Mexico have not beaten the USA for 1,663 days and never in the Nations League. But in the 83 games they have played against each other they lead 43 wins to 23, with 18 draws. Here are the head-to-head stats ahead of tonight’s Concacaf clasico.
March 23 – In front of a packed house of mainly Honduran fans at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, Costa Rica beat their Central American rivals 3-1 to take the final slot at this summer’s Copa America to be played in the US.
March 23 – Canada beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, to pick up one of the two remaining slots for the Copa America 2024, to be played in the US this summer.
March 22 – Palmeiras president and Brazil’s chief of mission Leila Pereira has called Daniel Alves’s release on bail “a slap in the face of all women”ahead of Saturday’s England friendly.
March 22 – The Biden administration has dealt a potential blow to FIFA by siding with Relevent Sports Group’s ambition to stage LaLiga games in the US.
March 22 – In the battle for the last three slots at this summer’s European Championship, Iceland have eliminated Israel from the Euro 2024 playoffs to set up a showdown with Ukraine. Wales take on Poland in the Path A playoff final after brushing past Estonia 5-1.
March 22 – Former Brazilian international Robinho has been arrested to serve his nine-year prison sentence for rape.
March 21 – Mexico cruised past Panama 3-0 in the second semi-final of the Concacaf Nations League at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. They will now meet the US in the final in what promises to be a battle of the giants on Sunday night.
March 21 – It took a deflected header off a Jamaican defender in the last play of regulation time to level the scores and keep the US in the hunt for their third consecutive Concacaf Nations League title.
March 22 – Having thrown away their quarter final lead against Jamaica and then losing on penalties, Canada missed out on the CNL final four and now have a single match play-in against Trinidad and Tobago for qualification to the Copa America 2024.
March 21 – Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho must serve a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil as a result of a 2017 rape conviction in Italy, Brazilian judges have ruled.
March 21 – On Saturday (March 23) Costa Rica will be battling to retain their elite Concacaf status as they compete for one of the two remaining slots at the Copa America 2024 against Honduras at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.
March 21 – The Women’s Super League is promoting its Women’s Football Weekend (March 23-24) through a series of visual takeovers of famous English landmarks.
March 21 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has rejected the request from Botev Plovdiv to appoint foreign referees for their upcoming Bulgarian Cup semi-final matches against CSKA Sofia, to be played over two legs.
CSKA and Botev Plovdiv met in a league game last weekend, which Sofia won 4:0. After the match, Botev Plovdiv were critical of the refereeing.
A Botev statement said: “PFK Botev acknowledges its own mistakes that led to the unpleasant 4:0 loss,
March 21 – The USA go into the Nations League 2024 final four semi-finals at the AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas, tonight with the youngest squad of the four teams competing.