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Watch Live Stream: Mexico 1 v USA 1 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifier

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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — USA and Mexico will continue their fierce rivalry in men’s soccer when the North American giants collide in a crucial CONCACAF World Cup qualifier at the Estadio Azteca on Sunday night.

GOAL UPDATE: Mexico 1 v USA 1

Mexico have equalised and it’s a fantastic goal by Carlos Vela, who netted a solo goal in the 23rd minute. It’s now 1-1 and what a game. Game on!!

Carlos Vela of Mexico
Carlos Vela of Mexico scores against USA

Michael Bradley has scored a stunning goal to give USA the lead in Mexico after just six minutes, after the home side gave the ball away and the American captain chipped over the advancing Ochoa, who was caught way off his line.

Michael Bradley
Michael Bradley celebrates after scoring for USA

Game time for this one is set for 8:30 p.m. ET in Mexico City, Mexico, and live coverage will be on Fox Sports 1. Live online streaming is on FoxSports Go.

Univision Deportes and fuboTV will also have live coverage, with ESPN providing live GameCast online updates.

Mexico enter this contest as leaders of the CONCACAF Hexagonal standings with 13 points after five games, while the United States are sitting third on eight points.

USA v Mexico Azteca Stadium
Mexico Azteca Stadium is jam packed for the World Cup qualifying game with the USA

Another win tonight for El Tri would all but punched their tickets in the 2018 World Cup Finals, while the U.S. would also move closer towards qualifying with three points.

A brace from Christian Pulisic piloted the U.S. to an important victory over Trinidad and Tobago in the last outing, while Mexico thrashed Honduras 3-0 in their last match.

When the Stars and Stripes and El Tri met on Nov. 11, last year, goals from Miguel Layún and Rafael Márquez setup the victory for Mexico in Columbus, Ohio, in the opening CONCACAF World Cup qualifying game for both teams.

Mexico v USA
Team USA gets ready to face Mexico

Mexico have won the last two meetings of this series.

In team news, USA head coach Bruce Arena has decided to start with three central defenders – Geoff Cameron, Kellyn Acosta and Tim Ream, while Pulisic has been handed a free role behind Bobby Wood and Paul Arriola.

It was a bold move by Arena, who opted to leave experienced players Clint Dempsey and Jozy Altidore on the bench.

Meanwhile, for Mexico, Javier Chicharito Hernandez returns to the starting lineup after starting on the bench against Honduras.

Carlos Vela also starts up front for El Tri, while Jonathan dos Santos, Hirving Lozano and Héctor Herrera are in the starting team as well.

Giovani Dos Santos, Javier Aquino and Jesús Gallardo are among the substitutes.

Mexico Team: G. Ochoa, H. Moreno, O. Alanís, D. Reyes, C. Salcedo, M. Fabián, H. Herrera, J. dos Santos, H. Lozano, C. Vela, Javier Hernández. Subs:
J. Molina, R. Jiménez, R. Reyes, J. Damm, J. Dueñas, O. Pineda, R. Cota, O. Peralta, G. dos Santos, A. Talavera, J. Aquino, J. Gallardo

USA Team: B. Guzan, D. Beasley, G. Cameron, O. González T. Ream, D. Yedlin, M. Bradley, K. Acosta, C. Pulisic, B. Wood, P. Arriola. Subs: T. Howard, N. Rimando, F. Johnson, J. Brooks, D. McCarty, J. Morris, M. Hedges, D. Nagbe, M. Besler, G. Zusi, C. Dempsey, J. Altidore.

Watch Mexico v Honduras CONCACAF World Cup Qualifier

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MEXICO CITY, Sporting Alert — Mexico will look to maintain control of the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying – Hexagonal standings when they take on Honduras at the Azteca tonight.

Watch Live Streaming Coverage on Fox Sports GO and Fox Soccer 2GO USA. Live television broadcast is available on Fox Sports 1 USA. Follow Live GameCast on ESPNFC.

El Tri hold the advantage in the table standings with 10 points after four games and they will be hoping to secure another win to move a step closer to qualifying for Russia 2018.

Carlos Vela and Raúl Jiménez have been picked to lead the attack for the Mexicans with Javier Hernández named to the bench.

The full starting lineup for the home side reads Guillermo Ochoa in goal and he is supported at the back by Oswaldo Alanís, Diego Reyes, Carlos Salcedo and Luis Reyes.

Jonathan dos Santos and Héctor Herrera will be operating in the central area of the midfield, with Giovani Dos Santos and Jesús Corona supporting Vela and Jiménez in the attack.

