The Galgos de Tijuana (English: ''Tijuana Greyhounds'') are an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

team based in

Tijuana Tijuana is the most populous city of the Mexican state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico. Tijuana is the municipal seat of the Tijuana Municipality, the hub of the Tijuana metropolitan area and the most popu ...

, Mexico. The Galgos compete in the

Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional The Professional American Football League ( or LFA), is a semi-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 regular season runs in the sp ...

(LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The team plays its home games at

Estadio Caliente Estadio Caliente is a multi-purpose stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, located across the Tijuana River from the Mexico–United States border. It is the home of Club Tijuana of Liga MX. The stadium is also home of Galgos de Tijuana o ...

History

On 9 November 2021, LFA commissioner Alejandro Jaimes announced a franchise in

would be joining the Reyes de Jalisco as one of the two expansion teams ahead of the 2022 season. The Galgos de Tijuana were established on 17 November, revealing their name, logo and uniforms. The project was undertaken in part by Grupo Caliente, owners of

Club Tijuana Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente, simply known as Tijuana or Xolos, is a Mexican professional Association football, football club based in Tijuana, Baja California, that competes in Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football. The club ...

. Guillermo Ruiz Burguete was announced as the first head coach while wide receiver Luis Araujo was their "franchise player". The first tryout was held at the

Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior Centro de Enseñanza Técnica y Superior (CETYS) is a private university founded in 1961, located in the state of Baja California. CETYS is a three-campus university system in Engineering, Business and the Social Sciences. CETYS is accredited ...

, Tijuana campus just a few days later, with over 100 player attending. The inaugural roster included 17 players from colleges in Tijuana, three from Ensenada and three from

Mexicali Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California. The city, which is the seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali, Cale ...

. The Galgos played their first game on 4 March 2022, kicking off the 2022 season against fellow expansion team Gallos Negros de Querétaro at

with a 9–33 loss. Paul Ortíz kicked a first-quarter

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for the first points in team history, while Alejandro Meléndez threw the team's first-ever touchdown to Cody Smith in the game's closing minutes. Galgos ended the 2022 season with a 0–6 record, becoming the first LFA team to finish a season with no wins. Ahead of the 2023 LFA season, the Galgos hired Héctor del Águila as their head coach. They also signed former

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players

Trevone Boykin Trevone Dequan Boykin (born August 22, 1993) is an American professional football quarterback for the Galgos de Tijuana of the Mexican Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA). He played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs, twice earni ...

and Terrance Williams. The Galgos achieved their first-ever victory in their season opener, beating the Mexicas de la Ciudad de México 24–6. They improved their record to 5–5, earning a playoff berth for the first time in franchise history. The Galgos suffered a 15–3 defeat to the Reyes de Jalisco in the Wild Card game.

Roster

Season-by-season

References

{{Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional teams Sports clubs and teams in Tijuana American football teams established in 2021 2021 establishments in Mexico