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Mexico Begins their 2026 World Cup journey

After a long wait it’s finally here, the 2026 World Cup kicks off today! For the next month the beautiful game will take center stage as 48 nations will play across three different countries hoping to be crowned World Champions. Mexico, one of the co-hosts, will kick off the tournament against South Africa in Mexico […]

Mexico crush Serbia to end their World Cup preparations

Mexico ended their preparations for the 2026 World Cup by crushing Serbia in their final friendly by a 5-1 score. Mexico completely dominated the match and bounced back after Serbia got an early lead, to make it 3 out of 3 in their last friendly tour. Mexico will now face off a week for now […]

Mexico name squad for 2026 World Cup

Mexico officially named their squad for the 2026 World Cup. With no surprises, especially since the federation had been announcing when each player joined the National team training camp, the 26 players that will take part in Mexico’s third time hosting the biggest international tournament in the world, but for the first time doing so […]

Toluca win the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup

Toluca became CONCACAF champions after defeating Tigres in a penalty kicks shootout after tying 1-1 in the match. History repeated itself as once again Toluca defeated Tigres at home in a final with a Penalty kick shootout. Tigres was the better side but a great performance from Toluca’s goalkeeper and some bad finishing allowed the […]

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Mexico pulls out a win against Australia at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena

Mexico was able to pull out a win against Australia in their second-to-last sendoff game before the start of the World Cup. The game was a tale of two halves as Mexico controlled the game in the first half while Australia controlled the second half. Now Mexico must make some adjustments as they only have […]

2026 World Cup Group A preview: Mexico’s journey starts here

The 2026 FIFA World Cup descends upon North America this summer. Football, soccer, or whatever you prefer to call the beautiful game, will kick off across three countries: Mexico, Canada and the United States.  Mexico learned their fate in the group stage months ago and have been preparing ever since to co-host the tournament. There […]

How to experience Mexico during the 2026 World Cup

Mexico will host the World Cup for a third time, but for the first time they will be co-hosting the competition. Still they have the opening match and a number of important matches in their three cities: Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. Here is a quick travel guide about what to expect. Mexico City Mexico […]

Deja Vu! Once again Mexico’s drawn in tough group at U17 World Cup

Mexico was once again drawn into a tough group for the 2026 U17 World Cup. For a second consecutive year, Mexico being seeded didn’t pay off in the rivals, as just like in 2025, they will have a tougher group that normal. Mexico was drawn in Group K, where they will face off against Romania, […]

Cruz Azul win the Clausura 2026 Liga MX title

Cruz Azul bounced back to get a 2-1 victory over Pumas to win their 10th Liga MX title and become the Clausura 2026 champions. Cruz Azul was the better team but they went down to a somewhat early goal but came back in a 2nd half that was disastrous for the home team. Cruz Azul […]

Club América Femenil are the Queens of the Concacaf Women’s Champions Cup!

Club América have been crowned Champions of the 2025/2026 Women’s Concacaf Champions Cup after they defeated the Washington Spirit of the NWSL 5-3. This is now two trophies in one week after winning the 2026 Clausura a week ago and by doing so they put women’s football in Mexico on the global stage.  The game […]

Mexico dominate Ghana to start run of last friendlies with a win

Mexico cruised in a 2-0 victory over Ghana that starts their last friendly tour before the 2026 World Cup. Mexico completely dominated Ghana from the start and outside of a stretch of time early in the 2nd half, they were overly superior. While Ghana is also taking part in the World Cup, they came in […]

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Pumas defeat Pachuca to return to a Liga MX Final

Pumas defeated Pachuca by a 1-0 score to get the victory that gave them the ticket to the final, for the first time since 2020. It was another tight game in which Pumas improved but still suffered greatly but were able to hold on and go thru because of the better finish in the regular […]

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Cruz Azul surprises Chivas to win and qualify to Liga MX final

Cruz Azul bounced back from their tie in the first leg to defeat Chivas by a 2-1 score that send the team to the Liga MX final. Cruz Azul gave a great performance after many people though Chivas had the advantage of going thru with their away tie in the first leg. Cruz Azul was […]

Mexicans Abroad Round Up

MLS Hirving ‘Chucky’ Lozano – San Diego FC  According to reports, Lozano’s annual salary has gone up two million dollars even though he hasn’t played for San Diego in months and most likely never will again. Hector Herrera – Houston Dynamo  Played only six minutes in Houston’s win over Vancouver.  Eredivisie Mateo Chavez – AZ […]

Pachuca strike first with win over Pumas

Pachuca defeated Pumas by a 1-0 score in the first leg of their semifinals series. Pachuca was clearly the better team over a lackluster Pumas, who now need to win on Sunday to be able to make it to the Liga MX final. In a very exciting Liguilla, the match between Pachuca and Pumas failed […]

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Chivas gets important tie against Cruz Azul in first leg of Semifinals

Cruz Azul and Chivas battled to an exciting 2-2 tie. The tie is a great result for Chivas, who only need a tie in the return leg to go thru to the Semifinals. Chivas started well but Cruz Azul evened things out, although it was not enough for a win. Chivas will host Cruz Azul […]

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Mexico’s 55 player list for World Cup is out

Mexico’s 55 player list for the 2026 World Cup was released. The list is where the 26 players that will take part in the World Cup for Mexico will have to come from this list, as no player not on the list can be part of the final squad. Mexico had already announced a number […]

Pumas hold on to tie America and qualify to the Semifinals.

Pumas and America tied in another exciting match that ended with a 3-3 score. Pumas once again took a commanding lead, this time by a 3-0 score, but allowed America to tie the game and this time were a penalty kick away from losing. The 6-6 aggregate score meant that Pumas would go thru because […]

Chivas dominate Tigres to book their ticket to the Semifinals

Chivas got the 2-0 victory they needed over Tigres in the 2nd leg of the quarterfinals to qualify to the next round. Chivas dominated an extremely defensive Tigres, that gave a terrible display as they went out. Chivas was the better team from the start and had a number of chances but they needed up […]

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Liga MX Femenil: Monterrey and Club América into the Clausura 2026 final

The semi-finals are over and we now know who will be playing in the final of Liga MX Femenil. Club América and Monterrey will face off again in a final for the chance to make history with their teams.  Club América 4 – 3 Toluca (11 – 4 aggregate)   This was going to be […]

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Tigres and Toluca move onto the final of the Concacaf Champions Cup

It has been said that it is difficult to play down in Mexico and LAFC and Nashville found that out the hard way. Both MLS teams lost their games against Liga MX as they found it difficult to compete against teams when the playing field is even. Now Tigres and Toluca will face off against […]

Hosts Mexico finds out rivals for 2026 CONCACAF U20 Championship

Mexico found out their rivals in the 2026 U20 Championship, which they will hosts in the city of Puebla and Mexico City. The tournament will not only determine the four teams that will play in the 2027 U20 World Cup but they will also determine the single spot for the 2028 Olympic Games besides host […]

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