We must accept reality: the greatest hope that CONCACAF has in the Copa América 2024 is the United States. For now, Mexico is not competition for its neighbor neither on nor off the field.
Coach Gregg Berhalter revealed his list of 26 called up for the continental competition (which he will host in this edition) and how El Tri also announced their payrollthe comparison was inevitable.
The United States has a much more valuable team (140 million euros difference), their players playing in Europe triple the entire ‘Mexican legion’ and on top of that, they have a younger squad, even though El Tri forced a general replacement for this edition.
Thus the ‘CONCACAF giants’ ahead of their debut in the Copa América that begins next week:
|
SELECTION |
RANKING FIFA |
MARKET VALUE |
‘EUROPEANS’ |
AVERAGE AGE |
|
Mexico |
14° |
206 million euros |
7 |
25.7 years |
|
United States |
11° |
346 million euros |
24 |
25.1 years |
Only two players on the US list play in their country and after seeing the scandalous difference in ‘European’ players you can understand why Mexico lost dominance against its neighbor and why it has not been able to win any of the last direct games. where he also has five defeats; the last of them this year in the Nations League final.
The crisis of Mexican team It comes just at the moment when the United States looks strongest.
Can anyone from CONCACAF win the Copa América? The ‘Stars and Stripes’ team has the fourth most valuable squad in the tournament, but they still don’t expect much, since they just lost 5-1 to Colombia.
