- Old rivals face each other at Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium
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Good evening to all of our readers in the Americas, and a good early morning to those watching out of curiosity in Europe.
This is a big one. USA-Mexico games are always hot tickets no matter what’s at stake, but this time around, everything is at stake.
That’s especially true for the USA, which beat Mexico twice this year to win the Concacaf Nations League and the Gold Cup but is still shaken by their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. A sputtering start in the new Octagonal (eight-team final round), with a 0-0 draw against El Salvador and a 1-1 home draw against Canada didn’t settle the nerves. A 4-1 win at Honduras calmed things a bit, but the October window had a 1-0 loss at Panama.
