A Century Long Rivalry

We Came to Win

Gimlet

Sports, Soccer, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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The World Cup is nearly 100 years old. And 100 years is enough time to develop some pretty serious rivalries. England vs. Scotland. Argentina vs. Brazil. This week we take you back to another great rivalry. US vs Mexico, also known as Dos A Cero. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to We Came To Win, a collection of stories about the world cup.
0:11.4	I'm my Nelson, and I'm joined by Steve Siree.
0:14.5	Hello Steve.
0:15.5	Yeah man, I'm fired up.
0:16.5	This is probably my favorite episode.
0:18.2	This is the DOS Acero USA Mexico rivalry edition, so yeah, I'm a little bit excited to get
0:22.5	to these topics.
0:23.5	Alright Steve, let's spin it back 20 years, 2002, round of 16, USAV Mexico, Mexico
0:31.7	team absolutely stacked.
0:35.2	Rafa Marquez is in that team.
0:37.4	The guy with the blonde mullet is in that team.
0:40.4	You've got a young Landon Donovan, the big battering ram, Brian McBride, Claudio Reina,
0:47.4	Steve, I guess when you watched this one, what did you make of that game?
0:51.8	Yeah, this is probably one of my earliest soccer memories, certainly international soccer
0:55.2	memories, Matt.
0:56.9	I didn't fully understand or craft the meaning behind it at the time, because you know
1:01.0	as a US fan, you think that you dominate in all other sports, basketball, football, like
1:04.9	we just kind of, that's the mentality for most US fans ugly or not.
1:09.1	But this was really a turning point for a USA team that was really scrappy, and I think
1:12.8	it was.
1:13.8	Yeah, it was Landon Donovan that you mentioned scoring one of the goals.
1:16.1	It was really a jumping off point for the US to be taken seriously, not only in this
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