Raya2 Expansión

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Raya2
Raya2.png
Full nameClub Raya2 Expansión
Nickname(s)Rayados (The Striped-Ones)
La Pandilla (The Gang)
Founded21 June 2021; 8 months ago (2021-06-21)
GroundEstadio BBVA
Guadalupe, Nuevo León, Mexico
Capacity53,500[1]
OwnerFEMSA
ChairmanDuilio Davino
ManagerHéctor Becerra
LeagueLiga de Expansión MX
Grita México 202114th

Club Raya2 Expansión, known simply as Raya2, is a Mexican professional football club based in Monterrey, Nuevo León. Founded in 2021, Raya2 is the official reserve team of C.F. Monterrey and is part of the Liga de Expansión MX, the second professional football division of the Mexican football league system.[2]

History[]

Previous teams[]

In 1994 the C.F. Monterrey initiated a policy of development of youth soccer players through the presence in the Primera División 'A', that year Saltillo Soccer F.C. was founded with that objective,[3] in 2001 that team ceased to exist after an exchange between Monterrey and Tigres UANL, for which Monterrey was left with another franchise that gave rise to the resurgence of the Club de Fútbol Cobras in Ciudad Juárez, that team was dissolved in 2005.[4]

Later in 2005, the Monterrey board founded a new team to compete in Primera A, which was called Rayados A. This squad was dissolved in 2009 due to the restructuring of the division where it competed that led to the elimination of the reserve teams of Liga MX clubs. From that year on, the club's policy was based on the loan of its young footballers to Ascenso MX and Liga Premier clubs.[5]

Between 2015 and 2018 the club had a team competing in Serie A of the Liga Premier de México, which was known as C.F. Monterrey Premier. This team was founded because the Liga MX clubs were forced by the Mexican Football Federation to have a development team in the third category of the Mexican soccer system.[6]

Raya2[]

In 2020, the Ascenso MX was converted into Liga de Expansión MX this with the aim of turning it into a league for the development of footballers in exchange for financial support to member clubs that were in financial problems, due to this the possibility was opened for Liga MX clubs could establish their own teams in this league. However, in the first season of the new league only two clubs established secondary squads in the new league: C.D. Guadalajara with C.D. Tapatío and Club Universidad Nacional with Pumas Tabasco. While clubs like Monterrey preferred to lend their players to teams like Cancún F.C., Atlético Morelia and Alebrijes de Oaxaca.

Finally, for the 2021–22 season, the club's board decided to found its own team to retake players who were outside the club and give them the opportunity to reach the first team, so on June 21, 2021, the creation of the new one was made official team which was called Raya2 Expansión.[7] On June 22, 2021 Aldo de Nigris was appointed as the first team manager.[8]

On July 28, 2021, the team's official debut was presented, in the match they were defeated 1–2 against Cancún F.C., striker Daniel Lajud scored the first goal in the history of this squad. [9]

Stadium[]

The Estadio BBVA, nicknamed "El Gigante de Acero" (Spanish for "The Steel Giant"),[10] formerly known as the Estadio BBVA Bancomer, is a stadium developed by FEMSA and C.F. Monterrey in Guadalupe, Greater Monterrey. The stadium replaced the Estadio Tecnológico as the home of Monterrey, ending 63 years of residency at that stadium. The stadium has a capacity to accommodate 53,500 spectators.

Players and Staff[]

Current squad[]

As of July 28, 2021[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
41 GK Mexico MEX Alex Cruz
42 GK Mexico MEX Fernando Hernández
43 DF Mexico MEX Alán Montes
44 DF Mexico MEX Juan Vega
46 DF Mexico MEX Javier Casillas
47 FW Mexico MEX Daniel Lajud
48 MF Mexico MEX Román Trujillo
49 FW Mexico MEX Kaleth Hernández
50 MF Mexico MEX Ángel Zapata
51 MF Mexico MEX Michell Rodríguez
No. Pos. Nation Player
52 DF Mexico MEX Sergio Villarreal
53 FW Mexico MEX Juan Machado
54 MF Mexico MEX Jacobo Reyes
55 MF Mexico MEX Jaziel Martínez
56 MF Mexico MEX Édgar Martínez
57 DF Mexico MEX Daniel Guillén
58 MF Mexico MEX Hernán Pineda
59 MF Mexico MEX Víctor López
60 MF Mexico MEX William Mejía

Coaching staff[]

Position Staff
Manager Mexico Héctor Becerra
Assistant manager Mexico Severo Meza
Fitness coach Mexico Juan Márquez
Physiotherapist Mexico Raúl Luna
Team doctor Mexico Luis Aguilar

References[]

  1. ^ Estadio de Rayados Incrementó su aforo|publisher=|accessdate= January 2016
  2. ^ Pacheco, Enrique (21 June 2021). "Raya2 Expansión, nace el equipo filial de Rayados de Monterrey en la Liga de Expansión MX". Soy Fútbol (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Dejó de existir Jorge Lankernau" (in Spanish). Vanguardia. 17 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  4. ^ Fong, Eric (1 May 2021). "Cobras, el primer equipo que fue idea original de Televisa". mediotiempo.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Nace la nueva Liga de Ascenso". Pasión Rojiblanca (in Spanish). 17 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Tendrá Rayados equipo de Segunda División". Rayados.com (in Spanish). 16 July 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Monterrey: Confirmó franquicia en la Liga de Expansión, 'Raya2 Expansión'". Récord (in Spanish). 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Aldo de Nigris, presentado como DT de Raya2: "Es un sueño estar aquí"". Marca Claro (in Spanish). 22 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  9. ^ "EN SU DEBUT, CAE RAYA2 VS. CANCÚN FC". rayados.com.mx (in Spanish). C.F. Monterrey. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Rayados, a un paso de igualar récord histórico de Cruz Azul". MedioTiempo.com.
  11. ^ "Raya2 Expansión". Liga BBVA Expansión MX. Retrieved 29 July 2021.

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