I like that you made this video because as a Mexican supporter I have been really stressed an annoyed by the way we play and the results. We play like how I play FIFA.
whats so funny is obession over mexico, its concacaf, none of these teams are good including USA national team. Sidenote, all these wins are all on USA soil. Come back when usa goes to brazil or argentina and their countries. And beat them. This is same country that struggled in guatemala. Please
@@kem1233 you have the worst takes in the entire comment section, Mexico is MANY peoples home nation of course we are obsessed, even people born in the USA with Mexican parents will have a strong connection and prefer Mexico in all sports. Of course we are interested in concacaf when we live in it. You said in a different comment that Mexico should leave concacaf, you want us to lift the country up using a bunch of helicopters and move it man? We are in the confederation, we cant just change geography.
@@Otoskire if Israel can move to euro, austrailia move to AFC. mexico can do the same. my issue is USA and americans views on mexico, its always negative. this has been going for over a decade and a half. i seen videos of american base channels. divide between mexican americans and who should they follow??? u have other latino groups in USA and they cheer for their parents countries not USA, no one talks about them.... also, these USA victories?? they all have one thing in common, they were all on USA soil. come back to me when USA plays brazil in brazil, and wins. or argentina.. mexico staying in concacaf is making mexico national team become lazy.
Such a good video on the Mexican national team, really goes to show how resting on your laurels can come back to bite you. But Mexico is a sleeping giant like herc says, once they see the u.s or Canada be more successful we could see a very strong resurgence from this team
Nope femexfut only cares about money. Mexico could not qualify for 10 world cups and they wouldn't give a rats ass as long as idiots still show up to watch the games and buy the shirts.
im going to say this to everyone.. mexico will never improve til they leave concacaf. its making mexico become lazy and not try. Canada and USA are not good teams. in USA media is hyping USA national team up, lets be real. they havent beaten anyone of high quality.. til they beat spain or argentina or brazil, then yeaaaa they havent....
@@Zetro999 actually thats a lie, if mexico doesnt go to world cup, they will lose over billion dollars and even in USA. they need mexico to qualify. mexican football market is massive, its one of most important markets in football world. everyone knows that, if u take away, mexico. who is going to full those bars and clubs, buy food and drinks in texas and arizona, and places like oklahoma?? no one.. even in USA, american fans, not even close. USA, futbol isnt that big. americans do full bars n parks etc but no where close to mexicans.
Yeah. Maybe a strong resurgence. The thing is that they are stubborn. A lot of political influence. Try to break that and I’ll tell you that you’re also able to change their corrupt government and break the chain from the cartel influence.
I’m from Mexico and a long time fan, we honestly always overhype out team, doesn’t help that we play countries like Jamaica and Honduras and we beat them 3-0
@@diegomanjarrez4101 That idiotic type of mentality is the reason mexico will always be a D tier team that can only dream of surviving the group stage in the WC. No bro. Winning 2-1 at home against amateurs, with the handicap of being 2200 meters in height, is not a good thing. Be thankful you play against Bikini Islands, becuase in CONMEBOL even Bolivia would beat mexico.
In my opinion Mexico's biggest problem is their own domestic league and the way it is set up. What other country in the world that wants to be a top team in the sport by standards of their fans and media has two league champions in a calendar year? Liga MX's problem is splitting their seasons into two and having play-offs with one champion in December and another in May. This is part of the reason why there is so many foreigners in the league. Teams benefit financially by having play-offs because it means more money, with more money they can spend more but there is also a short window to find succes, so that causes there to arrive foreign players. With a split season, teams only have 17 games to make the playoff. Teams would much rather buy a cheap South American player with experience. Who is going to make twice as much in Mexico than in South America and this causes there to be an influx of foreign players taking that opportunity from a young Mexican player. It's a shame since Mexico shown flashes of excellence at the youth level in tournament's and that potential is taken away by the greediness of their own federation. The Mexican federation much rather make money than actually focus on that unlocked potential that they have shown in the youth level. That's why Mexico is constantly playing in friendlies in the US because they now they will sell out a 35,000 seat stadium for a meaningless game. This is only one of Mexico's problem but they almost all tie into the greediness of the federation. Also, it is a shame that I have never really seen anyone in the Mexican media bring this up as an issue. They almost always say that there is too many foreigners, but they do not bring up the root of the problem or do anything to fix it. It just goes to show that the Mexican media has so much control over the league which in itself is an issue.
All major Latin American nations have traditionally split their domestic league season in two. Chile have switched to a single league competition but only since 2018. Argentina have also been experimenting with a single league competition in recent years but are yet to settle on a format. Brazil still have the low quality state championships wasting half their calendar year. As for foreign players, they only block the first team opportunities of the less talented Mexican youth players. Spain, France, Italy, England, Germany and Portugal each have far more foreign players in their domestic leagues than Mexico and their national teams have benefitted. Their best youth players get to compete in a stronger quality league due to those foreign players raising standards.
@@sarahjessicafarter7383 debatable but in Europe they actually care about their domestic talent while in Mexico they don't. Not to mention mexican teams always sign a bunch of freeloaders.
@@Zetro999 Yes, the top Mexican youth prospects do not get played in their club's first team young enough. They should be in the first team from 16/17 but instead are made to wait until 18/19.
@@sarahjessicafarter7383 exactly very rarely do you see a young Mexican player play in the first team until they reach 21 or 22 hell sometimes even later. However I think having a rule like Brazil where you can only field 3 or 4 foreigners on the pitch would work as well considering liga mx always relies on foreigners these days. I think with that we'd see some improvement maybe not to German or French level but definitely better the the current level.
That's not important. What is important is the regulation on how many foreigners can play in a team Tigres became a dominant team but has a lot of players who are from other countries Teams who relied on youth like Chivas UNAM and Pachuca have struggled a bit more recently because their youth players aren't usually as good as a scouted foreigner who plays well Teams ended up following tigres to try not making tigres the only winner and the production of youth has slowed down For many years we've had a problem of letting go of talents too early for a quick buck Until the rules start being put in place we won't have a strong Mexican team
Liga MX has always had a problem where there is more money than talent. Most clubs are owned by very rich people who really have no need to sell their talent to european clubs, so they usually ask ridiculous prices for young academy players, while also the teams are flooded by top south american so those young ones have very little chances to play.
Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, England and France are all better national teams than Mexico and all have between 50-60% foreign players in their top league. Liga MX has only 37% foreign players.
@@sarahjessicafarter7383 that's a good point. England is debatable. They've had a good run recently but I wouldn't say they're that far off from Mexico generally but i take your point.
One other thing I’d add to the “3 changes section” would also be something called the “20/11 rule”. Back in like the 2000s there was this rule that would mandate that players who were 20 years and 11 months old or younger get 1000 total minutes per season. This forced teams in Liga MX to play academy players. this rule when paired with the limited foreigners rule it gave senior team minutes to a bunch of young talent who became staples of the national team for years; players like Hector Moreno in Pumas, Javier Hernandez in Chivas and Andres Guardado at Atlas had their shot at the senior squad thanks to this rule. Now a days since there’s like a Academy Players league, Liga MX don’t have to do this anymore unless they can’t bring many foreigners in so they have to patch the squad with academy players out of necessity. Wonderful video Adrian, love your content, cheers.
Mexican players are the most overrated players in the world. My team FC Porto spent 30 million on mexican players and won’t make even close to a profit not to mention our youth players are better than the mexican stars like hector herrera, tecatito, Diego Reyes amongst others.
@@musicvideouploader1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA Hugo Sánchez one of the best strikers at Real Madrid ever? Rafael Márquez one of the best defenders at Barcelona ever? Get out
@@jackbilo2819 they don't want to sell them. Herrera and tecatito and even layun were the best players in a respective season in Portugal. If they were any other nationality they would have been bought by a top team for shit ton of money.
