Mexico kicked off their World Cup Qualifying campaign against a depleted Jamaican side. While a win was expected, Jamaica made Mexico work and took advantage of Mexico’s mistakes. This is a microcosm of the World Cup Qualifying experience. Strap in for a bumpy ride.
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Gold Cup Blues
Mexico has basically sent their A-team to the Gold Cup and are in a group where the other 3 countries are ranked by FIFA as 127th, 103rd, and 69th in the world. It has cake walk written all over it. But as Mexico fans, you all know its never that easy in CONCACAF…
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Posted in Mexico National Team, Podcast, Recap
Tagged chicharito, CONCACAF, Gold Cup, Hector Herrera, hirving lozano, mexico
WTF Was That?
Yes, Mexico made it to the prestigious CONCACAF Nations League like we all predicted but it was a struggle getting there. Other than a 20-25 minute spurt in the first half did Mexico resemble itself. Costa Rica is no push over but they were missing several key players and were very far from full strength. So…. what happened?
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Happiness and Heartbreak
The dust has settled on a wild final weekend in Europe. While Hector Herrera celebrated winning La Liga, not every Mexican Abroad was so successful this weekend…
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Weekend Roundup: 5/3
Some league races are over but some are getting even closer…
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Weekend Roundup: 4/26
Chicha dropped a comeback performance and Arteaga lifted some silverware. What else happened?
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Weekend Roundup: 4/12
The dog days of the European season are here. Lets see how our Europeos fared this weekend.
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Weekend Roundup: 4/5
Post-FIFA date weekends are odd. With club teams essentially being “punished” for having internationals on their roster. It’s not ideal to have your player come back to your club after playing 180 minutes with his nation such as Hirving Lozano but here we are. Overall, a quiet weekend for Mexicans Abroad.
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Weekend Roundup: 3/15
A very meh weekend for Mexicans Abroad but has Efrain Alvarez finally made a decision?
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Tecatito and Porto upset Juventus
Not many gave Porto a chance to advance over Juventus, even with a 2-1 lead going into the return game. Apparently no one told them because they did not play scared against Cristiano Ronaldo and company.
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Tagged champions league, cristiano ronaldo, juventus, porto, tecatito