Part of the mysticism and philosophy of Pumas throughout its history is to be a soccer training club, which relied on foreigners and Mexicans (from other clubs) who made a difference, and even its youth system became one of the most productive in Mexican soccer, but today it is different , because the work in basic forces is not reflected on the field of play, due to the fact that there are fewer and fewer homegrown players in the starting 11 auriazul.
The presence of the quarry in the stellar eleven has been decreasing over time and in recent tournaments (including the current one) it has been evident. Even, until not long ago, with Andres Lillini, in the technical direction, the youth production was noticeable, since he, in addition to debuting 15 youth players, gave them minutes of play; However, in his last tournament in charge of him (AP22) the decrease in homegrown players in the starting 11 was notorious, since there were games in which he played five and others in which only one.
And currently it is not the exception, because already from the hand of Rafael River Bridgethere are very few homegrown players who have the privilege of being considered in the starting 11 auriazul.
In fact, in eight days that go up to the time of the Closing Tournament 2023The most they have used are three starting homegrown players and it was in the first two dates, the rest of the games have only been two or even one, as happened on Matchday 3 and 8 where they recently lost 1-2 with Chivas.
And the rest of the university 11 that starts each game is made up of foreigners and Mexicans trained in other clubs, despite this, Puente already has two debut youth squad players (José González and Pablo Monroy) as well as two more Mexicans, but trained in the Liga de Expansion (Jonathan Sánchez and Edgar Alaffita).
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