We are such a mess rn. The last 10 mins of vs Canada was the way we should be playing all the time. We are not going good for us. The team itself isn’t bad,it’s a good team but management now is starting to get stale. We need a heavy attacking base play and we need a manager who can do that
Mexico it’s been found out, you can play two bands of 4 and counter them or you can press them up high and strangle them both ways work that’s down to the style they want to play
Disagree!!! Mexico has a bad midfield because most of them are non creative!!!! Also are defense is garbage !!! We trying to have Moreno be like Marquez and play 5 world cups when he’s not even the caliber of player as Marquez.
Wow Adrian!!! Maybe it’s cause I see herc on TV a lot but it just feels like your channel has made the big leagues!!! Bravo, keep this up and you’ll take over the futbol media space on yourtube. Go Canada 🇨🇦
Mexico had so much potential young talent back in 2011 when they won the u-21 World Cup but sadly they have not been used by club and country. I feel like that’s when I noticed that they waste potential in youth players.
@@juanjoseph how is telling the truth stupid? so correcting somebody on a subject triggered you already? yet you make another mistake U-19??? wtf? there are only 6 FIFA World Cups in Mens categories FIFA WORLD CUP FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP FIFA BEACH WORLD CUP FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP you're pathetic
Great interview. Two of the most thoughtful and honest voices in the North American soccer market. Truly an interesting topic for a US fan. Would like to hear such a concise plan from someone like Herc re: maximizing the US player pool/men's team potential going forward. Likewise Canada tbh.
Like Herculez said mexico relies too much on their sacred cows if you look at where Mexico plays their friendlies they rarely play in Mexico most games are in the US and I know people who only go to national team games but don’t know any liga mx talent so in order for these games to sell well they bring in the players who sell well not the ones who play well to appease the American market
Mexico suffer from a lack of penetration, to play the way the want to play unfortunately you need more quality in the midfield, the team should be playing a 4-2-3-1 they have 2 players that can play a proper pivot, they a 10 and a proper 9, spain changed their tune from the passing carousel, right now Mexico doesn’t have the quality to compete playing that way
Agreed with that formation. I would personally put Lainez in the 10 and let him be free the whole game, I think putting him in the right is a bit of a waste.
Dude no way you talking to Herc, dude you are a fully fledged top level Football Journalist!!! Wow! Amazing work. I’m proud to send you some money every month lol you are moving up fast.
seeing the amazing growth of your channel is impressive your content is absolutely world class keep up the good work i would love to see a video on how john herdman has made Canada competitive. Ps: I am also from Montreal !
Amazing video Adrian. Loving this interview videos more and more. As a Colombian, I personally have envy the monetary power of the Mexican league always. You can tell just by the top quality of their stadia, that the Mexican league doesn't envy Europeans. At the same time, I have always been glad that in Colombia players are able to leave to foreign and stronger leagues early in their careers instead of stagnating in their native county.
Absolute classic from you Adrian! You and Herc seem to have great chemistry with each other, and it also seemed like he loved speaking with you, and the freedom you gave him to express his own opinions more that he probably gets to on ESPN.
It’s honestly so sad when I go to Mexico and we play soccer in the street , how I see the incredible talent of these kids that play with bust up shoes and chewed up balls using rocks as goals. Like you could create 20 teams from amateurs in el barrio send them to a European academy and you would build an unstoppable team . He Mexican federation is linked with the government and Televisa so they don’t give a damn they only care about the money.
its not barrio.... its because mexican federation doesnt have any depth, USA has similar issue what hiding USA, lets be real// USA hasnt beaten anyone of importance. if mexico national team is ur bench mark??? yeaaaaa there is a issue
Great video mate. Would love a video about PSG and why they aren’t playing up to how we all thought, and perhaps analyzing the controversial behind the scenes. Would make an interesting video in my opinion.
They're playing exactly how we thought they'd be playing. Undroppable forwards shoehorned in regardless of form, output or team shape and who don't do the work to defend from the front, combined with Poch tearing his hair out trying to figure out how to fashion an actual team out of all these social media influencers with a sidejob playing football. The results are exactly what anyone who understands how Pochettino teams play and what makes them successful expected.
Im really happy you made a video about this i know us English speaking EL TRI fan really wanted to see a breakdown on what’s happening with our national team without having to listen to our mexican pundits getting into screaming matches on why tata needs to be sacked
Luis Romo over Edson Alvarez? Like dude who would you rather have? Edson Alvarez plays in Europe for Ajax best team in Holland, Ajax play in the Champions League, Ajax hold the number one seed in the Eredivisie. Luis Romo plays for Cruz Azul hasn’t played a single minute in Europe, other than playoffs in the Liga MX
Tata Martino really needs to do some self reflecting after losing 3 time to the USA in the same calendar year. Stop calling up HH, Guardado, Chaka Rodriguez, Jesús Gallardo, Memo Ochoa, and Néstor Araujo. I think we need to move on from Tecatito Corona
Going off what Herc said, Mexicos coach finally listened to the public and is calling up a very young team for the match vs Chile. Many of these prospects are very interesting. Can you make a video reviewing and analyzing them?
Dope video, Herc gave a great interview with 11 yanks where they discussed USMNT. It would be sick if you could bring on 11 yanks or another USMNT youtuber and do a video about how the US is improving and evolving Only natural after a video about El Tri🔥
Great video and I was always wondering how Mexico constantly produces very good talents but they don’t have that many players in Europe and always struggle on the senior level🤔 Herc explained it perfectly, especially the part about overestimating the domestic league. My sister in law is Mexican and I really want to see them reaching at least the semifinal for a change. Good luck 🇲🇽
There are a lot more issues still in the shadows, mainly the shameless priorization of the comercial side of mexican football, overexplotation of friendly matches un the U. S. , Sponsors and club owners having a Big influence on wich players are called to the national team, and much much more. Still it was a great video, man.
its because Mexico federation caters to USA and their marketing program. thats what we are saying. look at new liga mx and mls competition?? how is that helping mexican league?? nooooo. its all for money. when u should be fighting to go back to copa sudamerica and copa libertadores. thats what pissing mexican fans off. also whats hurting mexico national team is playing in concacaf. as far as USA, listen lets be real. USA besides them beating mexico?? what else have they done?? wake me up if they beat brazil or argentina national team. then we will see.. from what i see, i see a time, struggling in central america... thats what i dont like USA media and USA national team. beating mexico isnt a badge of honor
@@kem1233 I mean the money issue, the greed of the mexican federation has been a problem for YEARS, it’s just getting exposed in the worst way possible with the way 2021 was for Mexico. They’re young talented players in Europe but they only want the players who are sponsored by the media to play for Mexico instead of the ones that actually deserve a spot on the national team
@@aldotheraider2471 LISTEN, u also need to look at this, USA national team is also horrible. Remember, their wins against mexico are all on USA soil. USA still struggles in central america, central america is horrible football problem is mexico national team is lazy. They are no competition for mexico to improve. Federation needs to stop with USA tours of national team. whats worse is liga mx is trying to have alliance with MLS? when liga mx fans want to return to copa libertadores, and sudamerica. GOLD cup has been meaningless for decade now.. at the same time, i dont listen to USA, its always anti mexico. but this has been going for over 20 years, and mexican pundits in mexico. Its true, mexico will never be good, til they leave concacaf. players, and liga mx are too cocky for no reason. is mexico better than USA, and central america, yeaaaa, but at the same time we are so use to playing on there level. we just stop trying. we turn around and face chile and lose 7 to 0. or go to argentina and lose 4-0 out of no where. as far as USA and their media, USA hasnt beaten anyone of quality. they doing same thing, hyping that team up to fail..
