Los Cabos United

Los Cabos United is a Mexican professional football team based in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur that will play in the Liga Premier de México starting in the 2022–23 season.

Los Cabos United

Full name	Los Cabos United
Founded	25 January 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-25)
Ground	Complejo Deportivo Don Koll Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Capacity	3,500
Owner	Grupo ISMX^[1]
Chairman	Hugo Salcedo^[1]
Manager	Rodrigo Ruiz
League	Liga Premier de México – Serie A
Clausura 2023	4th, Group I
Home colours Away colours

History

The team was officially presented on January 25, 2022, and it was announced that it would become part of the Liga Premier de México since 2022–23 season, along with Rodrigo Ruiz being announced as the first manager of the club.^[2] In February 2022 the team was integrated in the Serie A de México.^[3]

Los Cabos United made its official debut on August 27, 2022, defeating Halcones de Zapopan 2–1. Víctor Argumedo scored the first two goals in the team's history.^[4] In the first official tournament, the team qualified for the promotion play-offs, however, they were eliminated in the quarterfinals by Chihuahua F.C.^[5]

Stadium

Los Cabos United plays their home matches at the Complejo Deportivo Don Koll in Cabo San Lucas, which has a capacity of 3,500 spectators.^[6]

Players

First-team squad

As of 14 January 2024^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MEX Luis López 2 DF   MEX Ramón Cano 3 DF   MEX Alan Zubiri 4 DF   MEX Jorge Cruz 5 DF   MEX Brandon Fernández 6 MF   MEX Carlos Enciso (on loan from Atlas) 7 FW   MEX Jorge Gámez (on loan from Atlético San Luis) 9 FW   MEX José Luis Ríos 10 MF   MEX Néstor Corona 11 MF   BRA Andrey 13 MF   MEX Rafael Martínez (on loan from Tijuana) 14 FW   MEX Julio Rangel 15 MF   MEX Jesús Medina 16 MF   MEX David Salinas

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 MF   MEX Áxel Cruz 19 FW   MEX Alejandro Vizcarra 20 DF   MEX Luis Escalante 21 MF   MEX Christian Martínez 22 MF   MEX Diego Hernández (on loan from Sonora) 24 DF   MEX Alan Neri 25 MF   MEX Néstor Díaz (on loan from Guadalajara) 29 MF   MEX Samuel Solís (on loan from UANL) 30 MF   MEX Beline Toledo 31 GK   MEX Jesús Peinado 32 MF   MEX Efrén Sánchez 33 GK   MEX Víctor Olguín 45 DF   USA Héctor Ávalos

References

1. Ramírez, Elizabeth (31 January 2022). "Con nuevo equipo profesional de fútbol, proyectan rehabilitación del Don Koll y construcción de otro estadio en Los Cabos". Diario El Independiente (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
2. Arana, Ananí (26 January 2022). "Anuncian la llegada del equipo de fútbol profesional "Los Cabos United"". El Sudcaliforniano (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
3. Elorza, Enrique (25 February 2022). "Es oficial: Los Cabos United será equipo de la Liga Premier Serie A". Tribuna de La Paz (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
4. "Los Cabos United vs Halcones de Zapopan". ligapremier-fmf.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
5. Gómez Bello, Jorge (29 October 2022). "Los Cabos United quedan eliminados del Apertura 2022". Tribuna de Los Cabos (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 March 2023.
6. "Estadio Don Koll será la casa de Los Cabos FC". NBCS Noticias (in Spanish). 29 June 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
7. "Los Cabos United". ligapremier-fmf.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 August 2022.