{"id":2050,"date":"2026-07-01T15:12:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2050"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:12:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T15:12:17","slug":"from-the-sports-desk-mexicos-first-knockout-win-in-four-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2050","title":{"rendered":"From The Sports Desk: Mexico\u2019s first knockout win in four decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Mexico broke a four-decade drought in the knockout stages of the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Ecuador yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2048\">Guardians rookie loses track of outs and tosses live ball into stands in costly gaffe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Juli\u00e1n Qui\u00f1ones<\/strong> and <strong>Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez<\/strong> scored within nine minutes in the first half to send the co-host through to the round of 16, the country\u2019s first knockout win at the tournament since 1986.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The result sparked massive celebrations in Mexico City, with thousands of fans taking to the streets.<\/p>\n<p>The team will play another home match on Sunday against the winner of today\u2019s match between England and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p>\n<p>Also in action yesterday, Norway won a close-fought contest against the Ivory Coast, thanks to <strong>Erling Haaland<\/strong>\u2019s winner in the 86th minute to seal a 2-1 victory. The Vikings will meet five-time champion Brazil on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Tournament favorite France swept Sweden aside 3-0. The French will play Paraguay in the round of 16 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<h2>Preview<\/h2>\n<p>The U.S., brimming with confidence after topping its group, enters the knockout round against Bosnia-Herzegovina as the favorite. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>But history is against the Americans, having never beaten a European side in the World Cup knockouts before.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. made it to the semifinals at the inaugural tournament in 1930 by winning its group, its only win in a knockout round came in 2002, when it beat rival Mexico 2-0 before losing to Germany in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is 1-13-7 against European teams since 1990, with the only win coming in 2002 in the group stage opener against Portugal. The Americans are winless in their last 13 matches against European squads at the tournament since then.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2046\">Adults arrested after 16 children found in \u2018deplorable\u2019 conditions in southern Ohio home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ranked 61st, Bosnia lacks the pedigree of many of those past European opponents and only managed a solitary win in the group stage against soccer minnow Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery team brings different challenges,\u201d U.S. defender<strong> Chris Richards<\/strong> said. \u201cUltimately the Bosnia team, they were good defensively and good going forward. It\u2019s making sure that we take care of business on both ends. They have a very experienced attack, so it\u2019s making sure we do our best in the back to take that away from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Christian Pulisic<\/strong> \u2014 who confirmed he is healthy and ready to start after a calf injury \u2014 said the mood around the team remains positive even with the high stakes of the knockouts approaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou just want to extend it as long as you can, because some of the best memories I have in my life was last World Cup in Qatar,\u201d Pulisic said. \u201cNow being here, it\u2019s just special to be here. You just don\u2019t want it to end. So there\u2019s definitely a lot of enthusiasm within the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the other games today, England will take on the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium faces Senegal.<\/p>\n<p>If the U.S. wins, it will face the winner of Belgium and Senegal in the round of 16.<\/p>\n<h2>Men in Blazers<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong>\u2019s masterpiece was painted against Sweden yesterday, as he became the highest-scoring player in World Cup knockout-round history\u2013and he now trails Lionel Messi\u2019s all-time record of 19 by just one, while both sit level on six goals this summer. Les Bleus schooled the Bl\u00e5gult, and there are few superlatives left for the French captain and his attacking rogue\u2019s gallery. An evening of attacking football, Norway\u2019s hammer-wielding Thor-of-a-striker <strong>Erling Haaland<\/strong> also got in on the fun, scoring a late winner against the Ivory Coast, and he\u2019s now behind only Messi and Mbapp\u00e9 with five goals in this tournament, while having 60 in 53 for Norway. The night was wrapped in fireworks in Mexico City after the famed Estadio Azteca, football\u2019s equivalent of Helm\u2019s Deep, served its purpose as the 80,000+ in attendance helped Mexico to their fourth straight victory and shutout to begin the tournament. <\/p>\n<p>Today, England continues their World Cup journey against DR Congo in Atlanta at 12 p.m. ET as <strong>Thomas Tuchel<\/strong>\u2019s side looks to \u201cbring football home.\u201d Then, Belgium clashes with Senegal at 4 p.m. ET in Seattle\u2013and like the 2 a.m. last call of a bartender, football has signaled that this World Cup might be the grand finale for <strong>Kevin de Bruyne<\/strong>, <strong>Romelu Lukaku <\/strong>and Belgium\u2019s \u201cgolden generation.\u201d The night ends with USA taking center stage against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Los Angeles at 8 p.m. ET. Like Paul Revere on horseback, this is our call to all USA fans: put on your blue jeans, rep your kit of choice and prepare for an evening of intense emotions and lots of screaming at a television screen. Tonight, there is no alternative to winning for this squad \u2014 this is their chance to prove to the footballing world they belong amongst the greats.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><em>For more World Cup coverage sent straight to your inbox every morning,<\/em><em> subscribe to the Men in Blazers newsletter<\/em><em>. We\u2019ll be covering every match, every goal, and every joyous moment that soccer\u2019s biggest spectacle is sure to bring.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2044\">\u2018Things are going to be different\u2019: Danny Glover reveals Alzheimer\u2019s diagnosis<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What we\u2019re watching<\/h2>\n<p>What we\u2019re watching (all times are Eastern):<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup! All games are on Telemundo and Peacock.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>12 p.m.:<\/strong> England vs. DR Congo<\/li>\n<li><strong>4 p.m.:<\/strong> Senegal vs. Belgium<\/li>\n<li><strong>8 p.m.:<\/strong> USA vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexico broke a four-decade drought in the knockout stages of the World Cup with a 2-0 victory over Ecuador yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>From The Sports Desk: Mexico\u2019s first knockout win in four decades - Trusted Moving Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=2050\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"From The Sports Desk: Mexico\u2019s first knockout win in four decades - 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