@@kem1233 don’t forget they are relying on their sacred cows that are no longer in their prime mind I tell you that Mexico has the oldest team in CONCACAF with an age average of 28.2, and don’t get me started with the corruption. The corruption is what’s annoying the Mexican fan base and yes in the early 2000’s you saw El Tri compete with teams like Brazil back in the day
Money is the huge issue that surrounds the Mexican game. The talent is there but they export those players are baffling. For example Jose Juan Macias linked to bvb, but they didn’t want to spend 15-20 mil for him. And the reason is that he’s a risk and they would play a hefty amount for a unproven player. And that’s one example of the many examples Liga MX doesn’t care about the development they want money, and for a European team why pay 10-30 mil on a unproven Mexican player when they can spend less than 5 mil on a US or Canadian player and develop them. As that’s what the issues riles on. These other concaf teams caring about their youth players development and Mexico caring about the dollar.
They should let JJ Macias go to BVB. Manchester City and Juventus are also interested in Macias, Mexico doesn’t realize that they are sabotaging their young talent and holding them back by not letting them go to Europe. The stupidity of the FMF is not even funny it’s annoying and it’s starting to piss off the Mexican fans
The players are obviously talented, and I'm not an expert by any means, but when I tune into a LigaMX match I find the style of football to be very ugly. A lot of Direct Counter Attacks, Route One, etc. Maybe it has to do with pitch quality or some other factors. For their national team to improve, I think they'll need to go to Europe at younger ages
good interview, and first time bumping into this channel! just one to offer some perspective as to why us mexicans want players from liga mx over those who are are abroad. players like tecatito, hh, and salcido grow complacent once they gain a little fame and don’t play with the same fire they once had. méxico had never been good bc of its individual players, but bc of the collective effort. we need players that are willing to die on the pitch if we wanna have a chance, and those playing in europe just haven’t shown the hunger for some time. let’s give players who are hungry and up and coming a chance!
Maybe the Mexicans should take a page from Hockey Canada after their "disastrous" showing at the '98 Olympics with Wayne Gretzky on the bench and work out programs to improve their system.
He's exactly right. There are a few combining factors but the main one is that Mexican teams don't see exporting players at a lower cost as the most profitable route. However, if the MLS proves that selling players cheaply eventually means that European clubs will be more willing to shell out for your talent, then Liga MX teams may start trying it although business in general in Mexico is quite risk-averse. Very few people will sell a player at a low cost with the hope that 10 years from now, it'll help them sell other players at a much higher cost.
As a Mexican I am sure USA will 100% beat us in every match at least for 5 years from now. The difference in the sport project plan is huge. USA have a young and promising team Mexico have an aging team with no young talents with continuity behind.
What’s been holding talent from progressing is greed by clubs.Mexican Clubs don’t sell their young talent as they want as much as possible compared to American and South American Clubs who sell their talent for cheap to European clubs.makes sense for a European club to maybe spend 500k on a cheap talent to develop as opposed to 5 to 10+ million for a gamble
@@themaskedmagic1783 thats because south american clubs are poor and in debt. look at argentina clubs, they are always in debt and need money. why u think they sell their players young, and same with brazil right now. there is enough talent to full a quality team. argentina and brazil have been struggling for two decades now. those players who sell mexican players, they also get to market the mexican market which is massive.. thats why they market those players high. i agree but u also need to realize if u been watching brazil and argentine league. they are started to be horrible,
To further the point that the Mexican market is huge in the states. @20:32 while the topic is about the mexican national teams effect on everyday mexicans life. the picture used is actually in southern california (Lynwood to be exact) just crazy the following they have here. great interview
I didnt know you where Canadian so first of all as a Mexican who saw Mexico play vs guys I dunno if they were pros in Canada's NT back in the 90s & absolutely get destroyed, as a guy who lived in Vancouver in 08/09 & played better than guys there who said they were pros ( or close to) without me even being close to pros I really wanna praise & take my hats off to the work you guys have done regarding this sport.You as a fan have a lot to do with this Im sure. So kudos to you, I really enjoy how you play currently. Second everything that Herc said is spot on, unfortunately our directors are more worried about the bills thatn the sporting development, even in youth teams there is still corruption till this day, I know guys who were asked ranging from 1500 to 2500 USD equivalent to debut professionaly, guys who were good but whose families didnt want to take part in that BS or guys who were very poor to cover that quota, that is also a focal point of talent loss, because sometimes the best players come from very poor backgrounds & dont have the money to "buy in". Theres a lot of mid high class guys buying in who suck but they take the spots of others who are good but cant buy in. Look for Santiago Fernandez one of the worst cases of this, guy absolutely sucked but was a pro. Even if we work on what Herc said, which is spot on, still if our broad of directors still prioritizze $$$ over talent & development we wont reach that potential I think we have. We need to do what Herc said plus getting rid of this corrupt mafia that runs football here. Im sure Herc didnt dwelve that deep cause he is a media a guy & has to watch out what he speaks but that is also a big problem. Great talk it is definetely worth watching at least a couple times.
I think Mexican football would have had a much better trajectory historically if they were a part of Conmebol instead of Concacaf because they would regularly face the other Latin American powerhouses , namely Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay
As a usmnt fan I got to say the Mexican national team has really interested me and how they play I hope they actually get more competitive cuz it's actually getting really boring seeing us beat them all the time now
México will get it figured out eventually and when they do it will make the rivalry more fun. However, the FMF only cares about money and this has been a problem for years, as a México fan it drives me insane. I hope they don’t qualify for the World Cup this year so they can learn their lesson
Hercules Gomez was on point about what he said about Liga MX, they feel that you need to go to the Liga MX first then go to Europe but that’s not always the best solution and don’t get me started with the corruption. Christian Pulisic never started in MLS he started in Germany with Dortmund, Weston Mckennie started in Germany and now he’s playing in Italy with Juventus
Besides having great pride in the national team, Mexico has just as much pride in the their own league and want it to be just as represented every time the national team plays... I can understand this sentiment... it's like saying "We don't need Europe... we love our own local teams here and they can produce just as good players as anyplace else!" Very unique attitude and I actually admire it... other countries like to show off by counting off how many of their national team players are part of glamorous European clubs, but Mexican fans can show off by producing a great national team mostly by their own domestic clubs.
Well they’re gonna fall on their own sword, that “We don’t need Europe” mentality is gonna be they’re downfall. Because you want your Mexican players to go to Europe and they can give you that production in the National team that’s why USA and Canada are having a lot of success.
I've never been more aligned with Hercules thoughts as in this interview. Alot of times I'm actually opposed. But he did expand my already cumbersome thoughts on liga mx and the stupidity of the FMF. The one truth is that until the economic side of the league or national team is threatened things won't change and the key are canda and US. At some point the pressure will force them to change, but that's the problem, they wait for shit to go bad instead of trying to keep things running at a 100.
I think they’ll change the way they operate either after the qualifiers or after the World Cup. I’m getting really annoyed with how they have been operating over the years, it gets me mad that first shit has to hit the fan before they can make changes
@@aldotheraider2471 I've been following the national team for 16 years. From experience they never make real changes until some outside force comes and breaks their knees( aka they see a dramatical decrease in income, shirts and games sales) majorly from extremely bad results lowering attendance at games in US soil. This led to mexico changing minimum requirements for friendly rivals in the past... ex, no more games vs guatemala and Haiti. Among other changes that always happen by force. So the key here are US based fans, until we stop showering them with dollars and ask instead for quality in return, nothing much will change, only superficial things like a new coach or new federation appointments to increase moral. Problem is that the federation uses the nostalgia of US fans willing to pay 500 for 3 tickets agaisnt B or C teams from South America or Europe. We need to vote with our dollars if we want change.
