For a long time, Mexican players have been praised due to their talent and performance on the world stage. Great stars talk about them with respect, the most recent being Zinedine Zidane, explaining how the national team is a very competitive one.
Bayer Leverkusen have said that they want Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez to choose between the Copa America Centenario and the Olympics this summer. Chicharito has been absolutely on fire this season for Bayer Leverkusen, and fans of the Mexico national team are hoping he can bring that flame to their tournament hopes this summer.
Andres Guardado has been a consistent figure in Mexico’s national team. Ever since he put on the El Tri shirt, Guardado has fought hard to represent his country. The Guadalajara native has developed a reputation as a workhorse and skilled midfielder for club and country.
Scoring goals is Chicharito's business, and business is most definitely good. Fans flocked to see Brazilian side Internacional take on Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez’s Bayer Leverkusen in the Flordia Cup this past week. Chicharito duly provided the spectacle they’d been hoping for with a brace and a stunning volley that unluckily crashed off the crossbar.
In early 2014, it seemed Alan Pulido had the world at his feet. Pulido had capped his finest club season to date, scoring 24 goals in 40 appearances for Tigres, with a goal in the 2014 Copa MX Final. UANL would go on to defeat Oaxaca 3-0, capturing their third Copa MX overall and their first since the 1995/96 season.
A week earlier, he scored the tying goal in a friendly against the United States in Glendale, Arizona. This was his fourth goal for El Tri, adding to the debut hat trick he’d scored against South Korea in January.
Players like Bryan Ruiz, Clint Dempsey, Javier Hernandez and Dwayne De Rosario (recently retired) have been leading their respective countries attacks for years now. With the 2018 World Cup qualifiers underway, these young forwards, aged 24 and under, will be looking to make massive contributions on the road to Russia.
So, how do the forwards stack up against each other? Which CONCACAF nation has the most promising goal scorer? Don't let your allegiance and bias cloud your judgement...or do. We won't stop you.
The Copa America Centenario is right around the corner. This tournament is special because, not only is the Copa America the oldest international soccer tournament in the world, but this summer will be its 100th anniversary, taking place in the United States and including 16 national teams from the Americas: 10 from CONMEBOL and six from CONCACAF, including the USA and El Tri.
This has been a hectic year for El Tri. From losing to the United States Dos a Cero in the beginning of the year, to redemption in their Gold Cup Final win over Jamaica, there have been plenty of highs to a few lows. 2015 will be a year to remember for Mexico’s Men’s National team. Let’s reflect on El Tri 2015!
Mexico started the year off with two consecutive wins but in their third match of the new year, they were completely owned by the United States men’s national team.
The long-standing transfer saga concerning Carlos Vela and MLS reared its head again on Monday. While it has long been reported that Vela is open to a move to the United States, his final destination has been the subject of much speculation.
Due to Major League Soccer’s player discovery process, the Colorado Rapids have the first right to Vela.
Hector Herrera had a pretty darn good 2014-2015 season for Portuguese club Porto.
His season was so good, in fact, that Herrera was named Porto's Player of the Year.
Herrera joined Porto in 2015 from Liga MX side Pachuca for a reported $8.5 million, and has quickly become one of the club's key players. Just Wednesday he scored and wore the captain's armband for Porto.