Gold Cup 2023 SF USA Mexico

Demie Finale

15 juin 2023

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ESP (Mex) post match 36mnts (without press conference)

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Having grown up in England and played in the Arsenal academy, Folarin Balogun knows something about passionate soccer rivalries. But it’s unlikely even that background prepared for him what he experienced Thursday when he made his U.S. national team debut in a 3-0 win over Mexico in a CONCACAF Nations League semifinal that ended with both teams missing multiple players to red cards. The victory, the most one-sided by the Americans in a CONCACAF match with Mexico, ran the USMNT’s unbeaten streak over El Tri to six games and earned it a berth in Sunday’s championship game with Canada, which beat Panama 2-0 in the first semifinal on goals from Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies.

The game also baptized Balogun in a rivalry that is less a game than it is a border war fought over a 110-yard grass battlefield. It’s less about trophies than it is about national pride, more about culture than it is about competition. “The boys told me it was going to be an intense game. I think that’s a bit of an understatement,” Balogun said. “The atmosphere was crazy. “The players don’t seem surprised by it, so I just have to kind of follow that reaction. But for me, it was definitely something different. I’m not really used to that sort of officiating and just the pitch. There’s a lot of things I’m adapting to.” This is clearly a rivalry that must be experienced to be understood, something Balogun learned late in an extraordinarily chippy second half when Mexico’s César Montes, unable to slow Balogun, swung his right foot into the American’s shin, taking him down with a cheap shot that led to a red card and a lot of pushing and shoving at midfield. U.S. midfielder Weston McKennie, who emerged from the scrum with a ripped jersey, taunted the Mexican fans by repeatedly kissing the crest on the shirt. He was sent off with a red card of his own.