@@roger9685 I’ve been following the since 2009 since 2nd grade lmao, we know that the money has always been a problem and the corruption. Those 2 issues are what’s annoying and pissing off the Mexican fan base. Also the Liga MX doesn’t play in Copa Libertadores instead they play MLS teams, they should bring back relegation as well. I want to see a Change in the Manager position cause I hate Tata Martino
@@roger9685 it’s a shame that pressure is what’s needed to change things, young players are also needed for El Tri because they’re are so many young promising players: Marcelo Flores, the Willmann Brothers Mauricio and Alejandro, Eugenio Pizzuto, Luca Martinez Dupuy, Santiago Muñoz, Benjamin Gladames, just to name a few. It’s not fair to those players who are in form to get denied a spot because a player is more advertised
@@aldotheraider2471 Not only that, getting called and playing games is profitable for players as they get bonuses per game played. So when tjey get regular call ups they don't want to stop because they cash in. Makes it harder for unknowns to get more chances to show off. This all revolves around money and nepotism. Otherwise how can you justify players warming benches in Europe coming over and starting matches? We've seen the results. This opens another2 issue. For decades the federation has been loafing around doing the bare minimum to justify regional supremacy and bringing 8n the big bucks marketing just that. Because of the general low competitiveness of the region, mexican official have been able to get away with it. Ironically us and Canada getting better and applying pressure for supremacy could change this with time if enough bad results are obtained. Unfortunately that's what it will take because officials are set in maximizing profits with the minimum investment needed, thats been their only goal since the 1994 wolrd cup in America when they realized they could make huge profits in America.
We do lol he has carácther and strength to win us the games like on the World Cup 2014 and what he did with America against Cruz azul on 2013 and what he is doing with tigres now
What an amazing interview! Really good talking points and I’m glad the Mexican federation is being shown their true colors. Greedy people in our federation who rather go play Honduras in Chicago make money and win. We should go play Spain and European giants lose or win and make little money but gain the experience.
For México to wake up they need to not qualify to a World Cup. They need a STRONG wake up call, not just a slap on the wrist like finishing 2nd or 3rd would be
I don’t think it’ll happen. They’ll make top 3 and even if they made 4th place they’ll play New Zealand for a spot in the WC which they should win easily. Then next World Cup they won’t even play qualifiers since they are hosts
Mexico have been consistent over the past 20 years. US and Canada have simply sharply risen over the past few years. Canada now have the two best players in Concacaf. And after Davies and David lie a solid supporting cast. For the US, the rise in talent has been quite stark. 14 US players currently under the age of 23 have gotten minutes in the top 5 leagues of Europe. For Brazil, that number is 12.
Luca Martinez Dupuy, Marcelo Flores, Mauricio and Alejandro Willimann, Erik Lira, Alan Mozo, Gerardo Arteaga, Efrain Alvarez, Julian Araujo. There is so much hidden talent these players have little to no experience on the team and that’s frustrating. Tata Martino sucks at calling up the correct players bruh
the problems w the mexican team 1. like the English-There is an overhype of the team 2. An overreliance on the same players to get them over the line even tho most are past their prime-Guardado, HH, Ochoa, even Rafa Maraquez in the WC- leading to not giving a chance to their young players and when they break thru they are 24,25,27 3. mentality, Theres seems to be some sort of conformity With just making it to the R16 like the saying-“jugamos como nunca,perdimos como siempre” and not aspiring for more and it spreads to throughout the squad
Not to mention el Quinto partido. Literally no team except for Mexico try to only make it to the 5th game. Even the shitty teams and teams that arwnt expected to go far try to go as far as they can in the world cup just like Costa Rica in 14, Russia in 18, Croatia in 18, and Uruguay in 2010.
@@Zetro999 Uruguay is a shitty team? Wow ... They have 2 WC, 15 Copa America and other tournaments. What does the "gigant" of Concacaf has? 1 Confederation ... please, have more respect for other teams that is bigger than yours.
@@pm1660 fair enough they aren't shitty however Uruguay were not and aren't always expected to go that far. Also Uruguay's world cups were won in the stone age aside from that they're just a decent team that produce 4 or 5 world class players every so often. Better than mexico however they aren't amazing.
@@Zetro999 I'm sorry, but you don't know what you are talking about as Uruguay is expected to get further in the WC than Mexico, Uruguay has some of the best elites players, that Mexico doesn't have. They produce great players which Mx doesn't do. What are you talking about?
Thank you for having Hercules on. Mexican football is so interesting.
Most honest pundit tbh
I like that you made this video because as a Mexican supporter I have been really stressed an annoyed by the way we play and the results. We play like how I play FIFA.
I think Mexico will die on its sword but, hopefully they die on their sword in the World Cup and not outside of it 😂
@@pedropierre9594 what beating Mexico once does to a mf
whats so funny is obession over mexico, its concacaf, none of these teams are good including USA national team.
Sidenote, all these wins are all on USA soil. Come back when usa goes to brazil or argentina and their countries. And beat them. This is same country that struggled in guatemala. Please
@@kem1233 you have the worst takes in the entire comment section, Mexico is MANY peoples home nation of course we are obsessed, even people born in the USA with Mexican parents will have a strong connection and prefer Mexico in all sports. Of course we are interested in concacaf when we live in it. You said in a different comment that Mexico should leave concacaf, you want us to lift the country up using a bunch of helicopters and move it man? We are in the confederation, we cant just change geography.
@@Otoskire if Israel can move to euro, austrailia move to AFC. mexico can do the same. my issue is USA and americans views on mexico, its always negative. this has been going for over a decade and a half. i seen videos of american base channels. divide between mexican americans and who should they follow???
u have other latino groups in USA and they cheer for their parents countries not USA, no one talks about them....
also, these USA victories?? they all have one thing in common, they were all on USA soil. come back to me when USA plays brazil in brazil, and wins. or argentina..
mexico staying in concacaf is making mexico national team become lazy.
Such a good video on the Mexican national team, really goes to show how resting on your laurels can come back to bite you. But Mexico is a sleeping giant like herc says, once they see the u.s or Canada be more successful we could see a very strong resurgence from this team
It's a shame as a Mexico fan seeing that needs to happen before they do anything to retaliate what the US and Canada is doing.
Nope femexfut only cares about money. Mexico could not qualify for 10 world cups and they wouldn't give a rats ass as long as idiots still show up to watch the games and buy the shirts.
im going to say this to everyone.. mexico will never improve til they leave concacaf. its making mexico become lazy and not try. Canada and USA are not good teams. in USA media is hyping USA national team up, lets be real. they havent beaten anyone of high quality.. til they beat spain or argentina or brazil, then yeaaaa they havent....
@@Zetro999 actually thats a lie, if mexico doesnt go to world cup, they will lose over billion dollars and even in USA. they need mexico to qualify. mexican football market is massive, its one of most important markets in football world. everyone knows that,
if u take away, mexico. who is going to full those bars and clubs, buy food and drinks in texas and arizona, and places like oklahoma?? no one.. even in USA, american fans, not even close. USA, futbol isnt that big. americans do full bars n parks etc but no where close to mexicans.
Yeah. Maybe a strong resurgence. The thing is that they are stubborn. A lot of political influence. Try to break that and I’ll tell you that you’re also able to change their corrupt government and break the chain from the cartel influence.
I’m from Mexico and a long time fan, we honestly always overhype out team, doesn’t help that we play countries like Jamaica and Honduras and we beat them 3-0
you did not beat Jamaica 3-0 --- at Azteca it was 2-1 --- and you will lose away @ Jamaica watch.
