Cotton Bowl Showdown
In an international friendly, Colombia beat Mexico 2-1. Both sides featured weakened lineups, with Mexico handing a debut national team start to Jonathan Dos Santos. His timid display epitomized that of Mexico, which gave away a PK in the first half that Colombia missed.
Humble Confidence
Javier Aguirre could easily have boasted about the return of El Tricolor, and about how he has now twice saved Mexico from the throes of World Cup embarrassment. Instead, the Mexican manager is not yet making plans for South Africa, but rather for the next World Cup qualifier.
Finger Pickin' Good
With the second batch of qualifiers a day away, it's time to pick your starting XI for both Mexico and the United States. Mexico welcome El Salvador to the Estadio Azteca, while the USMNT will travel to Trinidad and Tobago to take on the Soca Warriors. Pick your XI today!
Picking The Squads
Goal.com is getting set for a big weekend of World Cup qualifying action with big matches set all around the world. As always we give the readers a chance to pick the starting teams for Mexico on their visit to Costa Rica and the U.S. for their home match against El Salvador in Utah.
Tasty Win
Mexico's Javier Aguirre said that Mexico deserved to eat a taco after Wednesday's performance. After all, tacos are preferable to what Aguirre said the team had tasted of late. Mexico's 2-1 victory was also uplifting for scoring hero Miguel Sabah.
Azteca Reactions
The match is over and the dust has settled, so what went wrong for the U.S.? What did Mexico do right? Well, Goal.com has all the answers following El Tri's convincing 2-1 victory of the United States in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. Click ahead to find out the specifics.
Final Thoughts
With the match now less than 24 hours away, various people connected to it are chiming in with how they think it'll go. Los Angeles Galaxy coach Bruce Arena feels like Mexico have the advantage, while former USMNT player Jovan Kirovski loved the atmosphrere in Mexico City.
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