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MEXICO

CONCACAF champs confront a 40-year curse

FIFA Ranking

#13

Team Nickname

El Tri

WC26 Expectation

Round of 16

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TEAM OVERVIEW

CONCACAF’s reigning champions staved off a game USMNT squad in the 2025 Gold Cup final, but their biggest challenge still awaits: making it to the “Quinto Partido”, or “Fifth Match”. From ‘94 to ‘18, El Tri made seven straight Round of 16 appearances and came away with seven straight defeats, while the ‘22 squad failed to emerge from the group stage. Mexico’s rabid fanbase will be looking for more on their home turf.

90 Minutes of Mayhem


Brave, aggressive and teetering on reckless, El Tri plays with their foot on the gas pedal for 90 minutes. They hawk the ball, dictate tempo and thrive on climactic set pieces. The price for such an incredibly entertaining brand of soccer? Mexico ranks near the bottom in most defensive metrics.

Mariachi Madness


With a matchday experience that rivals the legendary intensity of South America, Mexico fans ride the highs and lows of a game at full throttle. Mariachi trumpets echo and drums boom throughout the stadium for an entire 90 minutes, broken only by the sound of thousands of voices belting out the refrain of “Cielito Lindo”.

A True Comeback King


You’d forgive anyone who watched Raul Jimenez score the equalizer in Mexico’s dramatic comeback Gold Cup championship win for forgetting that he suffered a life-threatening skull fracture on the pitch a mere five years ago. Now 34, the most internationally recognizable El Tri striker of the past decade is likely featuring in his final World Cup, and still wired for brilliance on the international stage.

"Little One" No More


They may call him “Chaquito” but Santiago Gimenez is no understudy anymore. At just 25, the Feyenoord striker has already won the Eredivisie and made a marquee move to AC Milan. He won Man of the Match honors for his winning goal during the 2023 Gold Cup finals, and will want to use the World Cup up as a defining test of his ability to take over the mantle of El Tri’s top scorer.