Osos de Toluca

{{short description|Mexican American football team}} {{Infobox American football team | name = Osos de Toluca | bgcolor = #002342 | fontcolor = #25AAE1 | current = | uniform = LFA Osos Toluca Uniforme 2020.png | uniformsize = 230px | helmet = | helmetsize = 135px | logo = Osos Toluca logo.png | established = {{start date and age|2018|9|4|df=y}} | folded = 2022 | location = [[Toluca]], [[State of Mexico]], [[Mexico]] | field = Universidad Siglo XXI | league = {{nowrap|[[Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional]]}}<br>2019–2021 | division = Central Division | colours = Navy, silver, sky blue, white<br />{{color box|#002342}} {{color box|#BCBDC0}} {{color box|#25AAE1}} {{color box|white}} | nickname = ''Tolucosos'' | coach = Michel Esquivel | manager = | owner = | div_champ_type = Division Championships | div_champs = | league_champ_type = | league_champs = | mascot = | website = }} '''Osos de Toluca''' (English: ''Toluca Bears'') were an [[American football]] team based in [[Toluca]], [[Mexico]]. The Osos competed in the Central Division of the [[Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional]], the top American football league in Mexico. During its existence, the team never made it to playoffs.

==History== The team was founded on 4 September 2018, as the second team of the 2019 Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional expansion (the other being the [[Artilleros Puebla|Artilleros]]), and the eight team overall in the LFA.<ref>{{cite news|title=Osos de Toluca, la nueva franquicia de la LFA|agency=LFA|url=http://lfa.mx/osos-de-toluca-la-nueva-franquicia-de-la-lfa/|date=4 September 2018|accessdate=22 November 2018|language=Spanish}}</ref>

The name of the team refers to the [[mexican grizzly bear]], today extinct. As a curious fact, [[Toluca]] already had two sports teams with the name of Osos (Spanish for "bears"): a baseball team, Osos Negros de Toluca (Toluca Black Bears) and a football team, Osos Grises (Gray Bears); both teams are now defunct.

On 17 September 2018, Horacio García Aponte, college national champion in 2017 with [[Borregos Salvajes Toluca]], was named head coach of the team.<ref>{{cite news|title=Osos de Toluca, ya tiene Head Coach|agency=LFA|url=https://lfa.mx/osos-de-toluca-ya-tiene-head-coach/|date=17 September 2018|accessdate=22 November 2018|language=Spanish}}</ref>

In their debut season, the team won only two games, finishing the regular season with a 2–6 record and as the last overall classified team.

In July 2020, head coach Horacio García left the team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Horacio García se despide como head coach de los Osos Toluca LFA|url=https://maximoavance.com/2020/07/horacio-garcia-se-despide-como-head-coach-de-los-osos-toluca-lfa/|website=Máximo Avance|date=5 July 2020|access-date=2 September 2020|language=es}}</ref>

The team folded in January 2022, prior to the beginning of the [[2022 LFA season]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Osos Toluca se despide de la liga LFA|url=https://www.elsoldetoluca.com.mx/deportes/osos-toluca-se-despide-de-la-liga-lfa-7474484.html|website=El Sol de Toluca|first=Domingo|last=Fernández|date=14 November 2021|access-date=10 January 2022|language=es}}</ref>

==Stadium== The Osos played their home games at the Universidad Siglo XXI. The university's field was conditioned with stands so it could seat 4,000 people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Osos Toluca jugarán en Zinacantepec|publisher=QS Noticias|url=https://qsnoticias.mx/osos-toluca-jugaran-en-zinacantepec/|date=2 February 2019|accessdate=6 March 2019|language=Spanish}}</ref>

==Season-by-season== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; width:65em" |- ! rowspan="2" | Season ! rowspan="2" | Head coach ! colspan="4" | Regular season ! colspan="4" | Postseason |- ! Won ! Lost ! Win % ! Finish ! Won ! Lost ! Win % ! Result |- ! [[2019 LFA season|2019]] | Horacio García | 2 | 6 | .250 | 4th {{small|(North)}} | – | – | – | – |- ! [[2020 LFA season|2020]] | Horacio García | 1 | 4 | .200 | 4th {{small|(Central)}} | colspan=4| ''Post season not held'' |- ! [[2021 LFA season|2021]] | colspan=9| ''Season cancelled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico|COVID-19 pandemic]]'' |- ! colspan="2" | Total ! 3 ! 10 ! .230 ! ! – ! – ! – ! |}

==Notable players== ''See [[:Category:Osos de Toluca players]]''

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:2018 establishments in Mexico]] [[Category:American football teams established in 2018]] [[Category:Defunct American football teams in Mexico]] [[Category:Sport in Toluca]] [[Category:Sports clubs and teams in the State of Mexico]]