@@guillermoelenes7252 it's a metaphor to how we usually roll over small countries because that's who we mostly play. Taking it too literall bud
@@Jsilv934
Still, wining 2-1 at home against an amateur team that also cannot run at their top due to mexico's city height is a big L
@@juanjoseph a win is a win
@@diegomanjarrez4101
That idiotic type of mentality is the reason mexico will always be a D tier team that can only dream of surviving the group stage in the WC.
No bro. Winning 2-1 at home against amateurs, with the handicap of being 2200 meters in height, is not a good thing. Be thankful you play against Bikini Islands, becuase in CONMEBOL even Bolivia would beat mexico.
In my opinion Mexico's biggest problem is their own domestic league and the way it is set up. What other country in the world that wants to be a top team in the sport by standards of their fans and media has two league champions in a calendar year?
Liga MX's problem is splitting their seasons into two and having play-offs with one champion in December and another in May. This is part of the reason why there is so many foreigners in the league. Teams benefit financially by having play-offs because it means more money, with more money they can spend more but there is also a short window to find succes, so that causes there to arrive foreign players.
With a split season, teams only have 17 games to make the playoff. Teams would much rather buy a cheap South American player with experience. Who is going to make twice as much in Mexico than in South America and this causes there to be an influx of foreign players taking that opportunity from a young Mexican player.
It's a shame since Mexico shown flashes of excellence at the youth level in tournament's and that potential is taken away by the greediness of their own federation. The Mexican federation much rather make money than actually focus on that unlocked potential that they have shown in the youth level. That's why Mexico is constantly playing in friendlies in the US because they now they will sell out a 35,000 seat stadium for a meaningless game.
This is only one of Mexico's problem but they almost all tie into the greediness of the federation. Also, it is a shame that I have never really seen anyone in the Mexican media bring this up as an issue. They almost always say that there is too many foreigners, but they do not bring up the root of the problem or do anything to fix it. It just goes to show that the Mexican media has so much control over the league which in itself is an issue.
All major Latin American nations have traditionally split their domestic league season in two. Chile have switched to a single league competition but only since 2018. Argentina have also been experimenting with a single league competition in recent years but are yet to settle on a format. Brazil still have the low quality state championships wasting half their calendar year.
As for foreign players, they only block the first team opportunities of the less talented Mexican youth players. Spain, France, Italy, England, Germany and Portugal each have far more foreign players in their domestic leagues than Mexico and their national teams have benefitted. Their best youth players get to compete in a stronger quality league due to those foreign players raising standards.
@@sarahjessicafarter7383 debatable but in Europe they actually care about their domestic talent while in Mexico they don't. Not to mention mexican teams always sign a bunch of freeloaders.
@@Zetro999 Yes, the top Mexican youth prospects do not get played in their club's first team young enough. They should be in the first team from 16/17 but instead are made to wait until 18/19.
@@sarahjessicafarter7383 exactly very rarely do you see a young Mexican player play in the first team until they reach 21 or 22 hell sometimes even later. However I think having a rule like Brazil where you can only field 3 or 4 foreigners on the pitch would work as well considering liga mx always relies on foreigners these days. I think with that we'd see some improvement maybe not to German or French level but definitely better the the current level.
That's not important. What is important is the regulation on how many foreigners can play in a team
Tigres became a dominant team but has a lot of players who are from other countries
Teams who relied on youth like Chivas UNAM and Pachuca have struggled a bit more recently because their youth players aren't usually as good as a scouted foreigner who plays well
Teams ended up following tigres to try not making tigres the only winner and the production of youth has slowed down
For many years we've had a problem of letting go of talents too early for a quick buck
Until the rules start being put in place we won't have a strong Mexican team
Herculez Gomez is the best pundit in America, honest with his opinions on Mexico and the Usmnt! What a interview!!
HOLY COW ADRIAN GOT HERC ON HERE?!?! LET'S GOOOO
Liga MX has always had a problem where there is more money than talent. Most clubs are owned by very rich people who really have no need to sell their talent to european clubs, so they usually ask ridiculous prices for young academy players, while also the teams are flooded by top south american so those young ones have very little chances to play.
They should have a rule where they can only field 3 or 4 foreigners like Brazil
Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, England and France are all better national teams than Mexico and all have between 50-60% foreign players in their top league. Liga MX has only 37% foreign players.
@@sarahjessicafarter7383 that's a good point. England is debatable. They've had a good run recently but I wouldn't say they're that far off from Mexico generally but i take your point.
One other thing I’d add to the “3 changes section” would also be something called the “20/11 rule”. Back in like the 2000s there was this rule that would mandate that players who were 20 years and 11 months old or younger get 1000 total minutes per season. This forced teams in Liga MX to play academy players. this rule when paired with the limited foreigners rule it gave senior team minutes to a bunch of young talent who became staples of the national team for years; players like Hector Moreno in Pumas, Javier Hernandez in Chivas and Andres Guardado at Atlas had their shot at the senior squad thanks to this rule. Now a days since there’s like a Academy Players league, Liga MX don’t have to do this anymore unless they can’t bring many foreigners in so they have to patch the squad with academy players out of necessity.
Wonderful video Adrian, love your content, cheers.
They need to bring it back it's not fair that the younger players can't play because of players who aren't even supposed to be playing
Mexican players are the most overrated players in the world. My team FC Porto spent 30 million on mexican players and won’t make even close to a profit not to mention our youth players are better than the mexican stars like hector herrera, tecatito, Diego Reyes amongst others.
@@jackbilo2819 I don't think Mexico has ever produced a world-class player
@@musicvideouploader1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA Hugo Sánchez one of the best strikers at Real Madrid ever? Rafael Márquez one of the best defenders at Barcelona ever? Get out
@@jackbilo2819 they don't want to sell them. Herrera and tecatito and even layun were the best players in a respective season in Portugal. If they were any other nationality they would have been bought by a top team for shit ton of money.
I’m so proud of Adrian. I’m 10 minutes in and this is an instant classic. Great work!
We are such a mess rn. The last 10 mins of vs Canada was the way we should be playing all the time. We are not going good for us. The team itself isn’t bad,it’s a good team but management now is starting to get stale. We need a heavy attacking base play and we need a manager who can do that
Mexico it’s been found out, you can play two bands of 4 and counter them or you can press them up high and strangle them both ways work that’s down to the style they want to play
@@pedropierre9594 yeah mexico's style of play would be like playing possession based football vs Liverpool
Those last 10 minutes was tense! I was thinking where was this from Mexico the entire game? That Borjan save at the end though.
They also need younger talented players
Disagree!!! Mexico has a bad midfield because most of them are non creative!!!! Also are defense is garbage !!! We trying to have Moreno be like Marquez and play 5 world cups when he’s not even the caliber of player as Marquez.
Wow Adrian!!! Maybe it’s cause I see herc on TV a lot but it just feels like your channel has made the big leagues!!! Bravo, keep this up and you’ll take over the futbol media space on yourtube. Go Canada 🇨🇦
Mexico had so much potential young talent back in 2011 when they won the u-21 World Cup but sadly they have not been used by club and country. I feel like that’s when I noticed that they waste potential in youth players.
Basically players don't want to leave mexico or teams charge to much for the youth
in 2011 there were already red flags
There is no such thing as U-21 World Cup 🤡🤡🤡
@@19ars92
It was u-19. Your comment is stupid since you focus on an honest mistake. Go be a fool somewhere else
@@juanjoseph
how is telling the truth stupid?
so correcting somebody on a subject triggered you already?
yet you make another mistake
U-19??? wtf?
there are only 6 FIFA World Cups in Mens categories
FIFA WORLD CUP
FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP
FIFA BEACH WORLD CUP
FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP
FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP
FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP
you're pathetic
31 Minutes. This will be good.
Great interview. Two of the most thoughtful and honest voices in the North American soccer market. Truly an interesting topic for a US fan. Would like to hear such a concise plan from someone like Herc re: maximizing the US player pool/men's team potential going forward. Likewise Canada tbh.
