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The 2022 LFA season was the seventh season of operation (sixth season of play) of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on 4 March and concluded on 24 April, with the playoffs beginning on April 30 and ending with the Tazón México V, on 21 May. [ 1 ]
The Professional American Football League (Spanish: Liga-de Fútbol Americano Profesional or LFA), officially known as the LFA Caliente for sponsorship reasons, is a professional American football league in Mexico, founded in 2016. Starting with four teams, the LFA has since expanded to eleven members as of 2022.
The Tiburones competed in Fútbol Americano de México (FAM) for a single season in 2022, finishing with a league-worst 1–7 record, before the league folded in September 2022. The team played its home games at three different stadiums: the Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo , the Estadio Coliseo Maya and the Estadio Cancún 86 .
Mexican American Football (FAM) was founded on August 7, 2018, as Liga de Football Pro (LFP).The league was founded by the same initial investors of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), which had been operating since 2016, with the intention of competing directly with them, offering a different business model.
On 30 September 2022, the FAM league announced it was shutting down operations, leaving the Jefes without a league. [6] In October, the team announced it was joining the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA) for its upcoming season with Lorenzo Gathers as the new head coach. [9] [10] He became the first non-Mexican coach in LFA history. [11]
After recovering, Strevel returned to the Fundidores training camp in 2022, once the LFA authorized the 2022 season to be played. [8] Strevel led the Fundidores to their first Tazón México championship in 2022, after defeating the Gallos Negros de Querétaro 18–14 in the Tazón México V, played in Tijuana. [9]
In March 2022, the Tequileros de Jalisco announced that they would play their home games at the Estadio Panamericano de Hockey, which would be renovated to have a capacity of 6,000 spectators. [14] The team won its season opener against the Rojos de la Ciudad de México by a score of 17–15, with Carlos Elizondo throwing two touchdowns to ...
The Galgos played their first game on 4 March 2022, kicking off the 2022 season against fellow expansion team Gallos Negros de Querétaro at Estadio Caliente with a 9–33 loss. Paul Ortíz kicked a first-quarter field goal for the first points in team history, while Alejandro Meléndez threw the team's first-ever touchdown to Cody Smith in the ...