Clearly, last nights soccer match between Mexico and the U.S. (a "friendly" as they say ...) didn't draw much attention among anglo-type Americans. Just as clearly, it drew great attention among Mexican-Americans and plain old Mexican-in-America types, as around 90% of the fans in attendance (~59,000 of thte 64,000 attendees) in Phoenix were wearing green. As the camera panned the crowd, you'd see the occasional anglo-type wearing green, as well as the occasional hispanic-type wearing red, white, and blue - but they were the exception. That's all well and good. But the Mexican team is hilariously psyched by their inability to beat the U.S.. Having lost the last half-dozen to a dozen in a row (not sure how many, but a fairly large number) after dominating us for years, they completely cannot handle the "shame". This match was a friendly. At this time of a national teams formation, they are typically playing MANY potential newcomers in their international friendlies in order to see who fits within the team and who doesn't. The U.S Team was trying four such new players on their starting roster, and was giving another three non-starters an opportunity to start. The Mexicans brought and started their A-team, clearly wanting to get the monkey off their back (they even brought and played Cuauhtemoc Blanco). Despite very strong play from the Mexicans, they lost 2-0. They had more opportunities, controlled the ball a bit better than the U.S., and seemed FAR more fit (out ran their U.S counterparts for most of the game). However, the U.S. defense was strong - the midfield covered back well, and the U.S benefitted from a little luck in getting their goals - they weren't flukes, but took advantage of atypical Mexican lapses (an unmarked header into the upper-left corner on a corner-kick, and Donovan - god I can't stand that little shit - breaking nicely between three defenders at about 50 yards out and finishing with a beautiful smoke on the keeper). As has been the norm for the last several games, the Mexicans refused to shake hands after the match, or exchange jerseys - as is the tradition in international friendlies. Their comments to the media were equally sour and unsporting ("we dominated and were the superior team, but they won" and "I was not impressed by the U.S. Team, we are clearly the better team" and "the official took this game from us" types of things). The U.S. Team was gracious in victory (again, typical) and acknowledged that Mexico had played very well, that they were impressed with their fitness, and skill and that they considered themselves fortunate to walk away with a 2-0 victory. What a classless bunch of losers - and I mean "losers" in the grander sense. I know there are great talents and good sports on that team (well, Jared Borghetti ... that's about it).