I have honestly not heard of the Gold Cup before. I know of the Copamerica, but that's mostly a South American tournament, although Mexico regularly participates as well as some random other team.

So I take it, the Gold Cup really is the North American tournament. Mexico and the USA, that's all there is to it. I don't think anyone would bet on a victory of Costa Rica, Honduras, Canada or heck, Alaska.

Well, Mexico will get owned.

Now I am not sure, if this year's Copamerica will be the deciding one for the Confederations Cup in 2013 in Brazil, but I'll pretend it is. Even if it isn't, it won't matter much. Besides Brazil, most likely Argentina will be the second South American team in the roster. Add Spain and the Euro champion 2012 and you are looking at four strong teams already. Since two nations from the same continent won't be in the same group, Mexico will have to face one European and one South American team in the group phase. The last team in Mexico's group doesn't matter much anyway, whether that is the Africa Cup winner, Australia or New Zealand. Well, I am not 100 % sure if Australia also plays in the Asian tournament now that they play the qualification for the World Cup in that group, but if they do, they should be Asia's contender and that makes New Zealand a no-brainer for the Oceania section.

In any case, Mexico won't pull off a performance like the USA in 2009 in South Africa. They simply aren't as good as the team from the United States.

Color me impressed. Mexico played a draw against Spain, the reigning World Cup champion.

Did you know that in 1998 the first match France played after winning the World Cup was a draw against Austria? Now you know how good Mexico really is.

A nation that cannot only boast about a better rank in a World Cup than Mexico despite far less appearances, but also being the winner of the World Cup match with the most total goals scored.

The top 50 are only for snobs and elitists.

What was more disappointing was that the replay in the stadium showed everyone that Argentina's first goal was offside and the way the FIFA reacted to it by forbidding such revealing replays to be shown in the future instead of finally implementing a system that allows critical situations to be judged again by the referees and overrule wrong calls.