Maribel Domínguez

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Maribel Domínguez (born November 18, 1978) is a Mexican female footballer. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, she led the Mexican women's Olympic soccer team to the quarter-finals. [1] Later in 2004, Dominguez accepted a two-year contract from a second-division Mexican men's football club, Celaya. This was a previously unprecedented move. The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación did not object, but deferred to FIFA headquarters in Zurich for an official ruling.

A statement from FIFA ruled against mixed-gender football teams. From the report: "There must be a clear separation between men's and women's football."[2][3] Furthermore, a ban was placed on Domínguez appearing in an exhibition game outside the league but still alongside men.

"I just wanted to be given the chance to try," Domínguez said. "If I failed I would have been the first to say I can't do it, the first to admit it doesn't work. But at least I would have tried." [4]

[edit] External links

• 2004 Olympics Roster
• It's a man's game - Guardian article on the FIFA ruling.