Maricarmen Reyes heads to Liga MX Femenil.

The 22-year-old midfielder signed with Tigres Femenil after successful the nationwide championship in UCLA ladies’s soccer. Though appropriate for NWSL draft, Reyes didn’t register. As a substitute, she selected to comply with within the footsteps of former Bruins teammate and present Tigres Femenil determine Mia Fishel.

Mia Fishel was initially chosen fifth total by Orlando Delight through the NWSL Auditions, however turned down her transfer to hitch the Liga MX Femenil. Regardless of heavy backlash, his controversial choice bore fruit for the striker.

The ahead led Tigres Femenil to their sixth league title since 2016, changing into the primary overseas nationwide to win Liga MX Femenil’s Golden Boot with 17 targets. His newest efforts have positioned him 88th on The Guardian’s 100 greatest gamers of 2022.

Nevertheless, Fishel’s success overseas has but to earn her a US ladies’s call-up. Whereas head coach Vlatko Andonovski claims he’s “on our depth chart”, many argue that his lack of affiliation with the nationwide group is because of his desire to play within the Liga MX Femenil over the NWSL.

Maricarmen Reyes is just not anticipated to face the same drawback. Born to Mexican dad and mom in California, the twin nationality determine selected to signify the Mexico ladies’s nationwide group.