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What lies ahead for the Mexican national team in 2024
The new year promises to be challenging for ‘El Tri’ with the 2024 Copa América the key event for Jaime Lozano’s side.
The Mexican national team will have a challenging 2024 as they continue preparation ahead of the World Cup in 2026. Jaime Lozano’s project will come under scrutiny with El Tri delivering a series of questioned results after the 45-year-old’s solid start in the hot-seat.
The 2024 Copa América is set to be the standout highlight of the year and will be the second expanded edition of the competition as the 10 Conmebol (South America) nations are joined by six representatives of Concacaf (North America, Central America and the Caribbean). The tournament will be staged in the US as was the 2016 Copa América Centenario and many Mexico fans are still traumatised by the 7-0 quarterfinal elimination at the hands of Chile at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
What games will the Mexican national team have in 2024?
So far, 'El Tricolor' has seven matches confirmed for next year: two from the Concacaf Nations League, two friendlies and three from the group stage of the Copa América.
In the Nations League, the Lozano’s men will play in the Final Four and will face Panama in the semi-final on 21 March, at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Win or lose, Jaime Lozano’s team will play a second match: either the final or the battle for third/fourth place.
The Mexico team then turns it’s sights on the Copa América with two friendly games against high-ranking rivals: Uruguay and Brazil. The matches will be on June 5 and 8, respectively, at venues to be confirmed. Starting on 22 June, ‘El Tri’ will begin its Copa América journey with Jamaica providing the first opponent in Houston. El Tri then face Venezuela in Los Angeles and wind up their group stage activity against with Ecuador in Phoenix.
Mexico's confirmed matches in 2024
March 21 | Arlington, Texas | AT&T Stadium | vs. Panama | Concacaf Nations League
March 24 | Arlington, Texas | AT&T Stadium | rival to be defined | Concacaf Nations League
June 5 | United States | stadium to be confirmed | vs. Uruguay | Friendly
June 8 | United States | stadium to be confirmed | vs. Brazil | Friendly
June 22 | Houston, Texas | NRG Stadium | vs. Jamaica | America's Cup
June 26 | Inglewood, California | SoFi Stadium | vs. Venezuela | America's Cup
June 30 | Glendale, Arizona | State Farm Stadium vs. Ecuador | America's Cup
The rumors
At present, no other fixtures have been confirmed but TUDN report that the national side will play a South American club in San Luis Potosí, sometime in January. In addition, there will be FIFA Dates in September, October and November, in which the FMF plans to send ‘Tri’ to Europe with unconfirmed reports suggest a friendly game against Spain in the final stretch of the year.
Jaime Lozano and his pupils will compete again in the 2024-2025 edition of the Concacaf Nations League in the Autumn however CONCACAF have not yet made the fixture list public.