México jugó su último partido en suelo norteamericano antes del Mundial de Catar y la derrota 3-2 ante Colombia fue un perfecto resumen de la era de Gerardo Martino al mando del Tri: un inicio rampante, con un frondoso juego ofensivo, pero con un cierre espantoso, lleno de dudas y sin ideas.
Sí, el futuro no es alentador.
Gregg Berhalter and his United States men’s national team are on a one-way collision course with a nasty ass kicking in Qatar at the World Cup. On Tuesday the USMNT played its final friendly before the World Cup and pathetically tied lowly Saudi Arabia 0-0.
There are few words that can accurately describe how poor the U.S. has looked in the last two friendly games vs. Japan and Saudi Arabia. With no words to summarize these poor performances let’s just let one stat in particular speak.
Oh boy. After getting played off the pitch against Japan last Friday, our USMNT vs Saudi Arabia player ratings from Tuesday's friendly in Spain aren't much better.
Saudi Arabia entered the match having recently gone goalless against Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador, and that lack of a cutting edge was evident against the U.S. — although the Americans did take it in turns to gift opportunities to the Green Falcons.
Lo ideal era una despedida en el Estadio Azteca, en territorio nacional. Sin embargo, la FMF y sus compromisos comerciales determinaron que el último partido de México en suelo norteamericano previo al Mundial de Catar sea en el Levi's Stadium en California, Estados Unidos.
Ahí, el Tri enfrentará a la selección de Colombia – por primera vez en la era Martino – con varios cambios en relación al equipo que derrotó a Perú hace tres noches en el Rose Bowl.
A nine-game unbeaten run dating from November of 2021 came to an end for the USMNT U-20 on Saturday night after a tough 2-1 loss against Mexico in the Revelations Cup.
And although it is always difficult to lose against your biggest rival, it is also hard not to recognize the fact that one of the Mexican goals was an absolute beauty.
Mexico set the pace of the game at the beginning of the first half and built a 2-0 difference in less than 25 minutes, thanks to Christian Torres and Joshua Mancha.
¡Ufff! Qué desafío fue ver el México vs Perú sin pegarse un pestañazo. Sobre el césped del Rose Bowl de California, ambas selecciones dieron pena con falta de creatividad e incapacidad para generar opciones de peligros y terminaron produciendo un espectáculo pobrísimo y más aburrido que maratón de caracoles.
Torturador.
Lionel Messi was involved in all three of his team’s goals vs. Honduras on Friday as Argentina cruised to a 3-0 victory. The PSG forward is a man on a mission and he showed that at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami with this ridiculous chip shot.
In the 69th minute (nice) and Argentina leading 2-0, Messi scored a worldie. The goal was so nonchalant and peak Messi. He didn’t even look like he was trying, no first touch, just shoot.
Vikkstar123 set the internet ablaze with a wonderful finish past Cal the Dragon to set the stage for a phenomenal Sidemen Charity Match that saw Sidemen FC defeat the YouTube All Stars 8-7.
La última fecha FIFA antes del Mundial de Catar 2022 está en curso y México se prepara para medir fuerzas ante Perú.
Ante la cercanía de la Copa del Mundo – se inicia el próximo 20 de noviembre – ya no hay mucho tiempo para experimentos y va siendo hora de apretar tuercas e ir afinando los últimos detalles para un torneo en que el Tri deberá enfrentar a Argentina, Arabia Saudita y Polonia en fase de grupos.
Por lo mismo, ante Perú, veremos a varios de los jugadores que estarán en la lista final de Gerardo Martino.
This USMNT team is very young; they'll be the youngest at Qatar. Sometimes they look like serious 2026 World Cup contenders, sometimes they look lucky to have qualified for the 2022 tournament. Friday's 2-0 loss to Japan was a look at, as we outlined in our match preview, many of the worst-case scenarios for this team.