“We’re excited to welcome FC Juarez in their first-ever visit to Sacramento and continue providing our fans with another international friendly against a club in a top league,” said Republic FC President & COO Ben Gumpert. “This also gives us another chance to mix in our very talented Academy players against top flight competition.”

The FC Juarez friendly adds to Republic FC’s history of hosting international exhibitions against teams from Mexico’s Liga MX. The Indomitable Club has previously faced Atlas FC (twice), C.D. Guadalajara (Chivas), C.F. Pachuca and Club America U-20.

Founded in 2015, FC Juarez recently joined Liga MX ahead of the 2019 Apertura season, bringing first-division soccer back to the border city for the first time since 2010. Among their roster, Los Bravos feature right back Israel Jimenez who won the Gold Medal with Mexico in the 2012 London Olympics. Other current and former national team players on the roster include Angelo Sagal (Chile), Dario Lezcano (Paraguay) and Jefferson Intriago (Ecuador). Sagal is no stranger to Sacramento, having previously played for C.F. Pachuca when the Mexican side played Republic FC in a 2017 friendly at Papa Murphy’s Park.