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USA thrash Mexico 3-0 in 2026 international friendly in Glendale

The USA put three past Mexico in an international friendly played in Glendale, Arizona. Check out the highlights here.

Sebastian Berhalter of USA.
© Chris Coduto /Getty ImagesSebastian Berhalter of USA.

The USA defeated Mexico 3-0 in a 2026 International Friendly on Saturday, October 3, at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. Julian Hall opened the scoring in the 28th minute before Cavan Sullivan doubled the lead in the 62nd minute.

Two costly mistakes from goalkeeper Raul Tala Rangel opened the door for USA, who took full advantage of Mexico’s errors. Mark Tillman completed the scoring in the 84th minute to seal the 3-0 victory.

The USMNT secured a dominant victory over Mexico in the CONCACAF Classic, completing a convincing 3-0 result. Mexico could not find a response after falling behind in the first half.

Thank you and good night!

With goals by Hall, Sullivan and Tillman, the USMNT defeated Mexico in Arizona. Thank you for staying tuned in this live and see you next time!

90' - End of the game! (3-0)

The USMNT secures its third win of this international break by defeating Mexico with a final 3-0 score.

84' - The third one arrives! (3-0)

Alvaro Fidalgo tries to play with his defense, but his pass gets intercepted by Tillman and he beats Campillo in the race for the ball, shoots and scores the third goal of the night.

79' - The USMNT seeking the third (2-0)

In the last minutes of the game, the USMNT is trying to secure the third goal of the night, but Mexico are defending harder to avoid a terrible night.

75' - Last 15 minutes (2-0)

With only 15 minutes remaining, the United States maintain a comfortable advantage and with one more player on the field, trying to seal another victory over Mexico.

67' - Red card for Chavez (2-0)

Mateo Chavez, who entered the game at halftime, receives the red card after slapping Berhalter in the face.

62' - GOAAAAAL FOR THE USMNT (2-0)

Raul Rangel tries to play with his defense, but the goalkeeper passes the ball to Sullivan who shots from outside the box and scores an easy goal for the USMNT.

58' - Kochen with the save! (1-0)

The USMNT goalkeeper rhas a great reaction to a shot by Alvarado to avoid the equalizer.

51' - More open spaces (1-0)

With the USMNT winning, Mexico have opened more spaced in the defense as they are trying to get the equalizer, giving the hosts more chances to get a second goal.

46' - Second half is underway! (1-0)

The second half in Arizona has started!

45' + 2' - Halftime (1-0)

Hall scored the only goal of the first half, giving the Stars and Stripes the advantage after 45 minutes.

43' - Gimenez fails a clear one! (1-0)

With less than five minutes remaining in the first half, Luis Romo sends a powerful cross that gets slightly deflected by Kochen and Santiago Gimenez finds it with the net wide open to score, but doesn't connect properly and sends his shot outside.

38' - Mexico try, but with not much clarity (1-0)

After the goal, Mexico regain the ball posession, but have failed to have clarity up front and become dangerous against the USMNT's goal.

28' - Hall scores the first goal! (1-0)

In a great solo play, Reyna opens Mexico's defense through the right side, sends a low cross that Rangel deflects incorrectly and the ball arrives to Hall, who only pushes it to score the first goal of the night.

23' - Mexico are more dangerous (0-0)

Although clear scoring opportunities have been hard to come by in recent minutes, Mexico look the more intent side, seeking to break the deadlock on rapid counterattacks.

16' - First chance for the USMNT (0-0)

Against four defenders, Tillman makes a brilliant solo play, enters the rivals' box and shoots, but he didn't have the best angle and gets a corner. First chance for the USMNT came from an individual play.

11' - Another chance for Mexico (0-0)

Sandoval controls the ball on the right side, enters the box, and sends a cross to Luis Romo, who from outside the box shoots but with too much power and the ball goes above the net.

8' - Mexico control the game (0-0)

In eight minutes of game, Mexico have the complete posession of the ball, recovering it quickly when the home team gets it and with long posessions.

3' - Mexico with an early chance (0-0)

Robinson fails to clear the ball properly and Gimenez finds the ball in the box, but he doesn't connect with it and misses a good chance for the visitors.

1' - Game is underway! (0-0)

The game between the USMNT and Mexico has started in Glendale, Arizona.

Some delay with the start time

Even though the game was scheduled to start at 10:00PM ET, it seems like it will start a few minutes later, as there is a ceremony delaying the original kickoff time. It is set to start between five and 10 minutes later.

Who will win?

In the all-time record, Mexico hold the advantage with 38 wins, by 25 of the USMNT, and 16 draws. Who will win tonight?

The starting lineup of Mexico

Mexico confirmed that Hirving Lozano won't play this game due to a last-minute injury, and this is El Tri's starting lineup without him:

Raúl Rangel; Diego Campillo, Israel Reyes, Johan Vásquez, Jesus Gallardo; Luis Romo, Erik Lira, Orbelin Pineda, Santiago Sandoval; Roberto Alvarado, Santiago Giménez.

USMNT's starting XI!

The USMNT has confirmed its lineup for the game against Mexico:

Diego Kochen; Alex Freeman, Chris Richards, Auston Trusty, Antonee Robinson; Tyler Adams (C), Sebastian Berhalter, Malik Tillma, Gio Reyna, Cavan Sullivan; Julian Hall.

The jerseys for USMNT vs Mexico

Both sides will don their primary home uniforms; the USMNT with its signature bold red and white wavy stripes kit, and Mexico with their traditional green jersey with a symmetrical all-over Aztec graphic print.

Tonight's venue

State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL, will host this epic CONCACAF rivalry between the USMNT and Mexico.

How to watch

You can watch the game between the USMNT and Mexico live on Fubo, Peacock, Telemundo, TNT USA, and HBO Max.

Start time

The duel is scheduled to start at 10:00PM ET and it will be played at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.

Welcome!

Welcome to our live coverage of the clash between the USMNT and Mexico in an International friendly duel. Another episode in this intense CONCACAF rivalry is about to begin! Stay tuned for all the live updates of this exciting match.

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