- Mexico–United States football rivalry
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Mexico – United States rivalry North American Derby City or region North America / CONCACAF First contested May 24, 1934 (MEX 2–4 USA) Teams involved 
Mexico vs. 
United StatesNumber of meetings 60 Most wins Mexico (33 wins) Most recent meeting August 10, 2011 (MEX 1–1 USA) Next meeting TBD All-time series 33–15–12 (Mexico) Largest victory MEX 6–0 USA (September 4, 1949) The Mexico–United States football rivalry is a competitive sports rivalry that exists between the national association football teams of the two countries, widely considered as the two major powers of the CONCACAF federation. Matches between the two nations often attract much media attention, public interest and comment in both countries, but especially in Mexico. Although the first match was played in 1934, the footballing rivalry was not considered a major rivalry until recently.
Mexico leads the overall series with United States 33-15-12 (W-L-T), outscoring the U.S.131-68.
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Origin
The first match between the two sides was a qualifying match in Mussolini's Italy. There was one last ticket to qualify for in the 1934 World Cup. The month long voyage that both Mexico and the United States embarked on, all the way to Italy, was approached a little differently.[citation needed] In the Mexican ship, the Mexican players rarely did any exercise. Overconfident, the Mexicans felt that the United States could be superior in many aspects to Mexico but not in soccer. Although Mexican football was nominally amateur at the time, and no national league existed until 1943, Mexico had well-established local leagues throughout the country.[citation needed] Soccer was embraced in Mexico since the creation of the first soccer team there, Pachuca F.C. in the late 19th century.[citation needed] Where soccer was seen as a foreign sport in the United States, in Mexico, like many Latin American nations, was embraced from the start as part of their culture.[citation needed] The US had established a professional league in 1921, but it had folded in 1933. As a result, the Mexican players arrived in Italy overweight and overconfident about an "easy" win. In the meantime, the American delegation approached the month long journey to Italy very differently. American players were exercising and training aboard the ship. When they got to Italy, they were in much better shape than the Mexico players. The final score was United States 4–2 Mexico. Mexico was sent back home, humiliated and without a World Cup ticket. A defeat to the United States in soccer is considered an embarrassment to the Mexican national character.[citation needed] Three years later, Mexico began a winning streak over the US in friendlies 7–2, 7–3, and 5–1 in Mexico City.[citation needed]
Recent years
The rivalry continues to play out most often in annual friendlies, usually scheduled during the early months in U.S. cities with large Mexican American populations such as Los Angeles, Houston, Phoenix, and Chicago. The most important matchups take place in quadrennial World Cup qualification matches and major tournaments such as the CONCACAF Gold Cup and Copa América.
On neutral territory, the series is tied 2-2. In addition, the lone World Cup finals match between the two countries, a knockout, Round of 16 meeting at the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Jeonju, South Korea, resulted in a 2-0 victory for the United States.
Mexico has never lost to the United States at home, owning a 23-0-1 (W-L-T) record on their native soil. Mexico has won in the United States seven times, compiling a record of 7-13-9 (W-L-T). The overall Mexican record in the US, however, does not reflect the current competitive nature of the series. Since their 1999 win in the U.S. Cup, Mexico has been 2-9-3 on U.S. soil.
To date, only two players, Martin Vasquez and Edgar Castillo, have played for both nations. Castillo who was born in Las Cruces, New Mexico first debuted with the Mexican side in August 2007 under then manager Hugo Sánchez of which whom was also part of the 2008 CONCACAF Men Pre-Olympic Tournament. Castillo played his first game for the United States, a friendly against Denmark in 2009.
The two sides drew their most recent meeting, a 1-1 match on August 10, 2011.