Meanwhile, Honduras will look to Alberth Elis, Mario Martínez and Erick Portillo to keep the Mexico defense busy as they seek to advance up the standings.

The travels currently sit second from bottom in the Hexagonal with four points, but can join the United States on seven points with a win.

In an earlier game, a brace from Christian Pulisic powered USA to a crucial 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago, as they moved to seven points from five games.

Costa Rica and Panama are playing in the next game.

Teams

Mexico Team: Ochoa, Alanís, D. Reyes, Salcedo H. Herrera, J. dos Santos, R. Reyes, G. dos Santos Jesús Corona, Vela, Jiménez. Subs: J. Molina, Dueñas, Lozano, Pineda, Cota, Peralta, Moreno, Hernández, Talavera, Fabián, Aquino, Gallardo

Honduras Team: Escober, M. Figueroa, Izaguirre, Palacios H. Figueroa, Claros, Martínez, Morazán, Andino, Crisanto, Elis

How To Watch USA v Mexico CONCACAF FIFA World Cup Qualifier

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COLUMBUS, Ohio, – Fox Sports 1 USA and Fox Sports Go will stream the high profile CONCACAF FIFA World Cup 2018 final group stage qualifying game between USA and Mexico live on Friday night.

The heated regional rivals will battle inside the MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus, Ohio, with the game time set at 8:01 and pregames show at 7:45pm ET. Visit Fox Sports GO

Mexico head into Friday night’s battle owning a 33-18-14 edge advantage all-time against the United States and the visitors will be buzzing with confidence to improve their healthy record in the series.

At the same time, though, El Tri have lost four straight qualifiers to the host at MAPFRE Stadium and forward Giovani dos Santos is bracing for this difficult CONCACAF FIFA World Cup qualifying battle on the road.

“We know the difficulty that the match is going to have against a tough opponent, with a years-old rivalry, on a field in which Mexico has never gotten a win,” said Dos Santos.

“So we are prepared for them and hopefully Mexico can change history on November 11.”

Dos Santos is returning to the national setup after being out for more than three years and the LA Galaxy attacker is delighted to be back in the squad, following the call up by Juan Carlos Osorio.

“I am very happy, excited for being called again to the national team and very eager to face these two matches,” he revealed. “Physically, I feel very good. I believe that I have worked very hard this year.

“I am very happy and thankful for the trust of the manager. We have two very important matches to start the Hexagonal and I feel ready for them.”

Meanwhile, U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is also looking forward to the special home soil battle.

“This is a special venue for us, especially when we play Mexico because of the recent results, but we have a real home-field crowd,” the German said.

“When we played them last year at the Rose Bowl (in the 2015 CONCACAF Cup), there were probably 65,000 Mexicans and 30,000 U.S. fans.”

He added: “This is our home crowd. They’re going to push us, help us maybe when there is a difficult moment in the game just to give them energy.

“We have a lot of respect for the Mexican team. It’s great team. It’s going to be a very even battle.”

USA won their last three CONCACAF FIFA World Cup qualifiers without conceding a single goal, while scoring 14 goals in the process.

The United States had been undefeated in six straight games against Mexico prior to losing 3-2 to El Tri in a thrilling CONCACAF Confederations Cup Play-off battle last year.

World Cup Qualifier Live on ESPN3: Germany, England In Action

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HANNOVER, Germany, Sporting Alert – Germany will look to continue their impressive start on the road to Russia World Cup 2018 campaign when they take on Northern Ireland in a Group C at HDI-Arena on Tuesday.

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The Germans currently sit at the top of the group with six points, the same amount as Azerbaijan, while Northern Ireland are in third place with four points.

In their last outing, the reigning World Cup champions were easy 3-0 winners over the Czech Republic, while Northern Ireland blasted San Marino 4-0 in their last qualifier.

Northern Ireland will be trying to steal something from Tuesday’s game, but head coach Michael O’Neill also noted that his team will not go on the road and play open football and allow the world champions to run all over them.

“I think you can win any game,” O’Neill said.

But for Tuesday battle against Germany, he has a specific plan.

“If I look back at how Germany lost in the semi-finals in Paris (2-0 to France), it was a game that on the balance of play they shouldn’t have lost,” he added.

“It is feasible to win any game. We need a lot of things to go in our favour. We will only win the game by being difficult to beat.

“If from that approach, we can manage to win the game that’s how we’ll do it.

