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WORLD CUP HISTORY Record | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA |
| 37 | 8 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 75 |
U.S. RIVALRY 1934 — USA 4-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1937 — Mexico 7-2. 1937 — Mexico 7-3. 1937 — Mexico 5-1. 1947 — Mexico 5-0. 1949 — Mexico 6-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1949 — Mexico 6-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1954 — Mexico 4-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1954 — Mexico 3-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1957 — Mexico 6-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1957 — Mexico 7-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1960 — Tie 3-3 (World Cup qualifying). 1960 — Mexico 3-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1965 — Tie 2-2. 1965 — Mexico 2-0. 1972 — Mexico 3-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1972 — Mexico 2-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1973 — Mexico 2-0. 1974 — Mexico 3-1. 1974 — Mexico 1-0. 1975 — Mexico 2-0. 1976 — Tie 0-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1976 — Mexico 3-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1977 — Mexico 3-0. 1980 — Mexico 5-1 (World Cup qualifying). 1980 — USA 2-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1984 — Mexico 2-1. 1991 — USA 2-2. 1991 — USA 2-0. 1993 — Mexico 4-0. 1993 — Tie 1-1. 1994 — USA 1-0. 1995 — USA 4-0. 1995 — Tie 0-0 (USA wins on penalties.) 1996 — Tie 2-2. 1997 — Mexico 2-0. 1997 — Tie 2-2 (World Cup qualifying). 1997 — Tie 0-0 (World Cup qualifying). 1998 — Mexico 1-0. 1999 — Mexico 2-1. 1999 — Mexico 1-0 (OT). 2000 — USA 3-0. 2000 — USA 2-0. 2001 — USA 2-0 (World Cup qualifying). 2001 — Mexico 1-0 (World Cup qualifying).
TEAM Perez, Vidrio, Marquez, Suarez, J.Rodriguez, R.Morales, Torrado, Garcia Aspe, Arellano, C.Blanco, Palencia.
QUALIFYING July 16 in Panama City Panama 0 Mexico 1 (Ramirez 86). July 23 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 1 Mexico 0. Aug. 15 in Mexico Canada 2 (Abundis 47, own goal 81) Canada 0. Sept. 3 in Mexico City Mexico 7 (V.Ruiz 7, Abundis 35, Zepeda 43, C.Blanco 49, 90, Marquez 55, Ramirez 75) Panama 1 (Jorge Dely Valdes 55). Oct. 8 in Mexico City Mexico 7 (C.Blanco 20 pen. 27, Borgetti 26, 30, 71, Davino 66, V.Ruiz pen. 76) Trinidad & Tobago 0. Nov. 15 in Toronto Canada 0 Mexico 0.
CONCACAF GROUP D (Semifinal Round) STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Trinidad & Tobago | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 |
| *Mexico | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 13 |
| Canada | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Panama | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
*Advances to final round of qualifying. **Meet in Playoff
Feb. 28 in Columbus, Ohio USA 2 Mexico 0. Goals: Wolff 47, Stewart 87. USA — Friedel, Sanneh, Pope, Agoos, Regis, Jones, Armas, Reyna (Mathis, 43), Stewart, Moore (Llamosa, 79), McBride (Wolff, 15). Mexico — Campos, Carmona (Zepeda, 57), Marquez (V.Ruiz, 69), Suarez, Macias, M.A. Ruiz, Pardo, Villa, Luna (Arellano, 75), Hernandez, Palencia. Yellow cards: USA — Wolff 40, Mexico — Marquez 36, Villa 56. Referee: Rodolfo Sibrian (El Salvador). Att.: 24,624.
March 25 in Mexico City Mexico 4 Jamaica 0. Goals: De Nigris 15, 17, Borgetti 84, 88. Mexico — Sanchez, Davino, Marquez, Suarez, Pardo, V.Ruiz, Zepeda (Rodriguez, 76), M.A. Ruiz, Villa, Palencia (Osorno, 56), De Nigris (Borgetti, 67). Jamaica — Ricketts, Marshall, Dixon, Dawes (Hayles, 58), Goodison, Gardner, Whitmore, Powell, Williams (Johnson, 72), Lowe, Burton (Fuller, 72). Referee: Antonio Navarro (Canada). Att.: 100,000.
April 25 in Port of Spain Trinidad & Tobago 1 Mexico 1. Goals: M.Andrews 13; Pardo 60. Trinidad & Tobago — Ince, M.Andrews, Elcock, Rougier, Rahim (L.Andrews, 83), Lawrence, Mauge (Sanders, 68), Eve, Latapy, Yorke S.John (Dwarika, 79). Mexico — Sanchez, Pardo, Suarez, Marquez, Davino, M.A. Ruiz, Villa (Arellano, 46), V.Ruiz, Palencia (Borgetti, 54), De Nigris (Zepeda, 61), Osorno. Red cards: Trinidad & Tobago — Eve 33; Mexico — Marquez 74. Referee: Saad Kameel Mane (Kuwait). Att.: 25,000.
