Mexico national football team 2008

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During 2008, the Mexico national football team, or el tricolor, played a total of 15 games, from which 8 were official 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification games for Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football.

The Mexican team started its quest for one of the three berths given automatically to CONCACAF by FIFA, the team byes to Second Round and defeated Belize, winner of Group 2A from the First Round. Mexico, top seed of Group 3 of the Third Round, qualified as second place to the Fourth Round, after being defeated by Honduras in the last game played in San Pedro Sula. Honduras qualified as first place.

Record

Competition GP W D L GF GA GD
International Friendly 7 4 1 2 12 9 3
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, 2nd. round 2 2 0 0 9 0 9
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification, 3rd. round 6 3 1 2 9 6 3
Total 15 9 2 4 30 15 15

Effectiveness

Results % TG H A
Won 60.0% 9 7 2
Drawn 13.3% 2 0 2
Lost 27.7% 4 2 2
Total 100% 15 9 6

Goal Scorers

Player Goals
Fernando Arce 5
Carlos Vela 3
Jared Borgetti 3
Pável Pardo 3
Andrés Guardado 3
Jonny Magallón 3
Carlos Salcido 2
Vicente Matías Vuoso 2
César Villaluz 1
Antônio "Sinha" Naelson 1
Omar Bravo 1
Rafael Márquez 1
Leobardo López 1
Total 29

Bookings

Player Total
Carlos Salcido 5 5 0
Gerardo Torrado 4 3 1
Fernando Arce 3 3 0
Rafael Márquez 3 3 0
Andrés Guardado 2 2 0
Carlos Vela 2 1 1
Luis Ernesto Pérez 1 1 0
Jared Borgetti 1 1 0
Jonny Magallón 1 1 0
Cuauhtémoc Blanco 1 1 0
Diego Martínez 1 1 0
Antônio "Sinha" Naelson 1 1 0
Total 25 23 2

Achievements

Schedule

International friendlies

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (Second round)

2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (Third round)

Kits

Home Kit
Away Kit

Notes

  1. ↑ Belize elected to play their home leg in the United States.[5]
  2. 1 2 The two matches between Jamaica and Mexico had their playing dates reversed due to Hurricane Gustav.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Magallon scores twice, lifts Mexico to draw with U.S.". USA Today. 2 February 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Furchau, Nick; Aceves, Joel; Grahame L. Jones (5 June 2008). "Argentina is awesome in 4-1 win over Mexico". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Cruising to Victory Mexico Tops Peru 4-0 at Soldier Field". lasoccernews.com. 8 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2010. External link in |publisher= (help)
  4. ↑ Green, Nick (24 September 2008). "Final Result: Chile-Mexico from the Coliseum". insidesocal.com. Retrieved 15 June 2010. External link in |publisher= (help)
  5. ↑ Mexico-Belize World Cup qualifier moved to Houston, ESPN, 15 April 2008.
  6. ↑ "Hurricane Gustav forces Mexico-Jamaica qualifier to Azteca". soccerbyives.net. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2010. External link in |publisher= (help)

See also

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