Yon de Luisa tendered his resignation as FMF president

The president of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF), One of Luisa announced to the members of the Assembly of Owners the decision not to be re-elected to the position for the period 2023-2026, however, he will continue to exercise his functions until the next meeting to be held in May.

De Luisa reportedly made the decision after what happened in recent months both in sport and in administration. During 2022, the different categories of Mexican team they have suffered setbacks that have drawn strong demands from fans, from not qualifying for World Cup tournaments to being eliminated from the Qatar 2022 World Cup in the first round.

The president of the FMF was not present during the appointment of the Rodrigo Ares de Parga as Director of National Teams. The event that caused the most talk was the absence of Yon de Luisa during the presentation of Diego Coke as the new tricolor strategist, which shows the dissatisfaction with the decision taken.

The owners’ meeting analyzed this decision taking into account the fact that De Luisa is part of the organizing committee of the World Cup 2026 between Mexico, United States and Canada. However, in a statement released by the FMF, it was reported that he will continue to lead the position bestowed on him as a member of the FIFA and Concacaf boards.

“The President of the Mexican Football Federation, Mr. Yon de Luisa, has informed all members of the Owners’ Assembly of his decision to not stand for the presidency of the FMF for the 2023-2026 quadrennial, so that whoever fills this position adapts to the new vision and new objectives of the FMF,” the statement read.

During the program Radio Foxthe journalist Ruben Rodriguez explained that despite the fact that Yon de Luisa has been calm in recent days, in the FMF they had seen him boring and sometimes uncomfortable. Besides the decisions made by the leaders, the future projects of the Mx League would be another cause, in particular the independence of the Liga Mx Women of the first division clubs of the men’s branch.

In July 2022, after a series of failures that left the Mexican national team out of the 2024 Olympics and the senior women’s team without qualifying for the World Cup, a series of layoffs followed. Gerard TorradoDirector of National Teams; Ignatius Iron, sports director; Louis Perezcoach of the U-20 men’s team and Monique Vergaranational women’s team strategist, were removed from their positions.

At that time, Mexican fans were waiting for Yon de Luisa’s resignation, which did not happen due to the proximity of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. After the elimination in the first round of the tricolors in the World Cup, it was Gerard Martinocoach of the men’s national team, the next to leave the Mexican organization, but the president continued in his position.

Now, after the decisions taken by the Owners’ meetingwhere it seems that they imposed both the Director of Selections As the new strategist of the Mexican national team, De Luisa seems to have taken the initiative to step down from his position.

One of Luisa took office as president of the FMF in 2018since then the team has won a Gold Cup and an bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. However, he began to decline after losing a final of Nations League Before UNITED STATES and fail to win the 2022 Under-20 World Cup.

The senior women’s team received the World Cup in Nuevo León, although they did not take advantage of the locality and the large attendance that the city had

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