Mexico send a message with their CNL win at the SoFi Stadium

March 24 – Mexico is the new name on the Concacaf Nations League trophy after beating a battling Panama 2-1 in the SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles, with two more goals from striker Raul Jimenez.

It is the first time that Mexico have won this trophy after each of the three previous editions were won by the USA. It marks an emphatic return to the top of the Concacaf podium as they also hold the Gold Cup – a title they won in this stadium in 2023 with a 1-0 victory,

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Where does the US go from here? IWF spoke to USMNT legend Eric Wynalda

March 24 – Former United States International Eric Wynalda played for his country 106 times. He also played in three World Cups, becoming the first American to be sent off in 1990, and becoming the first American to score a World Cup goal on American soil against Switzerland in 1994.

After witnessing a weak, timid performances from his national team against Panama and Canada in the Concacaf Nations League, he had plenty to say about the current state of US Soccer to Nick Webster.

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Nations League 2025

Results
DateStage    VenueKick off (local)
March 23FinalPanama12MexicoSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles6.30 pm
March 23Third place play-offUSA12CanadaSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles3 pm
March 20Semi-finalCanada02MexicoSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles6.30 pm
March 20Semi-finalUSA01PanamaSoFi Stadium, Los Angeles4 pm
Nov 20, 2024QF 2nd legMexico 40Honduras
Nov 20, 2024QF 2nd legCanada20Suriname
Nov 19, 2024QF 2nd legPanama22Costa Rica
Nov 19, 2024QF 2nd legUSA42Jamaica
Nov 16, 2024QF 1st legHonduras20Mexico
Nov 15, 2024QF 1st legSuriname01Canada
Nov 15, 2024QF 1st legCosta Rica01Panama
Nov 15, 2024QF 1st legJamaica01USA

Matt Scott

Matt Scott: Regulating modern football is no child’s play, just ask Barbie

“Authority should derive from the consent of the governed. Not from the threat of force.” Barbie, Toy Story 3

When Barbie exasperatedly vents words more suited to a treatise by Friedrich Hayek than to an animated doll, the scriptwriters at Disney gave us one of the truly great lines of movie history. Because although spoken by the very embodiment of infantilism – a plastic doll played with by generations of young girls –

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Andrew Warshaw

Andrew Warshaw: Salman breaks cover in bid for total supremacy

The words were worthy enough, the message unequivocal. But the real intentions were cringingly obvious to anyone who has followed Asian football politics.

Last week’s attempt by Asian Football Confederation president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa’s to mark the first anniversary of his leadership by focussing on his so-called achievements served only to highlight the unedifying rift that continues to divide his increasingly fractious organisation.

Ever since he took over last year,

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