Mexico

Crazy stuff happens in the Copa MX. This year, Cruz Azul's Christiano "Chaco" Gimenez provided the fun when he got the ball in his own half, decided "screw it, I'm launching from here," launched from there and scored.

We suggest you turn the sound on for this one.

Christian 'Chaco' Gimenez (Cruz Azul) scored from his own half v Cafetaleros de Tapachula last night!pic.twitter.com/JjdmncOHDZ

The stage is set for the biggest international tournament in the United States since the 1994 World Cup finals. The 2016 Copa America Centenario promises Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, James Rodriguez and another chance for both Mexico and the United States to disrupt the accepted international footballing hierarchy. This is your ultimate guide to the ultimate tournament of the Americas, the 2016 Copa America Centenario. 

Your Ultimate Guide to the 2016 Copa America Centenario

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Miguel Layun is at it again. The Mexico international notched a goal and an assist as Porto overcome a 2-0 deficit against Moreirense to win 3-2 on Sunday. His compatriot Hector Herrera also helped out, pulling off what has to go down as one of the most acrobatic assists we've ever seen

Raul Gudino, a 19-year-old Mexican goalkeeper, was handed his first start in the Portuguese Premeira Liga Friday in Medeira's 1-1 draw with Estoril.

Gudino comported himself well, from what we can tell from the numbers. There's always room for improvement, but this is a great start for a young player at a position where players don't traditionally peak until their late 20s/early 30s.

Carlos Vela's Real Sociedad season started slowly, but it seems to have picked up.

The 26-year-old Mexico international is Sociedad's third-leading scorer in La Liga with four goals. He also has three assist in the league. 

Those don't look like super-impressive numbers, but the upshot is most of those stats have come in 2016. Vela scored and assisted in Sociedad's away win at Espanyol Feb. 8 and scored in a 5-1 loss to Sporting Jan. 22.

Five months into his reign, Juan Carlos Osorio is still undefeated with El Tri. He’s only had a handful of matches to prove himself, but the results he’s been getting speak volumes of the potential in the team. In four matches under Osorio, El Tri have not been scored on and the 1-0 win over Panama in his first match is the only match that saw El Tri score only once. Their most recent win was a 2-0 result over Senegal.

It's tough to be named after both Ronaldo Lima (Il Fenomeno) and Zinedin Zidane, but one Mexican youth player might just pull it off. Ronaldo Zinedin Hernandez plays in the Santos Laguna youth system, and he just received his first international call-up, to the Mexico U-15 team.

Friday was the Mexico derby in Portugal, with the eyes, ears and various other sensory parts of the body tuned into Porto vs. Benfica, a match that pitted Mexico National Team teammates Hector Herrera, Miguel Layun and Jesus "Tecatito" Corona (Porto) against Raul Jimenez (Benfica).

Porto ended up with a late 2-1 victory, with the Hector Herrera 2016 return-to-form tour in full swing.