The Banyana Banyana pair of Jermaine Seoposenwe and Noxolo Cesane will be wearing different playing kits next season after parting ways with their clubs in the Mexican league, Liga MX Femenil.
Both players are currently in camp with the South African Senior Women’s National Team as they await the announcement of the final squad that will travel to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The two African Champions were instrumental in helping South Africa lift the 2022 CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Cesane joined Tigres Femenil in February this year from French side Stade de Reims Féminines – she previously played for Hollywoodbets Super League side University of the Western Cape (UWC).
But she spent only five months in Mexico until the end of the season.
The South African forward is now focused on the upcoming global women’s football spectacle, during which time she will be looking for possible suitors to join post the tournament.
And just like that another journey comes to an end! Today I bid farewell to @fcjuarezfemenil.
I want to thank the club for the opportunity. Together we made history, and I know the people of Juarez will always remember that. I want to wish the club and it’s fans everything of the best for the future.
Gracias a todas!
Seoposenwe announced her move on social media, saying she has left FC Juarez – which she joined in August last year.
She is now on the books of one of the biggest teams in the league, Club de Fútbol Monterrey Femenil, also known as CF Monterrey.
The forward made a huge impact at her previous employers, and rewrote the history books in women’s football in Mexico.
She scored the fastest goal in Liga MX Femenil, just a month after signing for FC Juarez – this was when she bagged a brace (Monday, 26 September 2022) in a 3-0 victory over Necaxa and named Player of the Match.
Her influence continued when the club made history by qualifying for their first ever Liguilla (play-offs) in the league, but lost out in the quarterfinals.
Seoposenwe joined FC Juarez from Portuguese outfit SC Braga shortly before the start of the 2022 TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) in Morocco. She netted two goals in the tournament in North Africa – one each against Nigeria and Tunisia.
The Capetonian has also played for Real Betis in Spain as well as Gintra Universitetas from Lithuania.
At national team level, Seoposenwe is a Continental Champion, in addition to have participated in the 2010 FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup, the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, as well as featuring in the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
She has signed a two year contract and will join her new teammates at CF Monterrey after the World Cup.
FACT FILE
- C.F. Monterrey Femenil is a Mexican professional women’s football club based in Guadalupe, Nuevo León, that competes in the Liga MX Femenil
- The team plays its home matches at Estadio BBVA
- Monterrey Femenil is one of only four clubs that have claimed the Liga MX Femenil title, winning it twice
- The club plays a local derby known as the Clásico Regiomontano Femenil against city rivals Tigres UANL (Cesane’s former club).
Multiple league finals and first title
- Monterrey reached its first league final in the Clausura 2018 against city rivals Tigres – the latter won 4-2 after a 4–4 draw on aggregate
- Monterrey once again reached the league final in the Clausura 2019 – similar to the Clausura 2018, Tigres ended up winning the final again with an aggregate score line of 3–2
- In the Apertura 2019, Monterrey again faced Tigres in the final, but this time they won 2-1 on aggregate to claim their first title in history
- The Clausura 2020 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 to present
- CF Monterey lifted their second league title by winning the Apertura 2021 tournament after defeating Tigres on penalties (1–3) following a 2–2 draw on aggregate
- Eva Espejo (formerly with Pachuca) became the first woman manager in history to win the Liga MX Femenil title in 2021
- On the Clausura 2022, Monterrey ended the regular phase of the tournament 1st with 43 pts, but was eliminated in the semi-finals of the playoffs by Pachuca
Monterrey Femenil play its home matches at the 53, 500 seats Estadio BBVA.
Colloquially known as “El Gigante de Acero” (Spanish for “The Steel Giant”), the stadium is located in the adjacent city of Guadalupe, part of the Greater Monterrey area.
By Matlhomola Morake
