BSMX's Official Mexican National Team Random Thoughts Thread vol. II

Anyone know anything about this coach?

 

All of those cashgrabs are holding back all of CONCACAF. Not just El Tri and the US, but all of CONCACAF.

FFS, before Gold Cup was permanently installed in the US, even Trinidad & Tobago made the WC, and gave the Germans a decent fight.

Having an annual CONCACAF tournament, always in the US, but with a different title does nothing to lift the quality of football in this part of the world.

Every other confederation at least rotates hosting, so that the smaller nations and mid-major ones have to lift their games.

 

Agreed, all good points. While the rest of the world is making up ground vs euro teams, concacaf will fall behind more and more with each decade because of their greed and incompetence both at the club and national level

 

Without question.

Having the same tournament at the same place every year creates a dependency among the smaller and mid-majors in CONCACAF. For the bigger nations in the region, always playing the same teams in the same places dulls the competitive rigor of having travel, play, and win in hostile environments.

Yes, the cashgrabbing can make some Caribbean official rich, but it makes the football poorer.


I'd much rather see El Tri or the USMNT have to struggle to play away from home, because that's how a program grows. I'd rather see continental tournaments be less common, and more special, by having them more infrequently.

I'd rather see the smaller and mid-majors grow, much like a Belgium, Portugal, or Croatia have. Having these mid-majors host a tournament every once in awhile forces them to improve both on and off the pitch.


Taken together, a rising tide could lift all boats in CONCACAF. Unfortunately, we have the opposite around these parts.

 

The only way that Mexico can improve, is to limit foreigner spots in the Mexican league. No more mediocre Ecuadorean, Colombia and Argentinean players. If they're bring players from there, they should be much better than the current crop.

 

I somewhat agree, but that has to be accompanied by more minutes for youngsters, and perhaps a cap on excision clauses, at least for Euro countries.

 

México viene de un régimen neoliberal que saqueó al país. Uno de los sectores más afectados fue el deporte, donde la corrupcion y la falta de políticas de largo plazo limitó el desarrollo de atletas

Por eso, lo logrado por nuestra selección en este Mundial es digno de admiración… pic.twitter.com/94vC76W5TF

— Javier Hidalgo (@Javier_Hidalgo) July 8, 2026

 

Perdió contra los gringos en un Mundial...
Metió al Bofo de titular contra Argentina en otro...
Y aún así ahí va el mejor técnico que ha tenido la Selección Mexicana de Futbol pic.twitter.com/JfYAKwtc19

— Martín del Palacio (@martindelp) July 8, 2026

The goat

I would've loved to see this team at the 2024 Copa America. Beat Jamaica by multiple goals, school Ecuador for the umpteenth time, and this squad would've comfortably defeated fvcking VENEZUELA. All that's left is to beat Canada in the qfs and it's an ez sf run. If we couldnt make it past the argies in the semis then Uruguay in the 3rd place match was beatable.

Damn that would've been fire.

 

Wonder what would have been if Chepo had just let Vela crack the trans women, if Hugo wouldn’t have coached the Olympic team, if turco or Almada would have been given a chance. We put ourselves in the situations which make vasco the best, which isn’t saying a lot. He’s above average, but he shouldn’t have coached 3 of the world cups in my lifetime

 

Canning Hugo was such a stupid move from the FMF. The senior squad was actually competitive and Hugo wasn’t afraid to call up young players to try out

He’s not totally at fault for the Olympics qualifying fiasco. It’s not his fault bums like Esqueda, Santi Fernandez, Landin, etc. did not know how to score

 

El Atlético de Madrid sigue fichando mediocampistas y eso evidentemente no son buenas noticias para Obed Vargas 🇲🇽. Si bien, la temporada pasada la cerró con bastante actividad, eso en gran medida fue debido a la larga lista de lesionados en el MC del Atlético de Madrid.

El… https://t.co/sGeA0doqbv pic.twitter.com/fOAipmpyNH

— Julio Rodríguez (@julioordz10) July 9, 2026

 

Gilberto Mora went from playing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup to graduating from high school.

Days after Mexico was knocked out of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, 17-year-old Gilberto Mora graduated from high school in Tijuana. Gilberto Mora was the youngest player at this year's World… pic.twitter.com/al9aEHtghi

— Complex (@Complex) July 9, 2026

 

Bright kid, he graduated young.

 

¡¡MÉXICO CONTRA LA REVELACIÓN!! 🚨🇨🇻

David Medrano informa que la FMF ya prepara una invitación para que Cabo Verde dispute un partido amistoso ante México a mediados de agosto en el ESTADIO AZTECA 🇲🇽🏟️

📌 El encuentro serviría como preparación para la Copa Oro y buscarían que… pic.twitter.com/lvhl2SFpYZ

— 365Scores México🇲🇽 (@365scoresMX) July 10, 2026

 

🇺🇲🚨🇲🇽 Rafa Márquez will make his debut as Mexico’s head coach on September 26 in the United States.

The FIFA window will last two weeks, and the FMF plans to play 3 matches on U.S. soil. 🇺🇸

Source: @medranoazteca pic.twitter.com/9WaVBTErNS

— NextMex (@NextMexOficial) July 11, 2026

Of course.

 

🚨🤯 NEW: The Mexican Government and Liga MX will create 2,000 NEW ACADEMIES across the country, with the goal of finding new talents like Gilberto Mora.

They also plan to FURTHER EXPAND scouting efforts across the United States. 🇺🇸👏🏼

Via @el_pais pic.twitter.com/E4DxOeclLx

— All Fútbol MX 🇲🇽 (@AllFutbolMX) July 10, 2026

 

Just hope they actually put that money used to invest to good use and not just pocket it themselves

 

That is really huge. I’ve seen similar such programs spoken about in France and Japan.