Apparently dodgeball-playing Cuauhtemoc Blanco and the Mexicans are loose ahead of their
critical game with the U.S. Wednesday. (AP Photos).
I'll update this post as events warrant and kickoff nears.
The essentials: The 1 p.m. game is in Spanish on Telemundo and in English on
little known cable channel mun2, which has a free preview on DirecTV channel 203 and Dish channel
838, while Time Warner will also preview the channel.
Only 2 weeks in and the "focos rojos" are already blaring.
Pumas did not have a very good pre-season. They have a hard time beating Atlas at the Jalisco and
Cruz Azul at home. So it's really no surprise that they have yet to get off the schneid. To make
matters worse, the first goal was one of the worst (yet hilarious) own goals we'll ever see.
Mexico's form in World Cup qualifying has been less than stellar. After qualifying for the
Hexagonal based solely on goal difference, El Tri now finds itself in fourth place in the final
qualifying group.
On its third manager in 17 months, Mexico desperately needs a victory. Javier Aguirre has
recalled the veteran hands of Cuauhtémoc Blanco and Guille Franco to lead the attack for El
Tri.
