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As the United States men’s soccer team closed out a 3-1 victory over Jamaica in a Gold Cup semifinal in rain-soaked Nashville Wednesday night, chants of “We want Mexico! We want Mexico!” rose from the crowd.
When it was over, the American midfielder Weston McKennie said, “Fans want Mexico, I want Mexico and the team wants Mexico.”
Mexico is who they will get Sunday night, in a sold-out final at Soldier Field in Chicago. The United States fans will most likely be heavily outnumbered by those rooting for Mexico, as they usually are when these two teams play in this country’s major urban areas.