Post-FIFA date weekends are odd. With club teams essentially being “punished” for having internationals on their roster. It’s not ideal to have your player come back to your club after playing 180 minutes with his nation such as Hirving Lozano but here we are. Overall, a quiet weekend for Mexicans Abroad.
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European club soccer is back. Clubs are happy to have their players for the home stretch of their season but not all are happy in the condition they are coming back….
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Expected but the nature of CONCACAF’s Olympic Qualifying lends itself to upsets. Just ask the USMNT how it went for them…again. Mexico were able to avoid those pitfalls and clinch their spot in Tokyo.
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With both nations announcing their rosters, many were quick to point out the makeup of each side. It started a discussion about the leagues where the players are currently at. With twitter user @xGoalsMX pointing out that Mexico has more (4) MLS players in camp than the USMNT (3). A much larger discrepancy was evident in the number of players in the “Top 5 European Leagues” with US Soccer having 16 players to Mexico’s 5. The question has to be asked, do these numbers indicate Mexico is behind US Soccer in producing quality players for their national teams?
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Tagged CCL, Gold Cup, mexicans abroad, mexico, USMNT, world cup, yanks abroad
A very meh weekend for Mexicans Abroad but has Efrain Alvarez finally made a decision?
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European spots are up for grabs…. so are relegation spots.
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Tagged eredivisie, Europe, La Liga, napoli, serie a
Not many gave Porto a chance to advance over Juventus, even with a 2-1 lead going into the return game. Apparently no one told them because they did not play scared against Cristiano Ronaldo and company.
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Another weekend, another solid performance by Edson Alvarez but what else happened?
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Tagged ajax, Atletico Madrid, Europe, futbol, La Liga, mexico, porto, Soccer
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