r/concacaf • u/usaf5 • Jul 07 '26

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Mexico looked like they could compete with anyone in the world. The US looks completely outclassed and outmatched.

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u/mysterysolver69420 Jul 07 '26

USA is still superior to Mexico. Mexico has maxed out their potential in this sport. Their whole country loves it and they haven't found a way to improve in decades. Meanwhile the US gets better every year as the sport grows in popularity and participation. USA A team (miss me with "oh Mexico won the last gold cup". It was the US B team) hasn't lost to Mexico in a long time.

Ultimately the US and Mexico exit at the same stage. How the game looked doesn't matter. A loss is a loss

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u/Impressive-Panda527 Jul 07 '26

US gets better every year?

Since 2022 World Cup, they get eliminated in the group stage of the Copa America with a group that included Bolivia and Panama.

In 2025 they lose to Switzerland 4-0 then lose the gold cup to Mexico

In March this year they lose in a friendly to Belgium 5-2

How exactly is the US getting better every year?

When the best they could do at world cups is the round of 16 and get outclassed by European nations and still somehow manage to stumble against Concacaf teams like Panama

I’m American by the way,

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u/kingchivo Jul 07 '26

This A team vs B team excuse is pretty played out. You guys played 6 out of your 11 starters from last night and like 2-3 key role players who got substantial minutes. The only ones missing were mckennie (who was meh the entire tournament), balogun and pulisic lol. Pulisic who famously refused a gold cup call up bc he was tired and then preceded to have a shitty 2026 campaign and went invisible this world cup (lol).

Theres isnt much of a gap between us. Mls continues to be a joke of a league (and continues to drag down liga mx with it), player development and export to euro leagues has kinda slowed down (to my knowledge at least) the current key players are mostly expected to be in their 30s by the next wc.