There is no doubt that the area known as the Confederation
of North and Central American and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF) has had one
dominant superpower on the field,Mexico.
While in recent times, a struggle has emerged between the United States and Mexico , El Tri holds a large
historic advantage over its northern neighbor.
With the upcoming FIFA World Cup qualification game
scheduled against Guyana
this week it is a good gesture to review why Mexico has earned this title.
The first is that Mexico
has appeared in more world cups than any other CONCACAF team, with 14
appearances after the 2010 South
Africa event. While they have not won the
world cup, they have won the FIFA Confederations Cup. In the region Mexico has won
the CONCACAF championship on nine occasions.
Since their first world cup qualification game
in 1930, Mexico
has defeated their opponents with more than five goals scored on 25 occasions,
by four on 13. Their most recent thrashing of a regional team took place on
June 21, 2008 in Monterrey ,
Mexico Belize ,
which fell 7-0.
The largest margin of victory was en route to USA 1994. On
June 12, 1992 Mexico hosted Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
at the mythical Azteca stadium. After 90 minutes of play El Tri walked away
with an 11-0 victory.
Most of Mexico ’s
large margin wins have taken place on Mexican soil. However, there are a few
exceptions. For Germany 2006, Mexico
destroyed the tiny island nation of Dominica
10-0 in San Antonio , Texas Germany
1974, the Dutch Antilles fell 8-0 at Port-au-Prince ,
Haiti U.S. was far from the form
they are in now, the Americans fell to Mexico
7-2 in Long Beach , Calif.
There has been an improvement in regional competition
beginning in the France
1998 qualification cycle. Jamaica
qualified for the tournament, the first Caribbean team to do so since 1974.
Since then Trinidad & Tobago has also qualified for the Caribbean region
joining Mexico , U.S.A. and Costa Rica in Germany 2006.
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