Charlyn Corral, the “Chicharito” of women's soccer: the Pachuca star is not on the El Tri Femenil list for the Concacaf World Cup

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By: EFE Updated 09 Jun 2022, 10: 10 am EDT

The Mexican player Charlyn Corral, local soccer figure with Pachuca, was not included in the preliminary list of 60 soccer players that the selector of Mexico, Mónica Vergara, for the Concacaf Championship W

which delivers four tickets to the World Cup Australia-New Zealand 2023.

The preselection was published this Wednesday in a press release in which it was reported that the 23 players who will participate in the Concacaf tournament to be held on July 4 to 18 in Nuevo León, state located in the north of Mexico.

Corral is a of the best Mexican soccer players of the last 04 years, time in which with Levante she won the Pichichi trophy for the best scorer in the Spanish league and played for Atlético de Madrid.

For months the forward has not been taken into account for El Tri Femenil, despite its more than proven talent. Her case is quite similar to that of Javier “Chicharito” Hernández : they share a position, they are historical in Mexican soccer and are not taken into account to represent Mexico.

In 1200 @CharlynCorral:

“Cuéllar has done a lot for the program, but we need new ideas. I’m not doing it for myself, it’s for Mexico and the growth of women’s soccer. We need more competition, more players to advance “

Banned for speaking 🙃

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— Andrea Sierra  (@ikbenandrea) June 8, 2022

Instead of Corral, the second top scorer in the last Liga MX tournament, Vergara chose Katty Martínez, from América, and Alicia Cervantes, two-time scoring champion in Mexico, as the main alternatives.

The most outstanding name of the pre-list is that of Kenti Robles, Real Madrid defender and captain of the Mexican women’s team.

List of pre-selected from Mexico

Goalkeepers: Emily Alvarado (Stade de Reims-FRA), Alejandría Godínez (Monterrey), Melany Villeda (Pumas UNAM), Itzel González (without team) and Cecilia Santiago (Tigres UANL).

Defenses: Elia Rodríguez (without team), Rebeca Bernal, María Sánchez, Alejandra Lua and Mariana Cadena (Monterrey), Nayeli Díaz (St. Mary’s College of California-USA), Greta Espinoza , Cristina Ferral and Bianca Sierra (Tigres UANL), Jimena López (OL Reign-USA), Jocelyn Orejel, Kimberly Rodríguez and Janelly Farías (America), Reyna Reyes (University of Alabama-USA), Kenti Robles (Real Madrid-ESP), Karina Rodríguez (Washington Spirit-USA), Stephany Mejía (Tijuana), Diana Rodríguez (Guadalajara), Karen Díaz (Pachuca), Alexia Zuazua (Juárez FC) and Janet Monroy (Cruz Azul) .

Midfielders: Nancy Antonio, Belén Cruz, Stephany Mayor and Liliana Mercado (Tigres UANL), Alexia Delgado (Arizona State University-USA), Yamile Franco and Diana García (Monterrey), Carolina Jaramillo and Casandra Montero (Guadalajara), Kiana Palacios, Nicolette Hernández, Casandra Cuevas and Natalia Maue lon (America), Maricarmen Reyes (University of California Los Angeles-USA), Karla Nieto (Pachuca) and Cinthya Peraza (Santos Laguna).

Front: Scarlett Camberos, Montserrat Hernández, Katty Martínez, Daniela Espinosa (America), Alicia Cervantes and Joseline Montoya (Guadalajara), Venicia Juárez (Princeton University-USA), Myra Delgadillo (without team), Adriana Iturbide (Atlas), Renae Cuéllar (Tijuana), Diana Ordóñez (NC Courage-USA), Diana Evangelista and Daniela Solís (Monterrey), Viridiana Salazar (Pachuca), Jacqueline Ovalle (Tigres UANL), María Sánchez (Houston Dash-USA), Kaitlyn Johnson (San Diego Wave-USA) and Rosalía Durón (Toluca).