Mexico Can’t Win in the US. Call in the Psychologists
By: Laurie | February 12th, 2008
The Mexican National Team has not won in the US in this decade.
Most people I talk to agree that Mexico plays better. Meaning prettier. Meaning if there were style points, there would be no contest. Mexico would win it all. Unfortunately what counts in futbol is getting the ball into the net, and in the past few years the US is doing more of that.
What do you think this means? Coaching change? Player shakeup? Better training?
Nope. It means “bring in the psychologists and let’s analyze this.”
The best part of this? My source article is in Spanish, which means I get to share with you the magic of Babelfish, the online translations system that requires a second translator to understand. (I love Babelfish, because it gives me an excuse to drink large quantities of alcohol early in the morning, since it’s impossible to understand these “translations” sober.)
So go pour yourself a drink and then we’ll proceed.
Okay, are we ready?
Photos EU follows without losing in house before Mexico In declarations to Efe, González talked about to an historical complex assumption of the Mexicans with respect to the United States, according to which they see the neighboring nation as the old Aztecs saw the Quetzálcoatl, symbol of being able supreme. “Somos a town conquered and therefore little valued before our own eyes; we see conquered foreign people and we assumed our roll of, something that the player experiences at level inconsciente”, it indicated the psychologist.
Ummm…yeah. Right, then.
How about if we go to my original source instead, Alejandro over at Macrochip for a real translation and a little analysis?
“We’re a conquered country with little value in our eyes; in the presence of foreigners we assume the role of the conquered. It is something that the players experience unconsciously.”
Honestly, this explains so much about why “Bofo” dies his hair blond and why Rafa Marquez loves to play in Spain, but how does this help Mexico win? At least now they’ll know that dudes who start crying when they see a foreigner should immediately be cut.
That does sound like the simplest solution.
(Note to my husband and kids: I’m kidding about the alcohol in the morning thing. As far as you know.)
This post originally appeared on World Cup Blog, which should, of course, be your primary and ultimate source for all things dealing with National Teams.
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Brilliant find, Laurie. You have me speechless, or typeless, in this case.
As a non-Mexican Latino born in this country, I admit that some of the article does make sense, that defeatist attitude is visible across the Americas. As a US fan, I say: LOSERS!!
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Mexico is at least undefeated at home to the US. The US dreams of having a squad as good as Mexico’s, and they sometimes talk about how they watch the Mexicans play in Europe (such as Jozy to Rafa after the last match). The US will never, ever have a league as good as Mexico’s in which players around the world get transferred to respectable clubs in Europe (therefore, Fulham not included). And the US will never catch up to Mexico in terms of talent, just like Mexico won’t catch up to Argentina or Brazil. But once Mexico gets hotheaded, they can lose to anyone, including the US. The US will only be considered “better” if they win at the Azteca.
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The Mexico national team is without a doubt superior to the US, however the US knows just how to get under their skin, and until Mexico figure them out, it will be a major psychological blow.
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Didn’t the same happen to England? England also has huge psychological problems when it comes to winning matches, but everybody knows they are better than Croatia. Mexico’s case isn’t as bad as England’s though. The bright side though is that Mexico definitely have better talent than the US (Giovanni, Castillo, Guardado, Vela, etc.) and play a more attractive style of football than the US. I’m sure next game Mexico should be able to defeat them, but they need to have more confidence in the younger players, like Giovanni, and let them play the full 90 minutes.
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Maybe it’s a bit of the reverse - a superiority complex. First of all, they were, historically, a lot better than the USA. They still are somewhat better, and know they are better and that they really should win. It probably doesn’t help that most of the time Mexico plays here, it is like playing a home game. All of the incongruity blows their minds. Okay - I don’t make the cut as an amateur psychologist!
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