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The US tied 1-1 with Mexico last night in Jurgen Klinsmann’s first game in charge of the national team.

First impressions were not positive as the U.S. were dominated by Mexico in the first half. Klinsmann sent the U.S. out in a 4-2-3-1 formation, but the U.S. could do little offensively in the first half, failing to even get a shot on goal. Mexico dominated possession and had the U.S. chasing shadows for most of the first half.

As in the Gold Cup Final, Mexico attacked the U.S. down the wings, and Edgar Castillo and Jose Torres on the U.S. left had trouble containing Pablo Barrera.  Read more... (477 words, 1 image, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Mexico’s chances of repeating as Gold Cup champions just got a whole lot harder with the news this afternoon that starting goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and four of his teammates have been removed from the Mexican national team after testing positive for the substance “Clenbuterol”.

In addition to Ochoa, the other players who failed the drug test are Francisco Javier Rodriguez, Antonio “Sinha” Naelson, Christian Bermudez, Edgar Duenas. They all face a possible suspension of up to a year.  Read more... (251 words, 2 images, estimated 1:00 mins reading time)

Jose Manuel De La Torre has accepted the post as manager of the Mexico national team. The coach is fairly new to the business having only coached for five seasons, but the former Toluca Mexican league manager has seen excellent success during his brief new profession winning three league titles over the short span that started in 2006.

De La Torre will officially replace former manager Javier Aguirre, who left El Tris after they were eliminated in the second round of the World Cup in a controversial match against Argentina. Two interim coaches have managed the club through friendly matches since Aguirre’s post-Cup departure, but the club has struggled to achieve many positive results with only one victory out of their last four matches.  Read more... (307 words, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

Carlos Vela and Efrain Juarez have both been suspended by Mexico’s national soccer federation for six months of action and eleven other players were fined by the organization. The players apparently were punished for throwing a party in their Monterrey hotel after an exhibition match against Colombia on Sept. 7. Vela and Juarez must have been the masterminds that orchestrated the party because their punishment was much more severe then the other eleven players involved in the night of debauchery.  Read more... (304 words, 2 images, estimated 1:13 mins reading time)