USA v. Mexico, 2022 World Cup Qualifying; What We Learned

Photo by Robin Alam/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesYou’ve heard it before, and here is is again:

DOS A CERO.

The US took on Mexico on a chilly and wet night in Cincinnati, Ohio and we got that familiar scoreline. The United States 2, Mexico 0. But it wasn’t just a story of the scoreline. The MNT came on and dominated the match in a way that we hadn’t really seen before.

Just Lift Yourself

After the Gold Cup final, I mentioned that the way the team set up was roughly similar to how the team played in the Nation’s League final (and, by extension, the 2019 Gold Cup final). You can see that with the similarities in the formation, with a very clear 4-3-3 in each game. In the World Cup qualifier,…