New Year’s Resolutions for Mexican National Team

Mexico's national team lost the World Cup on November 30th. The team was knocked out in the group stage for the first time since 1978. Mexico also lost out on qualification for next Olympic cycle and the Women's World cup. Gerardo Martino's team will make some new year's resolutions for 2026.

After Mexico's elimination, many people lobbied for the new coach of the National Team to be a Mexican national. Gerardo Martino was a poor coach for Mexico because he was born in Argentina. The best candidate for a job might be born elsewhere. Mexico is hosting the World Cup in three and a half years. The team's greatest moments were won by foreign coaches. Juan Carlos Osorio and Bora Milutinovic were the last two foreign managers of Mexico.

Guillermo Ochoa, Andres Guardado, Hector Herrera, Raul Jimenez and Cesar Montes are all great players. They are no longer relevant to the current Mexico team. Mexico are hosting the World Cup. The team should prepare for the tournament. They should give younger players more chances. With the automatic bid, they can do that. César Montés, Johan Vasquez, Julian Araujo, Kevin Alvarez, Luis Chavez, Edson Alvarez and Erick Sanchez should play in the backline. Santiago Gimenez, Diego Lainez and Marcelo Flores should attack.

I don't think every player is going to perform up to snuff or make the team in three years.

Mexico needs to stop playing lopsided games against paid competition. They need to get out of their comfort zone. They should play fewer US-based friendlies against C- competition and focus on developing their national team.

The Mexican Football Federation has managed to squeeze every possible dime out of the Mexican National Team brand. Playing in CONMEBOL sponsored competitions might not be the most economically viable pursuit, but what you lose in pesos you make up in valuable minutes for your team playing against top tier competition.

There was an ad for a potato chips company that gave me goosebumps as Mexico prepared to kick off their World Cup campaign. New Year’s Resolution for Mexican National Team is Dare to Dream.

The Mexican national team is playing in the World Cup. The team has a good chance of making it to the quarterfinals. The odds are not great. Mexico is not in a league of a team that is capable of winning it all.

FMF has a unique opportunity as a co-host of the upcoming World Cup. It's hard to toe the line between realistic expectations and wild dreams of hoisting the cup.