Current forecast predicts a Wednesday high in Mexico City of 80 degrees, with isolated thunderstorms, chance of rain 30%.
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That is the all-time record going back to 1937 of the US vs Mexico at Mexico. The loan tie was a scoreless result in 1997 under then-coach Steve Sampson. Team USA plays at Estadio Azteca on Wednesday August 12th at 4pm EST on mun2 (free preview that day).
The U.S. MNT Blog has the drop on the full strength 20 man Mexico Roster head coach Javier Aguirre just released for August 12th’s battle against the United States at Azteca Stadium.
Peep the Roster after the Jump……
This was a very difficult second half to watch if you were a fan of the US…
If you haven’t checked this out yet, make sure you check out our boy Adam Spangler’s guide to “Azteca in August” over on his site This Is American Soccer. With the US v Mexico qualifier looming, this guide is not only a comprehensive look at what Mexico City has to offer, but also whets the appetite for the massive game that will be taking place at Azteca. If you haven’t checked the guide, head here now.
It took a couple of days as the CONCACAF Disciplinary Committee considered the “serious irresponsible behaviour” of Javier Aguirre, but the final verdict sees the Mexico Head Coach handed a 3 match suspension and the FMF a $25,000 fine for the incident at the 8oth minute mark of Mexico vs Panama last Friday.
After taking over the role of Director of Mexico’s National Teams in late March, Nestor de la Torre has announced the full re-structuring of the Federacion Mexicana de Futbol youth system from the ground up.
Ricardo Triguena came up big time and time again for Guatemala.
