México beats Brazil’s Junior Varsity, 2-0

FIFA Rankings:
Brazil - 3
México - 26
I know these rankings are skewed due to the absence of Brazil’s biggest stars (Kaká and Ronaldinho), as well as 3 of México’s “Europeos” (Salcido, Osorio and Pardo), but nonetheless as a Mexican I have to be happy about the outcome of tonight’s Copa América matchup.
We were out during the [...]

Benny Feilhaber and Maxi Rodríguez, separated at birth?

Another do or die match, another loss by México in a very winnable situation. This time the stakes were a little higher (I suppose) than the match against Argentina in Germany 2006.
Playing the role of Maxi Rodríguez was American Benny Feilhaber who booted a beautiful shot over a diving Oswaldo Sánchez.
Like Rodríguez’ masterpiece, Feilhaber’s [...]

Pável Pardo propels México to showdown with USA

FIFA rankings:
México: 26th
Guadeloupe: not recognized by FIFA because it is a French territory and thus part of the French Republic (it would be like Texas having a FIFA ranking)
Yet México once again fails to capitalize on numerous clear scoring chances. It’s a good thing interim captain Pável Pardo scored on that beautifully [...]

Juneteenth tragedy reveals the heart’s bondage to sin

Juneteenth (June 19) is a big deal here in Texas amongst the Black community. Why? Because it celebrates the day in which the words of the Emancipation Proclamation made their way to Texas. That speech given by President Lincoln promised freedom to slaves living in the Confederacy.
Recently in Austin, a [...]

México survives Panamá

FIFA rankings:
México- 20th
Panamá - 60th
Yet, Panamá outplayed a more talented El Tri (on paper at least). Panamá should have won this match, had they been attacking and not sitting on the tie in the first half.
Thanks to the 1-0 victory, México avoids the ignominy of losing to the USA in the quarterfinals. At [...]

Mexico self-destructs against Honduras

FIFA rankings:
Mexico - 20th
Honduras - 55th
Yet, on a sunny day at Giants Stadium, Mexico looked outmatched and really should have lost this one by more than one goal. Even before Cuauhtémoc Blanco was sent off for elbowing a rather promiscuous Honduran defender, Mexico was poised to lose this match (Blanco should have known better [...]

Shoddy Mexico edges Cuba

If not for a the mistake of Cuba’s geriatric goalkeeper, Mexico ties with an “inferior” Cuban squad. What is going on with El Tri? C’mon this is the one sport that Mexico is competitive at and they play like this?
Granted perhaps I fall into the trap discussed in the previous post, thinking that [...]

So Mexico, England, and Spain are sitting at a bar…

Yes, I know and understand that last night’s Mexico’s 1-0 loss to Paraguay was only a friendly (Click here for a good recap). I know that Hugool is still getting a feel for his squad, as he mixes and matches with different combinations of players (I refuse to even bring up Saturday’s 4-0 shellacking [...]

UFC Saint on a “Rampage”

The first time I ran across the Ultimate Fighting Championship was way back in 1994. I was sitting there in High School Physics class when a classmate went on and on about some guy named Royce Gracie, an unassuming gent who became quite the legend by demonstrating that sinewy Brazilians can outfight brawlers of [...]