How are Mexico looking under revamped coaching staff?

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There's reason to feel cautiously optimistic about Mexico.

In the first set of games under new men's head coach Javier Aguirre, who previously led El Tri in 2001-02 and 2009-10, Mexico kicked things off in undefeated fashion with a 3-0 victory over New Zealand and a 0-0 draw with Canada. The friendlies did have hurdles -- especially against Canada -- but improvements were seen from the once lackluster side that recently stumbled out of the 2024 Copa América group stage under former coach Jaime "Jimmy" Lozano.

It's early days in the Aguirre era, but after viewing 180+ minutes of play, here are four talking points from Mexico's first international break with…