UNITED STATES vs MEXICO

[Pigslilspaz]

Match is at 5PM Pacific, 8PM Eastern showing on ESPN2.

Match is being played at Estadio Azteca, a 100,000+ Capacity hell hole at 7,000+ ft alt in the middle of Mexico City

United States have not won in Mexico, and their best result has been a draw. However, the United States had never beat Italy, but broke that streak earlier this year, in Stadio Luigi Ferraris, where Italy had never lost a game in the stadium's history.

Notable absences for the US are Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey (4th for most goals in the English Premier League last season, only behind Wayne Rooney, Robin van Persie, and Sergio Aguero), and Captain Carlos Bocanegra.

The highest scoring American in the history of the National Team, Landon Donovan, will be looking to score his 50th goal with the United States, and the current goal leader in MLS and winner of the Golden Boot in 2010 and runner up in 2011, Chris Wondolowski, will be looking to score his first international goal.

ROSTERS

USA:

Goalkeepers (3): Tim Howard (Everton, England), Sean Johnson (Chicago Fire), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

Defenders (6): Matt Besler (Sporting Kansas City), Steven Beithasour (San Jose Earthquakes), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City, England), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana, Mexico), Michael Orozco Fiscal (San Luis, Mexico), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim, Germany)

Midfielders (9): DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla, Mexico), Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana, Mexico), Maurice Edu (Rangers, Scotland), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04, Germany), Jose Torres (Pachuca, Mexico), Brek Shea (FC Dallas), Danny Williams (Hoffenheim, Germany), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

Forwards (5): Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna, Austria), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Herculez Gomez (Santos Laguna, Mexico), Chris Wondolowski (San Jose Earthquakes), Alan Gordon (San Jose Earthquakes)



Mexico:

Goalkeepers (2): Guillermo Ochoa (Ajaccio, France), Alfredo Talavera (Toluca)

Defenders (7): Francisco Javier Rodríguez (Stuttgart, Germany), Héctor Moreno (Espanyol, Spain), Severo Meza (Monterrey), Hugo Ayala (UANL Tigres), Jorge Torres Nilo (UANL Tigres), Enrique Pérez (Morelia), Adrian Aldrete (Club América)

Midfielders (6): Jesús Zavala (Monterrey), Manuel Viniegra (UANL Tigres), Edgar Gerardo Lugo (Santos Laguna), Pablo Barrera (Cruz Azul), Andrés Guardado (Valencia, Spain), Ángel Reyna (Monterrey)

Forwards (3): Elías Hernández (UANL Tigres), Aldo de Nigris (Monterrey), Javier Hernández (Manchester United, England)

[Babalonian]

What's the odds from Vegas?   

[shiv]

Weird roster, lot of players missing. No Dempsey, Bradley, Bocanegra, Donovan or Altidore. And Alan Gordon gets his first call up at age 31. Klinsmann is either crazy or a genius.

[crazyivan]

*yawn* Thank Gawd real football starts next month.

[SEraider]

*yawn* Thank Gawd real football starts next month.

Whatever.

[SEraider]

Mexico is playing great at the moment.  US is still in change mode.  I think US will have a solid team for 2014 though.

[Pigslilspaz]

*yawn* Thank Gawd real football starts next month.

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Weird roster, lot of players missing. No Dempsey, Bradley, Bocanegra, Donovan or Altidore. And Alan Gordon gets his first call up at age 31. Klinsmann is either crazy or a genius.

Donovan is in it I'm damn sure, although he might be in just the 22, and not the 18.  Also, Gordon has been a phenomenal sub for the Earthquakes this year, with 9 goals, and .98 goals/ 90 minutes, including 3 game wining/tying goals in 3 games in a row. I think Klinsmann might be trying to get the Quakes chemistry with Gordon/Wondo up top and feeding in balls to them from Beitashour (Also a first cap from him, and making it official he would be a US player, since before this, he had the option of playing for Iran.)

[crazyivan]

Whatever.

*yawn* kick ball around. Let Mexico score, get back on bus.

[guncrasher]

*yawn* kick ball around. Let Mexico score, get back on bus.

crazy not everybody likes to hold balls in their hands like you do  .


semp

[xbrit]

*yawn* Thank Gawd real football starts next month.

They are talking football not "Throwball"

[Pigslilspaz]

Woo!

Final score 1-0 USA. Goal in the 80th minute by Michael Orozco, assist by Terrance Boyd.

Would have easily been Mexico's win 3-1 or worse if it wasn't for some great defensive work by Geoff Cameron and 2 heart stopping saves by GK Tim Howard. Cameron actually had just been traded from the Houston Dynamo to Stoke City in England, and this game easily proved that Stoke is getting their money's worth in my opinion.

[Reschke]

Honestly I could care less. If our team couldn't make it to the Olympics and we haven't even been in the hunt for a world cup as a mens team it really doesn't matter. Soccer in the US is a girl sport and we are pretty good at it in the WOMENS GROUP but the boys that play it; just play it because they can't/won't or their moms will not let them play other sports. That is the honest to goodness truth.

[Pigslilspaz]

Honestly I could care less. If our team couldn't make it to the Olympics and we haven't even been in the hunt for a world cup as a mens team it really doesn't matter. Soccer in the US is a girl sport and we are pretty good at it in the WOMENS GROUP but the boys that play it; just play it because they can't/won't or their moms will not let them play other sports. That is the honest to goodness truth.

Fun fact, the Men's tournament in the olympics is U-23. In otherwords, College players, very few pros for the most part, and we have been doing quite well in the WC lately. And it really isn't a womens sport in the US when the US Men's U-17 team beat the Womens senior team.

And if you think what you said is the truth, you my friend are sadly mistaken.

[Bruv119]

well done USA,  crazy and Reschke the sooner you guys accept that football is the world's favourite sport BY FAR, the better.

Trying to be-little your own countries achievements at anything is pretty weak.   

Keep up your fantastic match analysis and enthusiasm pigslilspaz.

[Pigslilspaz]

well done USA,  crazy and Reschke the sooner you guys accept that football is the world's favourite sport BY FAR, the better.

Trying to be-little your own countries achievements at anything is pretty weak.   

Keep up your fantastic match analysis and enthusiasm pigslilspaz.

Thanks man, just bummed that last weekend was probably the last home game I get to see this season since I move back to school this week. Oh well, San Jose always has a friendly at my school each year.