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

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

team based in

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
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Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

. The Galgos compete in the

Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional The Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (Professional American Football League), commonly known simply as LFA, is a professional american football spring league in Mexico, founded in 2016. Starting with four teams, the LFA has since expanded t ...

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

Estadio Caliente The Estadio Caliente Xoloitzcuintles is a multi-use stadium in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, that is mostly used for football matches. The stadium hosts home matches for the football club Club Tijuana, who play in Liga MX, Mexico's top leag ...

History

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

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
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would be joining the

Reyes de Jalisco Reyes de Jalisco (English: ''Jalisco Kings'') are an American football team based in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The Reyes compete in the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The team plays its ho ...

as one of the two expansion teams ahead of the 2022 season. Galgos de Tijuana was 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, commonly known as Tijuana, or simply as '' Xolos'', is a Mexican professional football club based in Tijuana. The club's badge is the founder's (Jorge Hank) hairless xoloitzcuintle, Hermoso. Founded o ...

. 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 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 Mexican state of Baja California. The city, seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000, ...

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

Gallos Negros de Querétaro Gallos Negros de Querétaro (English: ''Queretaro Black Roosters'') are an American football team based in Querétaro City, Mexico. The Gallos Negros compete in the LFA, the top American football league in Mexico. The team was established follow ...

at the

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

field goal A field goal (FG) is a means of scoring in gridiron football. To score a field goal, the team in possession of the ball must place kick, or drop kick, the ball through the goal, i.e., between the uprights and over the crossbar. The entire ba ...

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. On 4 January 2023, Héctor del Águila was announced as the head coach for the 2023 season. Galgos achieved their first victory ever in their first game of the

2023 LFA season The 2023 LFA season is the eight season of operation (seventh season of play) of the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional (LFA), the top American football league in Mexico. The regular season began on 4 March and will end on 14 May, with the playo ...

against

Mexicas de la Ciudad de México The Mexicas de la Ciudad de México, also called Mexicas LFA or Mexicas CDMX, are an American football team based in Mexico City (CDMX), Mexico. The team was founded in 2015 with the name of Eagles, and is one of the four charter members of the ...

, 24–6.

Roster

Season-by-season

References

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