Like Herculez said mexico relies too much on their sacred cows if you look at where Mexico plays their friendlies they rarely play in Mexico most games are in the US and I know people who only go to national team games but don’t know any liga mx talent so in order for these games to sell well they bring in the players who sell well not the ones who play well to appease the American market
there are no longer good young players. corruption in the youth system is way too big now to get good talent nowadays
Mexico suffer from a lack of penetration, to play the way the want to play unfortunately you need more quality in the midfield, the team should be playing a 4-2-3-1 they have 2 players that can play a proper pivot, they a 10 and a proper 9, spain changed their tune from the passing carousel, right now Mexico doesn’t have the quality to compete playing that way
Hi hi penetration ... That's as far as I read :x
@@dvdv8197 😂 give it a read please penetration as in, they can’t play high in the opponents field 😂
Agreed with that formation. I would personally put Lainez in the 10 and let him be free the whole game, I think putting him in the right is a bit of a waste.
Dude no way you talking to Herc, dude you are a fully fledged top level Football Journalist!!! Wow! Amazing work. I’m proud to send you some money every month lol you are moving up fast.
seeing the amazing growth of your channel is impressive your content is absolutely world class keep up the good work i would love to see a video on how john herdman has made Canada competitive.
Ps: I am also from Montreal !
Amazing video Adrian. Loving this interview videos more and more. As a Colombian, I personally have envy the monetary power of the Mexican league always. You can tell just by the top quality of their stadia, that the Mexican league doesn't envy Europeans. At the same time, I have always been glad that in Colombia players are able to leave to foreign and stronger leagues early in their careers instead of stagnating in their native county.
Absolute classic from you Adrian! You and Herc seem to have great chemistry with each other, and it also seemed like he loved speaking with you, and the freedom you gave him to express his own opinions more that he probably gets to on ESPN.
Mexico’s futbol history: the First Nation in North America to host a World Cup, and the First Nation to host a World Cup Twice!
K? What does that matter? Have the won it? Nope! So sit down peasant
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR YEAAAARS! THANKS PACO/ADRIAN!!!!
It’s honestly so sad when I go to Mexico and we play soccer in the street , how I see the incredible talent of these kids that play with bust up shoes and chewed up balls using rocks as goals. Like you could create 20 teams from amateurs in el barrio send them to a European academy and you would build an unstoppable team . He Mexican federation is linked with the government and Televisa so they don’t give a damn they only care about the money.
its not barrio.... its because mexican federation doesnt have any depth, USA has similar issue what hiding USA, lets be real// USA hasnt beaten anyone of importance. if mexico national team is ur bench mark??? yeaaaaa there is a issue
Great video mate. Would love a video about PSG and why they aren’t playing up to how we all thought, and perhaps analyzing the controversial behind the scenes. Would make an interesting video in my opinion.
They're playing exactly how we thought they'd be playing. Undroppable forwards shoehorned in regardless of form, output or team shape and who don't do the work to defend from the front, combined with Poch tearing his hair out trying to figure out how to fashion an actual team out of all these social media influencers with a sidejob playing football. The results are exactly what anyone who understands how Pochettino teams play and what makes them successful expected.
Didn’t really seem like a topic that would interest me but this turned out to be one of my favourite videos!
Im really happy you made a video about this i know us English speaking EL TRI fan really wanted to see a breakdown on what’s happening with our national team without having to listen to our mexican pundits getting into screaming matches on why tata needs to be sacked
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Bruh Mexican pundits really said they would rather start Luis Romo over Edson Alvarez? As a México fan that had me laughing 😂
Luis Romo over Edson Alvarez? Like dude who would you rather have?
Edson Alvarez plays in Europe for Ajax best team in Holland, Ajax play in the Champions League, Ajax hold the number one seed in the Eredivisie.
Luis Romo plays for Cruz Azul hasn’t played a single minute in Europe, other than playoffs in the Liga MX
Tata Martino really needs to do some self reflecting after losing 3 time to the USA in the same calendar year. Stop calling up HH, Guardado, Chaka Rodriguez, Jesús Gallardo, Memo Ochoa, and Néstor Araujo. I think we need to move on from Tecatito Corona
Very entertaining interview with excellent open ended questions.
Herculez Gomez has great experience and knowledge on Mexican football.
Going off what Herc said, Mexicos coach finally listened to the public and is calling up a very young team for the match vs Chile. Many of these prospects are very interesting. Can you make a video reviewing and analyzing them?
Marcelo Flores is someone Mexico needs to keep, Canada and England are still in the run for them!
Also México has A LOT of players in Europe but the problem is that for some reason México is not looking at them and that’s frustrating!
Dope video, Herc gave a great interview with 11 yanks where they discussed USMNT. It would be sick if you could bring on 11 yanks or another USMNT youtuber and do a video about how the US is improving and evolving Only natural after a video about El Tri🔥
i been WAITING for this one
Great video and I was always wondering how Mexico constantly produces very good talents but they don’t have that many players in Europe and always struggle on the senior level🤔 Herc explained it perfectly, especially the part about overestimating the domestic league. My sister in law is Mexican and I really want to see them reaching at least the semifinal for a change. Good luck 🇲🇽
There are a lot more issues still in the shadows, mainly the shameless priorization of the comercial side of mexican football, overexplotation of friendly matches un the U. S. , Sponsors and club owners having a Big influence on wich players are called to the national team, and much much more. Still it was a great video, man.
its because Mexico federation caters to USA and their marketing program. thats what we are saying. look at new liga mx and mls competition?? how is that helping mexican league?? nooooo. its all for money. when u should be fighting to go back to copa sudamerica and copa libertadores.
thats what pissing mexican fans off. also whats hurting mexico national team is playing in concacaf. as far as USA, listen lets be real. USA besides them beating mexico?? what else have they done?? wake me up if they beat brazil or argentina national team. then we will see.. from what i see, i see a time, struggling in central america...
thats what i dont like USA media and USA national team. beating mexico isnt a badge of honor
@@kem1233 I mean the money issue, the greed of the mexican federation has been a problem for YEARS, it’s just getting exposed in the worst way possible with the way 2021 was for Mexico. They’re young talented players in Europe but they only want the players who are sponsored by the media to play for Mexico instead of the ones that actually deserve a spot on the national team
@@aldotheraider2471
LISTEN, u also need to look at this, USA national team is also horrible. Remember, their wins against mexico are all on USA soil. USA still struggles in central america, central america is horrible football
problem is mexico national team is lazy. They are no competition for mexico to improve. Federation needs to stop with USA tours of national team. whats worse is liga mx is trying to have alliance with MLS?
when liga mx fans want to return to copa libertadores, and sudamerica. GOLD cup has been meaningless for decade now..
at the same time, i dont listen to USA, its always anti mexico.
but this has been going for over 20 years, and mexican pundits in mexico. Its true, mexico will never be good, til they leave concacaf. players, and liga mx are too cocky for no reason. is mexico better than USA, and central america, yeaaaa, but at the same time we are so use to playing on there level. we just stop trying. we turn around and face chile and lose 7 to 0. or go to argentina and lose 4-0 out of no where.
as far as USA and their media, USA hasnt beaten anyone of quality. they doing same thing, hyping that team up to fail..
