Rayadas · History

Club de Fútbol Monterrey Femenil, known as Rayadas, has played in Liga MX Femenil since the league’s first season in 2017. It is the women’s section of Club de Fútbol Monterrey, owned by FEMSA, and plays its home games at Estadio BBVA in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, which holds 53,500. The team trains at El Barrial, where it also played its first league matches. It has won four league titles: Apertura 2019, Apertura 2021, Clausura 2024 and Apertura 2024.

Foundation and early years

The team was born with the creation of Mexico’s professional women’s league. The club held open tryouts in January 2017, and on 3 May that year it debuted in the Copa de la Liga MX Femenil with a 6-0 defeat to América. A day later it played the first women’s Clásico Regio, losing 4-3 to Tigres, although Lanny Silva scored in the first minute the first goal in the history of the fixture. Its league debut came on 30 July 2017 with a 5-2 win over Necaxa. Gustavo Leal was the first head coach; after a short interim spell by Eliud Contreras, Héctor Becerra took charge for the Clausura 2018.

The Héctor Becerra years (2018-2021)

Under Becerra, Rayadas became one of the league’s leading sides. In the Clausura 2018 they reached their first final, against Tigres: the tie ended 4-4 on aggregate and Tigres won on penalties. The second leg at Estadio BBVA drew 51,211 spectators, at the time the largest crowd recorded for a women’s club match. In the Apertura 2018 the team recorded its biggest home win, 8-0 against Querétaro, and Desirée Monsiváis finished as top scorer with 13 goals. Tigres beat them again in the Clausura 2019 final, 3-2 on aggregate. Revenge came in the Apertura 2019, when Rayadas beat Tigres 2-1 on aggregate for their first title, with Monsiváis once more the league’s top scorer, on 17 goals in 17 games. In Guard1anes 2020 they lost another all-Monterrey final, this time on penalties after a 1-1 aggregate draw.

Eva Espejo and the second title (2021-2023)

Eva Espejo took over for the Apertura 2021. In her first tournament the team knocked out Tijuana in the quarter-finals and Atlas in the semi-finals before meeting Tigres once again in the final. After a 2-2 first leg and a goalless return, Rayadas won the shootout to claim their second championship, and Espejo became the first female coach to win Liga MX Femenil. In 2022 the team lost the Campeón de Campeonas to Guadalajara on penalties after a 1-1 aggregate draw, and reached the final of the Women’s International Champions Cup, where they were beaten 4-0 by Olympique Lyon.

Back-to-back titles in 2024

Amelia Valverde coached the team between 2024 and 2025. In the Clausura 2024 final, Rayadas lost the first leg 1-0 to América, won the second 2-1 and prevailed 4-3 in the shootout for their third title. A few months later they did it again in the Apertura 2024, facing Tigres in the final and once more settling it on penalties to win back-to-back championships for the first time. They did, however, lose the 2024 Campeón de Campeonas to Tigres, 3-2 on aggregate, and the 2025 edition to Pachuca, 1-0 at Toyota Field.

Concacaf and the 2026 final

In the 2025-26 Concacaf W Champions Cup, Rayadas lost 2-1 to NJ/NY Gotham FC, beat Alianza Women 8-0 and Vancouver Rise FC Academy 4-0, and lost 4-0 to Washington Spirit, which meant elimination in the group stage. In 2025 the French coach Amandine Miquel took charge of the team. In the Clausura 2026 Rayadas played their ninth league final, against América: they won the first leg 1-0 but lost the second 3-0 and finished as runners-up, 3-1 down on aggregate.