U20 World Cup happening in Chile right now. The US is tearing it up so far. Outside of a loss to South Africa (after they'd already clinched 1st in the group), they've annihilated New Caledonia 9-1, France 3-0, and beat Italy today 3-0 in the round of 16. Awaiting the winner of Morocco and South Korea for the quarters. They've looked really good, too. They play tough defense, press well and go forward with numbers. It's what you want to see out of the senior team. They have the Golden Boot leader, too. This is also the first time the US have fielded a team that is 100% professionals...no college players (which just reiterates my belief that the MLS should ditch the draft. We've gotten to the point to where if they're playing in college, they weren't good enough to play professionally).
as for mexico, they might have the player of the tournament in gilberto mora, a 16 yr old kid. i think if mexico beats argentina, he's the favorite. there were talks of him possibly going to the u17 world cup just to be able to say he played the u17, u20 and the senior world cup in a span of a year. ultimately, they decided against it. you're starting to get the usual rumors about every top club being after him. still a couple of years away from being able to transfer, but it would not surprise me if he's sold to top club after the real world cup.
Probably...but Infant-ino will proclaim it as the most successful World Cup ever. The thing is, people here are more willing to pay the prices than in Europe. The US doesn't see this the same way. We, as a country, don't see games/teams as belonging to the people. It's the difference between our sport teams being franchises/businesses vs local clubs that grew out of the neighborhoods. If they try this crap in 2030, there will be almost entirely empty stadiums for the Portugal and Spain matches.
