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NICKNAME: El Tri (The Tricolor)
MANAGER: Gerardo Martino
MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Andres Guardado- 177 caps from 2005 (same as Claudio Suarez)
TOP SCORER: Javier Hernandez- 52 goals from 2009
HOST NATION: Yes. Twice, 1970 and 1986.
WORLD CUP RECORD: 17th WC for Mexico. Part of every WC tournament since 1994.
BEST RESULT: They achieved best results on home soil. Same result on both hosted WCs: 1970 and 1986. It's the quarter-final, 6th place in total on both. Here you can see their squad from the 1970 tournament. Mexico's opening match was a goalless draw versus the Soviet Union. They won the next two matches against El Salvador and Belgium and finished as a second placed team with the same number of points as group winners Soviets. The quarter-final match was against future finalists, Italy. It was a big 4-1 loss despite having a lead.
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