The United States, the “Concacaf giant” that celebrates four years without losing to Mexico

One of the most interesting rivalries in world football at the national team level is the one between them USA vs. Mexico, with both teams fighting inch by inch to be the winners “CONCACAF GIANT”. In this particular face to face, USMNT squad He accumulates a fair number of games without losing to the Aztecs, which equates to four years without defeat.

Last time that The Mexicans beat the Americans in a friendly match on September 6, 2019 (0-3)This is the same match that came after “El Tre” defeated a team led by Gregg Berhalter in the Gold Cup final (1-0) in the summer of that year. In both matches, the United States failed to score against its arch rival, but then everything changed in its favor.

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Although it is true that as a result of the coronavirus pandemic they did not face it in 2020, however In 2021, there have been three duels in which the USA has been put down the middle against Mexicobecause they made those led by Gerardo “Tata” Martino see the clear growth they have achieved and the change of direction in the football area.

The first of them arrived the end of CONCACAF Nations League On June 6, USMNT defeated the Aztecs 3-2Where Christian Pulisic and Ethan Horvath were heroes to lead their national team to the championship. The second blow came quickly in the Gold Cup final, a match in which Berhalter’s team participated They beat Martino’s team 1-0 from Las Vegas.

To conclude that year in the qualifiers for Qatar 2022, The Americans won 2-0 at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati and emerged as the best team in CONCACAF. By being invincible against El Tri in 2021. This continued in 2022 in the second leg on the road that would take them to the World Cup, where the result at the Estadio Azteca was 0-0.

Parenthood continues in 2023

After the results they achieved in previous years, by 2023 Mexico were expected to relieve the pressure without Gerardo Martino, but with Diego Coca at the helm they were unable to overcome a draw in a friendly match in April and at the World Cup. In the final match of the CONCACAF Nations League, the United States beat them again, 3-0 With two goals by Pulisic (2) and Ricardo Pepe.