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Commentary: Jaime Lozano knows Mexico must win or he’s fired — and he’s fine with that

In the last year, the Mexican national team has suffered through its worst World Cup in 44 years, changed managers twice, elected a new president to head its federation and sacked part of the communications staff. That’s a lot of change in 12 months, especially with next summer’s Copa América quickly approaching and the most important World Cup in more than a generation on the not-too-distant horizon.

Although Jaime “Jimmy” Lozano — the man at the center of that maelstrom, the one appointed to find direction in the dysfunction — doesn’t exactly embrace the chaos, he has embraced the challenge.