@@kem1233 don’t forget they are relying on their sacred cows that are no longer in their prime mind I tell you that Mexico has the oldest team in CONCACAF with an age average of 28.2, and don’t get me started with the corruption. The corruption is what’s annoying the Mexican fan base and yes in the early 2000’s you saw El Tri compete with teams like Brazil back in the day
@@kem1233 you also can’t deny that USA is better than Mexico at the moment, I think Mexico will get it figured out eventually
Money is the huge issue that surrounds the Mexican game. The talent is there but they export those players are baffling. For example Jose Juan Macias linked to bvb, but they didn’t want to spend 15-20 mil for him. And the reason is that he’s a risk and they would play a hefty amount for a unproven player. And that’s one example of the many examples Liga MX doesn’t care about the development they want money, and for a European team why pay 10-30 mil on a unproven Mexican player when they can spend less than 5 mil on a US or Canadian player and develop them. As that’s what the issues riles on. These other concaf teams caring about their youth players development and Mexico caring about the dollar.
They should let JJ Macias go to BVB. Manchester City and Juventus are also interested in Macias, Mexico doesn’t realize that they are sabotaging their young talent and holding them back by not letting them go to Europe. The stupidity of the FMF is not even funny it’s annoying and it’s starting to piss off the Mexican fans
The reason Mexico do well in youth international world cups is they more frequently get together their youth teams.
The players are obviously talented, and I'm not an expert by any means, but when I tune into a LigaMX match I find the style of football to be very ugly. A lot of Direct Counter Attacks, Route One, etc. Maybe it has to do with pitch quality or some other factors. For their national team to improve, I think they'll need to go to Europe at younger ages
Are you sure you're not confused between that and rapid transitions combined with extreme verticality?
@@paulie-g yeah I'm sure haha
See I see it the other way, I see the MLS as very static especially in defense.
@@jesusmartinez4675 in MLS they just refuse to play defense 😂
Really enjoyed this discussion, always nice to hear some insight from someone who is knowledgeable about a certain topic like Herc.
good interview, and first time bumping into this channel! just one to offer some perspective as to why us mexicans want players from liga mx over those who are are abroad.
players like tecatito, hh, and salcido grow complacent once they gain a little fame and don’t play with the same fire they once had. méxico had never been good bc of its individual players, but bc of the collective effort. we need players that are willing to die on the pitch if we wanna have a chance, and those playing in europe just haven’t shown the hunger for some time. let’s give players who are hungry and up and coming a chance!
Maybe the Mexicans should take a page from Hockey Canada after their "disastrous" showing at the '98 Olympics with Wayne Gretzky on the bench and work out programs to improve their system.
Great video, hopefully Mexico can figure it out because we have the talent. We just gotta execute
He's exactly right. There are a few combining factors but the main one is that Mexican teams don't see exporting players at a lower cost as the most profitable route. However, if the MLS proves that selling players cheaply eventually means that European clubs will be more willing to shell out for your talent, then Liga MX teams may start trying it although business in general in Mexico is quite risk-averse. Very few people will sell a player at a low cost with the hope that 10 years from now, it'll help them sell other players at a much higher cost.
As a Mexican I am sure USA will 100% beat us in every match at least for 5 years from now. The difference in the sport project plan is huge. USA have a young and promising team Mexico have an aging team with no young talents with continuity behind.
What’s been holding talent from progressing is greed by clubs.Mexican Clubs don’t sell their young talent as they want as much as possible compared to American and South American Clubs who sell their talent for cheap to European clubs.makes sense for a European club to maybe spend 500k on a cheap talent to develop as opposed to 5 to 10+ million for a gamble
No diga mamadas compa
@@themaskedmagic1783 thats because south american clubs are poor and in debt. look at argentina clubs, they are always in debt and need money. why u think they sell their players young, and same with brazil right now. there is enough talent to full a quality team. argentina and brazil have been struggling for two decades now.
those players who sell mexican players, they also get to market the mexican market which is massive.. thats why they market those players high. i agree but u also need to realize if u been watching brazil and argentine league. they are started to be horrible,
Hoy nomas que babosadas
@@leticiavillanueva3519 nos metieron la brga con su equipo B:(
Absolutely amazing interview and great talking points.
ngl this is the first time I've watched an interview video all the way through. excellent interview
Hey there, greetings from México.
This is what i’ve been waiting for. Amazing video.
I love this man I always try to listen to him talk about the game please make another vid like this please 🙏
Loved the interview!! 👍
Make more of this!! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Amazing video, Adrian. Cannot commend you enough on this one.
Honestly, i would love to see more vids about the mad house that is concacaf🇹🇹
What a great video that really explained how things work in this region. Amazing job Adrian
Really enjoyed this. Great job!!!
Awesome interview
I love videos like this, great video Adrian!
Damn what a great video and guest! Love your content!
I'm not really into CONCACAF but I really enjoyed the video, good job Adrian!
It's the wall. The WALL worked!
Damn Adrian with the Hercules Gomez flex ? The maple man blessing us
To further the point that the Mexican market is huge in the states. @20:32 while the topic is about the mexican national teams effect on everyday mexicans life. the picture used is actually in southern california (Lynwood to be exact) just crazy the following they have here.
great interview
I didnt know you where Canadian so first of all as a Mexican who saw Mexico play vs guys I dunno if they were pros in Canada's NT back in the 90s & absolutely get destroyed, as a guy who lived in Vancouver in 08/09 & played better than guys there who said they were pros ( or close to) without me even being close to pros I really wanna praise & take my hats off to the work you guys have done regarding this sport.You as a fan have a lot to do with this Im sure. So kudos to you, I really enjoy how you play currently.
Second everything that Herc said is spot on, unfortunately our directors are more worried about the bills thatn the sporting development, even in youth teams there is still corruption till this day, I know guys who were asked ranging from 1500 to 2500 USD equivalent to debut professionaly, guys who were good but whose families didnt want to take part in that BS or guys who were very poor to cover that quota, that is also a focal point of talent loss, because sometimes the best players come from very poor backgrounds & dont have the money to "buy in". Theres a lot of mid high class guys buying in who suck but they take the spots of others who are good but cant buy in. Look for Santiago Fernandez one of the worst cases of this, guy absolutely sucked but was a pro.
Even if we work on what Herc said, which is spot on, still if our broad of directors still prioritizze $$$ over talent & development we wont reach that potential I think we have. We need to do what Herc said plus getting rid of this corrupt mafia that runs football here. Im sure Herc didnt dwelve that deep cause he is a media a guy & has to watch out what he speaks but that is also a big problem.
Great talk it is definetely worth watching at least a couple times.
wonderful video! keep them coming!
Enjoyed every bit of this
FINALLY!!! I love you
Such a great interview! You got a new subscriber!
I appreciate you man!
Really interesting video, loved it!
Awesome, thank you for this!!!
I think Mexican football would have had a much better trajectory historically if they were a part of Conmebol instead of Concacaf because they would regularly face the other Latin American powerhouses , namely Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay
But they aren't
Insightful interview.
Great interview.
herc involved more in youtube football scene. Its nice to see compared to other pundit.
Bro I swear HERCULES GOMEZ STRAIGHT SAYS FACTS ABOUT MEXICANS AM CHICANO BY THE WAY AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW WHERE HIS POV IS COMING FROM
As a usmnt fan I got to say the Mexican national team has really interested me and how they play I hope they actually get more competitive cuz it's actually getting really boring seeing us beat them all the time now
México will get it figured out eventually and when they do it will make the rivalry more fun. However, the FMF only cares about money and this has been a problem for years, as a México fan it drives me insane. I hope they don’t qualify for the World Cup this year so they can learn their lesson
Hercules Gomez was on point about what he said about Liga MX, they feel that you need to go to the Liga MX first then go to Europe but that’s not always the best solution and don’t get me started with the corruption. Christian Pulisic never started in MLS he started in Germany with Dortmund, Weston Mckennie started in Germany and now he’s playing in Italy with Juventus
Besides having great pride in the national team, Mexico has just as much pride in the their own league and want it to be just as represented every time the national team plays...
