Tigres UANL

Liga MX Women

Tigres UANL Femenil, also known simply as Tigres Femenil or Tigres, is a Mexican professional women's football club based in the city of San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico that competes in the Liga MX Femenil. The club was found in 2016.

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What makes Tigres UANL what it is.

She scored the legendary game-winning goal in overtime of the 2022 NCAA National Championship, securing UCLA’s second-ever title.

In the 2025 CONCACAF W Champions Cup final, she made two penalty saves during regulation time.

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Quirky facts from the Tigres UANL squad.

She made history by becoming one of the first Mexican goalkeepers in Liga MX Femenil to move to a major European club when she joined Sevilla on loan.

At just 16 years and 251 days, Cecilia became the youngest goalkeeper to appear at a FIFA Women's World Cup.

She was part of the historic Mexican squad that won the first-ever gold medal in women's football at the 2023 Pan American Games.

Nothing means more to her than her family, María and her siblings were so happy when in 2019 they achieved one of their biggest goals in life - paying of their parents mortgage.

She set the NWSL rookie season goal record by scoring 11 goals in 2022.

In 2017, she founded the Thembi Kgatlana Foundation, which hosts an annual tournament in her hometown to support youth and donate essentials like sanitary pads and school uniforms.

Sánchez was a four-year letter-winner at American Falls High School. She was the scoring leader in the state of Idaho in all four years, scoring 26, 34, 50, and 78 goals. Her number was later retired by American Falls High School. Her number was then later retired by American Falls High School.

She was part of the historic Mexico U-20 squad that won the CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship in 2018, the country's first-ever title in that category.