Copa America: Three thoughts from Mexico's scoreless draw with Bolivia

Mexico's scoreless draw with Bolivia marked a failure for El Tri, writes Jon Arnold.

VINA DEL MAR — Mexico opened its Copa America campaign with a scoreless draw against Bolivia, failing to get three points in a very tough Group A.

Here are three thoughts from the draw:

It's a failure - This isn't Mexico's best team, but it's still a team that should get a result against one of South America's weakest sides. Mexico looked very bad in many places, with attack and defense both lacking.

It doesn't get easier from here. The analysis before the tournament remains the same: If this team wanted to get second place in the group and secure passage to the quarterfinals, it needed a win Friday. It's still…