Ferral DF 34 0 0 34 Andrea Sánchez FW 0 27 0 27 Briana Lopez FW 7 0 0 7 Mariel Gutiérrez DF 0 0 0 0
The top 11 players in this table were starters in the first match against Jamaica. The next 2 names are the only other players to start a group match for Mexico. The remaining players have only been used as substitutes, except for Gutiérrez, who has not seen any minutes on the pitch.
(Minutes do not include stoppage time. Data source: CONCACAF.com’s box scores.)
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