The decision may have been delayed but the expected move has now officially come down: Mónica Vergara has been fired as Mexico women’s national team head coach.
Vergara has paid the price after Mexico lost all three games on home soil in last month’s CONCACAF W Championship, failing to qualify for both the World Cup and Olympics.
The Mexican Football Federation (FMF) announced a series of changes last month amid a difficult 2022, but said that a decision on Vergara’s future would be delayed.
On Monday that decision came, with Under-15 women’s head coach Karla Maya also let go. The FMF said that it would soon appoint a sporting director to oversee its women’s program, who would then lead the search for Vergara’s replacement.
In the meantime, Miguel Ángel Gamero and Cristian Flores will lead Mexico as interim coaches.
Vergara, who was a star for Mexico as a player, was named national team head coach in January 2021 after also coaching her country’s U-15, U-17 and U-20 national teams.
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