Games
Date Location Competition Result May 24, 1934 
Stadio Nazionale, Rome, Italy1934 FIFA World Cup Qualifier 
United States 4–2Sep 12, 1937 
Mexico City, D.F.Friendly Mexico 7–2Sep 19, 1937 Mexico City, D.F.Friendly Mexico 7–3Sep 26, 1937 Mexico City, D.F.Friendly Mexico 5–1Jul 13, 1947 
Havana, Cuba1947 NAFC Championship Mexico 5–0Sep 4, 1949 Estadio de los Deportes, Mexico City, D.F.1949 NAFC Championship § Mexico 6–0Sep 18, 1949 Estadio de los Deportes, Mexico City, D.F.1949 NAFC Championship § Mexico 6–2Jan 10, 1954 Estadio de los Deportes, Mexico City, D.F.1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 4–0Jan. 14, 1954 Estadio de los Deportes, Mexico City, D.F.1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 3–1Apr 7, 1957 Estadio de los Deportes, Mexico City, D.F.1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 6–0Apr 28, 1957 Los Angeles, California1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 7–2Nov 6, 1960 Los Angeles, California1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier 3–3 Nov 13, 1960 Mexico City, D.F.1962 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 3–0Mar 7, 1965 Los Angeles, California1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier 2–2 Mar 12, 1965 Mexico City, D.F.1966 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 2–0Sep 3, 1972 Mexico City, D.F.1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 3–1Sep 10, 1972 Los Angeles, California1974 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 2–1Oct 16, 1973 Puebla, PueblaFriendly Mexico 2–0Sep 5, 1974 Monterrey, Nuevo LeónFriendly Mexico 3–1Sep 8, 1974 Dallas, TexasFriendly Mexico 1–0Aug 24, 1975 Mexico City, D.F.Friendly Mexico 2–0Oct 3, 1976 Los Angeles, California1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier 0–0 Oct 15, 1976 Puebla, Puebla1978 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 3–0Sep 27, 1977 Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey, Nuevo LeónFriendly Mexico 3–0Nov 9, 1980 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, D.F.1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 5–1Nov 23, 1980 Fort Lauderdale, Florida1982 FIFA World Cup qualifier United States 2–1Oct 17, 1984 Estadio Neza '86, Mexico City, D.F.Friendly Mexico 2–1May 10, 1990 
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada1990 North American Nations Cup Mexico 1–0Mar 12, 1991 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California1991 North American Nations Cup 2–2 Jul 5, 1991 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinal United States 2–0Jul 25, 1993 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, D.F.1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup final Mexico 4–0Oct 13, 1993 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.Friendly 1–1 Jun 4, 1994 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CaliforniaFriendly United States 1–0Jun 18, 1995 RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.1995 U.S. Cup United States 4–0Jul 17, 1995 
Estadio Parque Artigas, Paysandú, Uruguay1995 Copa America Quarterfinal United States 0–0 (4-1) PSOJun 16, 1996 Los Angeles, California1996 U.S. Cup 2–2 Jan 19, 1997 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California1997 U.S. Cup Mexico 2–0Apr 20, 1997 Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier 2–2 Nov 2, 1997 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, D.F.1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier 0–0 Feb 15, 1998 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California1998 CONCACF Gold Cup final Mexico 1–0Mar 13, 1999 Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego, California1999 U.S. Cup Mexico 2–1Aug 1, 1999 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, D.F.1999 FIFA Confederations Cup semifinal Mexico 1–0 aet (0–0)Jun 11, 2000 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey2000 U.S. Cup United States 3–0Oct 25, 2000 Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CaliforniaFriendly United States 2–0Feb 28, 2001 Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier United States 2–0Jul 1, 2001 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, D.F.2002 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 1–0Apr 3, 2002 Invesco Field at Mile High, Denver, ColoradoFriendly United States 1–0Jun 17, 2002 
Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju, South Korea2002 FIFA World Cup Round Of 16 United States 2–0May 8, 2003 Reliant Stadium, Houston, TexasFriendly 0–0 Apr 28, 2004 Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TexasFriendly United States 1–0Mar 27, 2005 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, D.F.2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 2–1Sep 3, 2005 Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio2006 FIFA World Cup qualifier United States 2–0Feb 7, 2007 University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, ArizonaFriendly United States 2–0Jun 24, 2007 Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup final United States 2–1Feb 6, 2008 Reliant Stadium, Houston, TexasFriendly 2–2 Feb 11, 2009 Columbus Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier United States 2–0Jul 26, 2009 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup final Mexico 5–0Aug 12, 2009 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City, D.F.2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier Mexico 2–1Jun 25, 2011 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup final Mexico 4–2Aug 10, 2011 Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFriendly 1–1 - Notes
- § Matches were also used as qualifiers for the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Statistics
Matches For Mexico Draw For USA Goals 60 33 12 15 MEX 131 / USA 68Main Championship Titles Mexico United States Confederations Cup 1 0 U-17 World Cup[1] 2 0 CONCACAF Gold Cup/
CONCACAF Championship9 4 Pan American Games 4 1 Qualification Tournaments Titles Mexico United States CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament 5 2 CONCACAF Under-20 Championship 11 1 CONCACAF U17 Championship 6 2 Women's football
The rivalry is less hostile in the Women's Football world, but still as important. Most games have been played at US ground. One game did take place at the Estadio Azteca on 1999 which ended 0-0. They also played in the 2008 U-20 CONCACAF Women's Championship did take place in Puebla, Mexico. Where the US U-20 won the Mexico U-20 2-0. The Mexican women's team have only defeated the US only twice, at the 2007 Pan American Games in Brazil. Mexico would win 3-2 after being down 2 goals. The other time was the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup semifinal, where they won 1-0. This win got the Mexican women to their second Women's World Cup. While the match at the Pan American Games is not considered official by both associations and FIFA, the match at the Gold Cup is official.
References
- 1. FIFA.com
External links
Categories:- Mexico national football team
- United States men's national soccer team
- International association football rivalries
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