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Soccer 101

#18 USA v Mexico, 2002 World Cup

Soccer 101

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Soccer, Sports

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🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

We review the game that made Dos a Cero go mainstream.

It's the USA's famous 2-0 win over Mexico at the 2002 World Cup.

The context, the tactics, the players, the goals, the handball that wasn't called, and the famous Rafa Marquez meltdown.

Some helpful links to augment your listening pleasure:

USA v Mexico 2002, full match, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OPPaDcu50M

Just the goals/highlights, YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDnPIq3c0Vc

Oral History of the game, by Arielle Castillo: https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2015/10/08/legend-dos-a-cero-an-oral-history

Lineups via Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Mexico_vs_United_States

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0:00.0

Hey Kitty, time to eat your profits. Good kitty, look how fat you've gotten. That's the sound of some

0:07.8

workplace pension providers paying their shareholders instead of you. At people's pension,

0:12.8

we don't have shareholders to pamper. That's why over the last five years, we've given

0:17.4

£100 million back to our members instead.

0:23.0

Oh, you've broken the cat flap again.

0:25.9

People's pension. Now that's a pension with purpose.

0:45.3

Visit peoplespension.com.uk forward slash pays you. Hello and welcome to Soccer 101. My name is Daryl Grobe and sitting across the table from me.

0:49.1

It's a man who loves a good Dosserero.

0:51.6

His name is Taylor Rockwell.

0:53.7

Hello.

0:56.0

Hello, I do indeed, though it feels like it's been a while since last we saw one. It has been a while. Today we are going to be talking about

1:00.5

not the first ever Dacero, but what I'm going to call the mainstreaming of Darsesero, right? So if

1:06.9

people don't know Dats O'Sers like the US beats Mexico 2-0. It's a result that has repeated quite a few times over the years.

1:14.6

The first one in memory for a lot of people is the 91 Gold Cup semifinal.

1:19.0

There was one in 2001.

1:19.8

Everyone remembers that one, of course.

1:21.3

I think some players do.

1:22.4

There was one in 2001 World Cup qualifying.

1:25.5

But the big one is the 2002 World Cup in the round of 16, USA versus Mexico.

1:33.4

It finishes 2-0 to the USA.

1:35.4

That's the game we're going to be reviewing on today's Soccer 101.

1:38.5

Yes, it is indeed, and it's a game that I remember fondly, maybe not as fondly as the USA Portugal game,

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