Mexico must choose Copa America or Olympics
Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez has returned from his recent muscle injury and, in his second game back, appears to have recovered his form. Hernandez notched an assist in Bayer Leverkusen's Europa League win over Sporting Lisbon, which helped Bayer advance to the quarterfinals of the competition.
Now Leverkusen and Hernandez will face Villarreal, which has another Mexican player, Jonathan Dos Santos, in their squad. It's a sign of how far the country has advanced in sending players to teams in Europe...
Let's not mince words; Mexico's national team, the fans' beloved El Tri, is the de facto home team in the Copa America Centenario.
That's because the tournament will be held in the United States, where Mexico has set attendance records with numbers that are sometimes better than when Mexico plays in Mexico.
The attendance figures of El Tri matches in the U.S. also hold their own against the international friendly numbers produced by some of the world's most popular national teams, like Argentina,...
The USA in the group of hysteria. Mexico facing the formidable Uruguayan forward line. Brazil worrying without Neymar. And Argentina facing a different Chile to the one that beat them a year earlier.
But there are no casualties or survivors before a ball has been kicked at Copa America Centenario. Everyone has the right and obligation of a 90-minute trial. Everyone: the favorites and the underdogs, the powerful and the needy. The USA is the host nation, but Mexico certainly will be playing at home,...
