Heading into Monday night’s game against the United States Women’s National Team, Mexico had only beaten the USWNT once in the entire history of the rivalry and it had been since 2010 since that game. But under the leadership of head coach Pedro Lopez, Mexico was able to defeat the United States by a score of 2-0.
After the match, Lopez had a message for just how special it is to lead the team to victory against the United States.
“I suppose yes because of the opponent,” Lopez said. “I loved the [8-0] Dominican Republic game, I liked it a lot, but of course doing it against the United States is special.”
Describing his team as a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” before the tournament, but he understands the team has a lot more attention after such a high-profile win. He also acknowledges that there is still more that this team needs to accomplish.
“Clearly that wolf was seen today,” Lopez said. “But I insist that for us it would be of no use if in the next game we lose the [W Gold Cup] quarterfinals and we go down in history as the team that only beat the United States one day.”
We’ll have to see how Mexico continues to perform in the tournament, but it’s pretty clear that they’re excited about this win.
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