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The United States women’s national team’s 2-0 loss to Mexico on Monday marked only the second time in 43 meetings that El Tri managed a victory over its rival to the north. It was a thorough performance from Mexico, who dominated the U.S. from start to finish to prevail as the surprise winners of Group A at the Concacaf W Gold Cup.
The Americans are still through to the quarterfinals, but the loss was a reminder of just how much work is left to be done after the low point that was the 2023 World Cup. No observer, neutral or partisan, could argue that Mexico was not the vastly superior team on Monday. El Tri boss Pedro Lopez got the tactics right and his players executed with a relentless hunger that the U.S. could not answer.
“At the end of the day, we were outbattled and it’s unacceptable,” U.S. midfielder Sam Coffey told CBS Sports after the game. “There’s no excuse that we can make for ourselves. We now have to stay together as a group and learn from it and move on. But at the end…
