On Saturday night, an extremely unique matchup will take place in the soccer world as Mexico, the mighty international side, will face Valencia, the La Liga club from Spain, in a once-in-a-blue-moon game between country and professional team.
This is an extraordinarily rare occasion, one that is only taking place due to the new difficulties national teams are facing during international breaks.
The trouble arises from the fact that European teams in this break are facing off in the Nations League tournament, a newer official competition.
Meanwhile, South American sides are competing against one another this break in qualifiers ahead of the 2026 World Cup.
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That leaves the hosts of the 2026 World Cup, the U.S., Mexico and Canada, needing to get creative with scheduling their friendlies. The U.S. men’s national team lucked out in being able to schedule two regional rivals, Mexico and Panama, for their two games in this break. But Mexico had to get innovative and schedule a matchup against a well-known professional club, Valencia.
Mexico heads into the 2026 World Cup cycle with a new coach at the helm, albeit a well-known one, as Javier Aguirre is set to begin his third tour of service managing the Mexican national team. Aguirre also managed the proud international side at the 2002 and 2010 World Cups. Mexico got to the Round of 16 at both of those tournaments and after getting knocked out in the group stage of the 2022 World Cup, the Round of 16 probably doesn’t sound all that bad for Mexico fans.
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