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USMNT sheds 2-0 in Mexico as seven-game unbeaten streak versus El Tri finishes

.Doug McIntyre.Football Reporter.For the very first time in 8 shots, Mexico finally overcame the united state guys's national team, trumping its most significant competing 2-0 in Tuesday's friendly match in Guadalajara.Rau00fal Jimu00e9nez's remarkable first fifty percent direct free kick was the variation in between the teams, which fulfilled for the 2nd and also ultimate opportunity this year in an unusual event suit south of the boundary. Cesar Huerta multiplied El Tri's perk early in the 2nd fifty percent, as well as the multitudes never looked back against a United States edge overlooking star forward Christian Pulisic and a number of other beginners. El Tri's triumph over the USMNT was the very first since 2019, the lengthiest winless touch in the set' 87-year record. The loss was actually the initial for brand-new united state trainer Mauricio Pochettino in his 2nd video game at the helm. It happened 3 days after the Argentine train gained his debut over Panama in Austin, Texas.Here are a handful of simple takeaways from Tuesday's contest.Play of the gameThe united state back line knew Jimu00e9nez totally the veteran aim at demonstrator plays with Antonee "Jedi" Robinson at Premier Organization Fulham. American leader Tim Mound was actually a teammate of both there final year.But Mound and also Robinson were actually powerless to quit the 33-year-old's curling error, which came after what united state gamers contended was a soft repulsive by Aidan Morris on Mexican winger Roberto Alvarado. In any case, there was actually no arguing with the quality of Jimu00e9nez's 30-yard attempt that trumped Matt Turner tidy and settled in to the leading section of the united state caretaker's net.Turning pointEven with nearly a whole fifty percent of the suit still to play, Huerta's strike effectively killed the activity off after that and also there: Reality be said to however, the probabilities were actually regularly piled versus the Americans in this one. Their historic unbeaten streak was never ever going to final for good, the very least of all in Mexico, where the USA now possesses an all-time document of 1W-24L-4T. And it was actually constantly extremely unlikely to continue with majority of Pochettino's best possible lineup missing out on because of personal injuries or, when it comes to Pulisic, tons monitoring. Aside from Pulisic, the Americans were actually additionally without Tyler Adams, Folarin Balogun, Sergiu00f1o Dest, Gio Reyna, Weston McKennie, Mark McKenzie (that was injured in the warmup and replaced through Miles Robinson) Chris Richards and also Tim Weah.Key statMexico controlled from beginning to end. However the absolute most damning stat for the USMNT wasn't that they lost hope 15 shots to El Tri, or that the hosts had additional of the ball despite leading for 68 of the 90 minutes.No, the greatest wrong was actually handling precisely no tries on El Tri's goal up until USA striker Brandon Vazquez pushed a fine save from home caretaker Luis Malagu00f3n in the 79th minute.What's next for Mexico?On Nov. 14 and also 18 El Tri will play a challenger to become established-- possibly Honduras, though it will come down to the following Concacaf position-- in the two-leg, home-and-home Concacaf Nations Game quarterfinals.What's next for the United States?The Americans will also perform Nations Organization task next month-- the first competitive video games under Pochettino-- as they begin their mission for a fourth consecutive label. As it stands today, Jamaica is their likeliest foe.Doug McIntyre is a soccer reporter for FOX Sports. A past team writer along with ESPN and Yahoo Sports, he has actually dealt with USA men's and also girls's nationwide groups at FIFA Globe Cups on five continents. Follow him @ByDougMcIntyre. Get more from USA Observe your faves to get details concerning games, information and more.