“We won’t come here like the Czech Republic and play 4-4-2 and let’s have a great go and the game’s over in 25 minutes.

“We will have to be very rigid in how we play.

“From being a team that’s extremely difficult to beat, then we have to maximise what possession we have, how we utilise that.

“When we look back at the game in France we had two or three chances to do better with the ball when it was 0-0 and we didn’t do that. We have to make sure if those opportunities come around we maximise those.”

Meanwhile, England are on the road for their Group F clash against Slovenia at SRC Stozice.

We are not sure as to how the Englishmen will lineup, but we can report that interim boss Gareth Southgate has already confirmed that captain Wayne Rooney will be left out of the line-up for this World Cup qualifier.

Rooney started in the midfield on Saturday in the 2-0 win against Malta and was booed by sections of the Wembley crowd, which was a bit puzzling to a number of pundits, high-profile managers and former players.

Southgate admitted that after taking a look at how Slovenia likes to play, he needed to make changes for this encounter.

“It’s very straightforward,” he said. “We’ve looked at Slovenia and the way they play and from when I looked at it I’ve had in my mind the profile of the midfield that we wanted to play.

“In no way is it a reflection on his performance on Saturday. In fact we were very pleased with what he did.”

Liverpool skipper Jordan Henderson will lead the team.

2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifier
Tuesday, October 11
Game Time (ET)

8:55 AM Uzbekistan vs. China ESPN3
10:40 AM Iran vs. South Korea ESPN3
2:30 PM Slovenia vs. England ESPN2
2:35 PM Norway vs. San Marino ESPN3
2:35 PM Denmark vs. Montenegro ESPN3
2:35 PM Germany vs. Northern Ireland ESPN3

WATCH: World Cup Qualifier, Netherlands 0-1 France: Pogba Strikes

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AMSTERDAM, Sporting Alert – The Netherlands play host to France in a highlighted Europe World Cup Qualifier Group A clash at Amsterdam ArenA on Monday.

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The squads are locked in a three-way tie for first place at the top group standings and a victory today for either would provide some much-needed breathing room.

Djibril Sidibe comes into the starting line for France for the injured Bacary Sagna and he will link up with Raphael Varane, Laurent Koscielny and Layvin Kurzawa in the back four for the visitors.

Paul Pogba and Blaise Matuidi are partnered up again in the middle of the park, with Moussa Sissoko and Dimitri Payet playing in support of forwards Antoine Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro.

N’Golo Kante, Kingsley Coman, Anthony Martial, Andre-Pierre Gignac and Yohan Cabaye are among the players on the bench.

Meanwhile, for Holland, first choice goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen injured an ankle in training and has been replaced by Maarten Stekelenburg, who surprisingly got the nod ahead of Michel Vorm.

He will be guarded by Jeffrey Bruma and Virgil van Dijk who start in the heart of the defense, with Rick Karsdorp and Daley Blind both starting in the backline as well.

Georginio Wijnaldum, Kevin Strootman, Masato Morishige, Quincy Promes, Vincent Janssen and Davy Klaassen are all in the starting lineup as well.

France, which beat Bulgaria 4-1 in the last outing, starts as the favourite, but the Netherlands believe there are weaknesses in their squad that can be exploited.

“The French also have their defects. They sometimes give away areas where we can use,” Dutch coach Danny Blind told reporters.

“We started well against Sweden, only the result (1-1) was disappointing, and the good feeling about that game we brought to the game with Belarus (4-1).

“Now I want to do the same in that third game and, at the least, not lose.

“But France are a tough opponent. Those guys are used to playing top matches every week.

“They are physically strong and so we will have to make a stand there straightaway.”

In the last meeting, France picked up a 3-2 in Amsterdam in a friendly clash in March. There are 10 victories for each in sides in 24 previous meetings, with the next four ending in draws.

World Cup Qualifier
Holland v France

Holland: Stekelenburg, Karsdorp, Bruma, van Dijk, Blind, Strootman, Wijnaldum, Promes, Propper, Klaassen, Janssen. Subs: Vorm, Zoet, Veltman, de Vrij, Kongolo, Willems, Clasie, Toornstra, Vilhena, Dost, De Jong, Depay.

France: Lloris, Sidibe, Varane, Koscielny, Kurzawa, Pogba, Matuidi, Sissoko, Griezmann, Payet, Gameiro. Subs: Mandanda, Laporte, Gignac, Martial, Fekir, Kimpembe, Cabaye, Digne, Corchia, Coman, Kante, Areola

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

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