2018 was a roller coaster year for Mexico’s youth teams

Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images2018 was A year of ups and downs for Mexico’s youth teams. A great performance in the Toulon Tournament in early summer made Mexico excited for football prior to the World Cup. Then at the end of summer an incredible failure in the Central American and Caribbean games made Mexico reconsider what the word “fracaso” means when many were using it to describe a World Cup where Mexico made it to the second round over the defending champions Germany. Even in Mexico’s most important official tournament of the year, the “roller coaster” effect was present. In CONCACAF’s U-20 tournament, Mexico was able to get one of the four tickets to the World Cup to be held in 2019 but failed to impress against the better teams.

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