Maribel Domínguez

Maribel Guadalupe Domínguez Castelán (born November 18, 1978 in Mexico City, México) is a Mexican footballer. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Domínguez led the Mexican women's Olympic soccer team to the quarter-finals. Later in 2004, she accepted a two year contract from a second division Mexican men's football club Atlético Celaya. This was a previously unprecedented move. The Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación did not object, but deferred to FIFA headquarters in Zurich for an official ruling. A statement from FIFA ruled against mixed-sex football teams. From the report: "There must be a clear separation between men's and women's football." Furthermore, a ban was placed on Domínguez appearing in an exhibition game outside the league...