June 16 in Mexico City Mexico 1 Costa Rica 2. Goals: Abundis 7; Fonseca 73, Medford 87. Mexico — Sanchez, Pardo, Davino, Suarez, Carmona, Zepeda (Victorino, 52), Del Olmo (Palencia, 75), V. Ruiz, M.A. Ruiz, Hernandez, Abundis (Osorno, 68). Costa Rica — Lonnis, Martinez, Marin, Drummond, Parks, Solis, Castro (Sunsing, 59), Cordero (Fonseca, 40), Lopez, Bryce, Wanchope (Medford, 81). Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala). Att.: 30,000.
June 20 in San Pedro Sula Honduras 3 Mexico 1. Goals: Pavon 32, 55, pen. 64; V.Ruiz 84. Honduras — Valladares, Clavasquin, Guerrero, Caballero, Reyes, Medina, Pineda, Guevara, Turcios (De Leon, 75), D.Suazo, C.Pavon (Nunez, 75). Mexico — Campos, Suarez, Marquez, Davino, Carmona, Pardo, Valdez (Abundis, 46), M.A. Ruiz, Torrado (Zepeda, 56), Borgetti, Hernandez (V.Ruiz, 70). Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina). Att.: 50,000.
July 1 in Mexico City Mexico 1 USA 0. Goal: Borgetti 16. Mexico — Perez, Vidrio, Suarez, Brown, T.Campos, J.Rodriguez (Gutierrez, 66), Arellano (J.A. Hernandez, 87), Torrado, Garcia Aspe (Valdez, 74), Borgetti, Palencia. USA — Keller, Cherundolo, Llamosa, Agoos, Regis, Sanneh, Armas, Kirovski (McBride, 61), Stewart, Moore (Jones, 46), Razov (Klein, 82). Yellow cards: Mexico — Torrado 81, Valdez 90; USA — Sanneh 52, Regis 68, Cherundolo 72. Referee: Young Joo Kim (South Korea). Att.: 100,000.
Sept. 2 in Kingston Jamaica 1 Mexico 2. Goals: Own goal (Morales) 12; C.Blanco 63, 75. Jamaica — Lawrence, Marshall, Simpson, Dixon, Dawes, Gardner, Whitmore (Hall, 67), Sinclair, Lowe, Powell (Hayles, 77), Burton (Williams, 67). Mexico — Perez, Rodriguez (C.Blanco, 46), Vidrio, Marquez, H.Morales, R.Morales, Villa, Garcia Aspe, Arellano (Suarez, 84), Palencia (Mercado, 77), Borgetti. Referee: Ghandour Gamal (Egypt). Att.: 40,000.
Sept. 5 in Mexico City Mexico 3 Trinidad & Tobago 0. Goals: Garcia Aspe pen. 24, Arellano 31, C. Blanco pen. 85. Mexico — Perez, Vidrio, Marquez, Suarez, H. Morales, R. Morales, Garcia Aspe (J. Rodriguez, 46), Arellano, C. Blanco, Palencia (De Nigris, 31), Borgetti (Campos, 65). Trinidad & Tobago — Hislop, A.John, Saunders, Eve (Trotman, 46; Mason, 77), Rahim (Glasgow, 62), Thomas, Dwarika, Gray, N. Pierre, S.John, Belfon. Att.: 80.000 Referee: Jose Farias (Canada). Att.: 60,000.
Oct. 7 in San Jose Costa Rica 0 Mexico 0. Costa Rica — Lonnis, Marin, Martinez, Parks, Castro, Wallace, Solis, Fonseca (Sunsing, 57), Centeno (Lopez, 71), Medford (Bryce, 58), Gomez. Mexico — Perez, Marquez, Vidrio, H. Morales รป Arellano, R. Morales (Alves, 58), Garcia Aspe Rodrfguez, Torrado, Blanco, Palencia. Red Cards: Costa Rica — Lopez 81; Mexico — Arellano 81. Referee: Antonio Pereira (Brazil). Att.: 20,000. Nov. 11 in Mexico City Mexico 3 Honduras 0. Goals: Blanco 66, pen. 80, Palencia 75. Mexico — Perez, Vidrio, Suarez, Brown, Saavedra, Torrado (Mercado, 46), J.Rodriguez, Garcia Aspe (Ramon Morales, 58), R.Garcia, C.Blanco (Zague, 85), Palencia. Honduras — Valladaresm Clavasquin, Caballero, Ronny Morales, Reyes, Guerrero (J.Martinez, 70), Turcios (De Leon, 62), Pineda, Guevara, C.Pavon (D.Suazo, 65), Nunez. Red Cards: Mexico — J.Rodriguez 75; Honduras — Guevara 75. Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala). Att.: 110,000.
CONCACAF FINAL ROUND STANDINGS | TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Costa Rica | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 23 |
| *Mexico | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 17 |
| *USA | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 17 |
| Honduras | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 14 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 8 |
| Trin. & Tobago | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 5 |
*Qualifies for Korea/Japan 2002.