I can understand this sentiment... it's like saying "We don't need Europe... we love our own local teams here and they can produce just as good players as anyplace else!"
Very unique attitude and I actually admire it... other countries like to show off by counting off how many of their national team players are part of glamorous European clubs, but Mexican fans can show off by producing a great national team mostly by their own domestic clubs.
Well they’re gonna fall on their own sword, that “We don’t need Europe” mentality is gonna be they’re downfall. Because you want your Mexican players to go to Europe and they can give you that production in the National team that’s why USA and Canada are having a lot of success.
Great video great guest
Yesss let’s talk about Mexico!!
Great video. Herc is awesome
I've never been more aligned with Hercules thoughts as in this interview. Alot of times I'm actually opposed. But he did expand my already cumbersome thoughts on liga mx and the stupidity of the FMF. The one truth is that until the economic side of the league or national team is threatened things won't change and the key are canda and US. At some point the pressure will force them to change, but that's the problem, they wait for shit to go bad instead of trying to keep things running at a 100.
I think they’ll change the way they operate either after the qualifiers or after the World Cup. I’m getting really annoyed with how they have been operating over the years, it gets me mad that first shit has to hit the fan before they can make changes
@@aldotheraider2471 I've been following the national team for 16 years. From experience they never make real changes until some outside force comes and breaks their knees( aka they see a dramatical decrease in income, shirts and games sales) majorly from extremely bad results lowering attendance at games in US soil. This led to mexico changing minimum requirements for friendly rivals in the past... ex, no more games vs guatemala and Haiti. Among other changes that always happen by force. So the key here are US based fans, until we stop showering them with dollars and ask instead for quality in return, nothing much will change, only superficial things like a new coach or new federation appointments to increase moral. Problem is that the federation uses the nostalgia of US fans willing to pay 500 for 3 tickets agaisnt B or C teams from South America or Europe. We need to vote with our dollars if we want change.
@@roger9685 I’ve been following the since 2009 since 2nd grade lmao, we know that the money has always been a problem and the corruption. Those 2 issues are what’s annoying and pissing off the Mexican fan base. Also the Liga MX doesn’t play in Copa Libertadores instead they play MLS teams, they should bring back relegation as well. I want to see a Change in the Manager position cause I hate Tata Martino
@@roger9685 it’s a shame that pressure is what’s needed to change things, young players are also needed for El Tri because they’re are so many young promising players: Marcelo Flores, the Willmann Brothers Mauricio and Alejandro, Eugenio Pizzuto, Luca Martinez Dupuy, Santiago Muñoz, Benjamin Gladames, just to name a few. It’s not fair to those players who are in form to get denied a spot because a player is more advertised
@@aldotheraider2471 Not only that, getting called and playing games is profitable for players as they get bonuses per game played. So when tjey get regular call ups they don't want to stop because they cash in. Makes it harder for unknowns to get more chances to show off. This all revolves around money and nepotism. Otherwise how can you justify players warming benches in Europe coming over and starting matches? We've seen the results. This opens another2 issue. For decades the federation has been loafing around doing the bare minimum to justify regional supremacy and bringing 8n the big bucks marketing just that. Because of the general low competitiveness of the region, mexican official have been able to get away with it. Ironically us and Canada getting better and applying pressure for supremacy could change this with time if enough bad results are obtained. Unfortunately that's what it will take because officials are set in maximizing profits with the minimum investment needed, thats been their only goal since the 1994 wolrd cup in America when they realized they could make huge profits in America.
Fire podcast Brody. Just subbed
Damn! Wonderful.....
Great show, very informative.
This was great.. Have Hercules on more often. ⚽️👍⚽️👍⚽️
Excellent video!
Maybe do one on Jamaica 🇯🇲 please?
Adrian with another banger 🙏🙏😩😩😤😍
Very cool video Adrian
We got the call up boys!! New Mexico team coming soon.
I literally had a dream that Miguel Herrera came back to coach Mexico. we need someone like that
We do lol he has carácther and strength to win us the games like on the World Cup 2014 and what he did with America against Cruz azul on 2013 and what he is doing with tigres now
I would love to see Miguel Herrera back with El Tri he had love and passion for the team, I miss him so much!
What an amazing interview! Really good talking points and I’m glad the Mexican federation is being shown their true colors. Greedy people in our federation who rather go play Honduras in Chicago make money and win. We should go play Spain and European giants lose or win and make little money but gain the experience.
Great video 👍🏽 quite inciteful
Very nice analysis
Great video!
@RabonaTV if you keep these videos on Mexico, you may end up with a lot more subs and comments that go like this, "Viva Mexico 🇲🇽 👏 🤣 "
For México to wake up they need to not qualify to a World Cup. They need a STRONG wake up call, not just a slap on the wrist like finishing 2nd or 3rd would be
I don’t think it’ll happen. They’ll make top 3 and even if they made 4th place they’ll play New Zealand for a spot in the WC which they should win easily. Then next World Cup they won’t even play qualifiers since they are hosts
Mexico have been consistent over the past 20 years. US and Canada have simply sharply risen over the past few years. Canada now have the two best players in Concacaf. And after Davies and David lie a solid supporting cast. For the US, the rise in talent has been quite stark. 14 US players currently under the age of 23 have gotten minutes in the top 5 leagues of Europe. For Brazil, that number is 12.
Cambodian 🇰🇭 but Mexican futbol fan all day 🇲🇽💙💯
Alan mozo from pumas should be playing for the mexican national team, deserves a call up!!! He is top!!!
Luca Martinez Dupuy, Marcelo Flores, Mauricio and Alejandro Willimann, Erik Lira, Alan Mozo, Gerardo Arteaga, Efrain Alvarez, Julian Araujo. There is so much hidden talent these players have little to no experience on the team and that’s frustrating. Tata Martino sucks at calling up the correct players bruh
Thanks for interviewing Herc and not his bloviating partner Sebastian Salazar.
such a good video bro
the problems w the mexican team
1. like the English-There is an overhype of the team
2. An overreliance on the same players to get them over the line even tho most are past their prime-Guardado, HH, Ochoa, even Rafa Maraquez in the WC- leading to not giving a chance to their young players and when they break thru they are 24,25,27
3. mentality, Theres seems to be some sort of conformity With just making it to the R16 like the saying-“jugamos como nunca,perdimos como siempre” and not aspiring for more and it spreads to throughout the squad
Not to mention el Quinto partido. Literally no team except for Mexico try to only make it to the 5th game. Even the shitty teams and teams that arwnt expected to go far try to go as far as they can in the world cup just like Costa Rica in 14, Russia in 18, Croatia in 18, and Uruguay in 2010.
@@Zetro999 Uruguay is a shitty team? Wow ... They have 2 WC, 15 Copa America and other tournaments. What does the "gigant" of Concacaf has? 1 Confederation ... please, have more respect for other teams that is bigger than yours.
@@pm1660 fair enough they aren't shitty however Uruguay were not and aren't always expected to go that far. Also Uruguay's world cups were won in the stone age aside from that they're just a decent team that produce 4 or 5 world class players every so often. Better than mexico however they aren't amazing.
@@Zetro999 I'm sorry, but you don't know what you are talking about as Uruguay is expected to get further in the WC than Mexico, Uruguay has some of the best elites players, that Mexico doesn't have. They produce great players which Mx doesn't do. What are you talking about?
Herc broke down the monster that liga Mx and national team are