March 24 – The US completed their third consecutive Nations League win in the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, with a 2-0 win over Mexico.
A feisty game from start to finish saw the US dominate Mexico who belatedly pressed at the end, having a penalty decision in their favour overturned by VAR.
In the end the biggest threat to their title was the Mexican fans and their puto chant. Referee Drew Fisher from Canada twice suspended the game, the first time with three minutes to go and again in added time, before rapidly blowing the final whistle before the Mexicans fans forced the final stage of the discrimination protocol which is match abandonment.
It was a limp ending to what was a good game of football and one worthy of the final.
The three-peat for the US still leaves Mexico without a Nations League win. And without a solution to their fans’ discriminatory chanting.
No Nations League title is a serious gap in the Mexican history in Concacaf having won, and dominated pretty much every other Concacaf competition.
The US win completed a good March for their federation, with the women’s team having won the inaugural W Gold Cup earlier in the month.
Mexico who are leading the series between the two nations 43 wins to the US’s 24, now haven’t beaten the USA for 1,663 days and counting. Their meetings are getting increasingly bad tempered as the US increase the performance gap between them.
US coach Gregg Berhalter made five changes to his starting line up, bringing in Sergino Dest at right back, and starting semi-final heroes Gio Reyna, Tyler Adams and Haji Wright up front.
Mexico’s Jamie Lozano made just two changes, bringing in Hirving Lozano alongside Henry Martin in attack and adding Jorge Sanchez at the back.
It was a helter skelter opening 10 minutes with neither side shirking the challenges.
In the first minute US keeper Matt Turner was forced to punch away a low hit Erick Sanchez free kick after a Sergino Dest foul on the left. Two minutes…
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Author : Paul Nicholson
Publish date : 2024-03-25 03:55:46
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