Mexico national football team 2008

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During 2008, the Mexico national football team, or el tricolor, played a total of 15 games, from which 8 were official 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification games for Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.

The Mexican team started its quest for one of the three berths given automatically to CONCACAF by FIFA, the team byes to Second Round and defeated Belize, winner of Group 2A from the First Round. Mexico, top seed of Group 3 of the Third Round, qualified as second place to the Fourth Round, after being defeated by Honduras in the last game played in San Pedro Sula. Honduras qualified as first place.

Record

Competition	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
International Friendly	7	4	1	2	12	9	3
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, 2nd. round	2	2	0	0	9	0	9
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, 3rd. round	6	3	1	2	9	6	3
Total	15	9	2	4	30	15	15

Effectiveness

Results	%	TG	H	A
Won	60.0%	9	7	2
Drawn	13.3%	2	0	2
Lost	27.7%	4	2	2
Total	100%	15	9	6

Goal Scorers

Player	Goals
Fernando Arce	5
Carlos Vela	3
Jared Borgetti	3
Pável Pardo	3
Andrés Guardado	3
Jonny Magallón	3
Carlos Salcido	2
Vicente Matías Vuoso	2
César Villaluz	1
Antônio "Sinha" Naelson	1
Omar Bravo	1
Rafael Márquez	1
Leobardo López	1
Total	29

Bookings

Player	Total
Carlos Salcido	5	5	0
Gerardo Torrado	4	3	1
Fernando Arce	3	3	0
Rafael Márquez	3	3	0
Andrés Guardado	2	2	0
Carlos Vela	2	1	1
Luis Ernesto Pérez	1	1	0
Jared Borgetti	1	1	0
Jonny Magallón	1	1	0
Cuauhtémoc Blanco	1	1	0
Diego Martínez	1	1	0
Antônio "Sinha" Naelson	1	1	0
Total	25	23	2

Achievements

• 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF Fourth Round: Qualified.

Schedule

International friendlies

6 February 2008	United States	2 – 2	Mexico	Houston, United States
21:00 UTC-6	Onyewu  29' Altidore  39'	(Report)	Magallón  34', 47'	Stadium: Reliant Stadium Attendance: 70,103[1] Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

26 March 2008	Ghana	1 – 2	Mexico	London, England
20:00 UTC±0	Essien  55'	(Report)	Salcido  77' Pardo  86' (pen.)	Stadium: Craven Cottage Referee: Rob Styles (England)

16 April 2008	Mexico	1 – 0	China PR	Seattle, United States
20:00 UTC-7	Villaluz  14'	(Report)		Stadium: Qwest Field

4 June 2008	Mexico	1 – 4	Argentina	San Diego, United States
20:00 UTC-7	Sinha  62'	(Report)	Burdisso  11' Messi  18' Rodríguez  29' Agüero  70'	Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium Attendance: 68,498[2] Referee: Mauricio Navarro (Canada)

8 June 2008	Mexico	4 – 0	Peru	Chicago, United States
19:00 UTC-5	Arce  5', 28' Guardado  8' Vela  21'	(Report)		Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 33,608[3] Referee: Mark Geiger (United States)

24 September 2008	Mexico	0 – 1	Chile	Los Angeles, United States
20:00 UTC-7		(Report)	Valenzuela  75' (o.g.)	Stadium: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 32,924[4] Referee: Kevin Stott (United States)

12 November 2008	Mexico	2 – 1	Ecuador	Phoenix, United States
20:00 UTC-7	López  50' Vuoso  90+3'	(Report)	Mina  8'	Stadium: Chase Field Referee: Alex Prus (United States)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (Second round)

15 June 2008	Belize	0 – 2	Mexico	Houston, United States[note 1]
15:30 UTC-5		(Report)	Vela  66' Borgetti  90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Reliant Stadium Attendance: 50,137 Referee: Javier Santillán (Netherlands Antilles)

21 June 2008	Mexico	7 – 0	Belize	San Nicolás, Mexico
21:00 UTC-5	Vela  7' Guardado  33' Arce  45+1', 48' Borgetti  62', 90+4' Lennen  90+2' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (Canada)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (Third round)

20 August 2008	Mexico	2 – 1	Honduras	Mexico City, Mexico
20:00 UTC-5	Pardo  73', 75'	(Report)	de León  36'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 81,100 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)

6 September 2008	Mexico	3 – 0	Jamaica	Mexico City, Mexico[note 2]
17:00 UTC-5	Guardado  3' Arce  33' Magallón  63'	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 96,000 Referee: Baldomero Toledo (United States)

10 September 2008	Mexico	2 – 1	Canada	Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico
20:00 UTC-5	Bravo  59' Márquez  73'	(Report)	Gerba  78'	Stadium: Estadio Víctor Manuel Reyna Attendance: 29,900 Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)

11 October 2008	Jamaica	1 – 0	Mexico	Kingston, Jamaica[note 2]
19:00 UTC-5	Fuller  34'	(Report)		Stadium: Independence Park Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Walter Quesada (Costa Rica)

15 October 2008	Canada	2 – 2	Mexico	Edmonton, Canada
19:00 UTC-6	Gerba  13' Radzinski  50'	(Report)	Salcido  35' Vuoso  64'	Stadium: Commonwealth Stadium Attendance: 14,145 Referee: Enrico Wijngaarde (Suriname)

19 November 2008	Honduras	1 – 0	Mexico	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
19:00 UTC-6	Osorio  52' (o.g.)	(Report)		Stadium: Estadio Olimpico Metropolitano Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

Notes

1. ^ Belize elected to play their home leg in the United States.^[5]
2. ^ ^{a b} The two matches between Jamaica and Mexico had their playing dates reversed due to Hurricane Gustav.^[6]

References

1. ^ "Magallon scores twice, lifts Mexico to draw with U.S.". USA Today. 2 February 2008. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2008-02-06-us-mexico_N.htm. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
2. ^ Furchau, Nick; Aceves, Joel (5 June 2008). "Argentina is awesome in 4-1 win over Mexico". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/05/sports/sp-mexico5. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
3. ^ "Cruising to Victory Mexico Tops Peru 4-0 at Soldier Field". lasoccernews.com. 8 June 2008. http://www.lasoccernews.com/teams/mexico2.php?article_id=2991. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
4. ^ Green, Nick (24 September 2008). "Final Result: Chile-Mexico from the Coliseum". insidesocal.com. http://www.insidesocal.com/soccer/2008/09/final-result-chilemexico-from.html. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 
5. ^ Mexico-Belize World Cup qualifier moved to Houston, ESPN, 15 April 2008.
6. ^ "Hurricane Gustav forces Mexico-Jamaica qualifier to Azteca". soccerbyives.net. 1 September 2008. http://www.soccerbyives.net/soccer_by_ives/2008/09/hurricane-gusta.html. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 

See also

• FIFA World Cup
• Mexican Football Federation