Alicia Vargas
Alicia "La Pelé" Vargas (born 1954) is a Mexican former footballer who played for the Mexico Women's National Football Team in the first two Women's World Cups, organised by the International European Federation of Women's Soccer, in 1970 and 1971. In 1999 she was named third best woman of the Century by CONCACAF, jointly with Julie Foudy. Career Vargas played football in the streets as a youth, with her brothers and other boys. Despite opposition from her parents, she continued to play and debuted aged 14 at the Guadalajara club, Mexico City. In 1970, aged 16, she played for the Mexico Women's National Football Team in the first Women's World Cup in Italy. In the quarter-finals Vargas scored 2 of Mexico's 9 goals, against Austria and the team won the game 9–0. Overall the team gained 3rd place, winning 3–2 against England in the 3rd place play off, and Vargas was offered a contract with Real Torino which she chose not to accept. It was around this time that Vargas gained the nickname "La Pelé", a reference to the highly regarded Brazilian player known as Pelé. In 1971 Vargas played again in the Women's World Cup, this time in Mexico.