2025 Liga MX Femenil All-Star Game
| Event | 2025-26 Liga MX Femenil season | ||||||
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| Barcelona won on penalties 3–4 | |||||||
| Date | August 22, 2025 | ||||||
| Venue | Estadio Universitario, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon | ||||||
| Referee | Ana Karen Hernandez | ||||||
The 2025 Liga MX Femenil All-Star Game was a women's football exhibition match in Mexico. It featured an all-star team from Liga MX Femenil facing Liga F club FC Barcelona at Estadio Universitario in Monterrey, Nuevo León on 22 August 2025.
Background
On 21 July 2025, Liga MX Femenil and Barcelona announced that as part of Barcelona’s pre-season summer tour in Mexico, the Spanish club would face a Liga MX Femenil All-Stars team composed of 30 players at Estadio Universitario in the city of Monterrey on 22 August 2025.[1][2] For Barcelona, this was their third visit to the country since their first visit in 2023.[3] According to Liga MX Femenil president, Mariana Gutierrez, this game represented a major milestone in the internationalization of Women's football in Mexico, and that the league worked along with the Mexican Football Federation and commercial partnerts to make the match a reality.[4][5]
Squads
The Liga MX Femenil All-Stars roster was composed of 30 players that were selected based on performance metrics from the 2024–25 Liga MX Femenil season, with each team in the league providing at least one player to the roster.[6] The four players that were candidates to the 2024–25 best-of-the-season awards were automatically added to the roster. 21 players were be selected by the manager of the team, and three other players were selected by fans through an online voting process–the list of players that could be voted was created by the manager in conjunction with the league.[7] Finally, the two remaining players were selected as “surprises” entirely by the league. The first 25 players were announced on 21 July 2025.[3]
Tigres’s Pedro Martínez Losa and his technical team were appointed to coach the team after the top-three choices: Óscar Torres (Pachuca), Amelia Valverde (Monterrey), and Ángel Villacampa (America) declined the offer due to scheduling conflicts, as their respective teams had CONCACAF W Champions Cup games scheduled just a few days prior to the match, and Tigres was the fourth-best ranked team in the general standings of the Liga MX Femenil 2024–25 season.[8][9]
On 30 July 2025, Liga MX Femenil announced that Anika Rodríguez, Diana García, and Scarlett Camberos were joining the roster after winning most of the fan votes.[10] The league later revealed that Jenni Hermoso and Alicia Cervantes would complete the roster, with both been selected by the league as “distinguished” players.[11]
Manager: Pedro Martínez Losa
Match
| Liga MX Femenil All-Stars | 2–2 | Barcelona |
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Match rules
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References
- ^ "Barcelona set for historic All-Star clash with Liga MX Femenil's finest". Reuters. 21 July 2025. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Amaro, Enrique. "Barcelona to Play in Mexico During the Preseason". beIN SPORTS. Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ a b OnceDiario. "La Liga MX Femenil jugará un partido de estrellas contra el FC Barcelona Femenil". www.oncediario.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Coello, Por Luz (21 July 2025). "Liga MX Femenil enfrentará al Barcelona en un juego de estrellas: cuándo y dónde será". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2025.
- ^ Figueroa, Fredi (21 July 2025). "Liga MX Femenil amplía ruta internacional con Duelo de Estrellas". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ Vázquez, Christian (22 July 2025). "Las jugadoras convocadas al Juego de Estrellas de la Liga MX Femenil vs Barcelona". Sopitas.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ Mendoza, Christian (21 July 2025). "Estrellas de Liga MX Femenil enfrentarán al Barcelona". Excélsior (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "Pedro Martínez dirigirá a las Estrellas de la Liga MX Femenil contra el Barcelona, ¿quiénes jugarán?". postamxdeportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "La Liga MX Femenil anuncia su lista de convocadas para el Juego de Estrellas contra el Barcelona". Fox Sports (in Spanish). 22 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
- ^ Arevalo Ayala, Valeria (30 July 2025). "Liga MX Femenil anuncia tres jugadoras más para el Duelo de Estrellas". Estadio. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Deportes, F. O. X. "Jennifer Hermoso, jugadora 'insignia' del equipo Liga MX". www.foxdeportes.com. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
- ^ "Doménica Rodríguez no podrá participar en el Duelo de Estrellas, ya que no logró recuperarse al 100% de una lesión en el cuádriceps derecho". Liga MX Femenil Twitter Account. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 6 September 2025.