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A statement containing fixture schedules has been released by CONCACAF as the eight teams in the competition have now known their fate as regards who they will be playing against and when. The CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying games have been scheduled to be played in Guadalajara, Mexico, between the 18th and 30th of March later this year.

The competition was initially announced to hold in March last year, but due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the tournament was postponed to a further date. The Tokyo Olympics were also postponed to this year as a result of the virus outbreak as well.

Mexico international striker Raul Jimenez has shown the scar he got from the head injury that has ruled him out of action for two months. The Wolverhampton Wanderers star showed the head injury scar while he was in attendance for the Black Country Derby in the Premier League at the weekend. The Black Country Derby is usually contested between Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Brom.

The Mexico national team player was missing for the derby game as expected as a result of the injury. The scar on his head was visible as he sat in the stands to watch the league game between hosts Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Brom in what was the first game of week 19 set of matches in the Premier League. The Black Country Derby was played at the Molineux on Saturday lunchtime.

Gold Cup champions Mexico are one of the few teams with a lengthy unbeaten run in international football after the latest set of games played earlier this month. Mexico took their unbeaten run to ten games after the two matches played during the recent international break.

Mexico have not tasted defeat since they were thrashed 4-0 by Argentina last year. In the friendly game played at the Alamodome Stadium in San Antonio, Texas on the 11th of September in 2019, Argentina scored all the four goals in the first half.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Eric Dier has signed a new four-year contract with the club until the summer of 2024. Underlining his long-term importance under manager Jose Mourinho.

The coach of Mexico Gerardo Martino says Spanish side Barcelona only cares about titles managers win when the season ends. Martino managed the defending La Liga champs for only a term in 2013/14 after Tito Vilanova took ill. It was Tito who took over from the legendary Pep Guardiola but his health issues prevented him from staying further at the Nou Camp.

LA Galaxy didn't enjoy the kind of start they would have hoped for last weekend. They were held by Houston Dynamo. A match that ended 1-1. The match also marked the league debut for Marquee signing Javier Chicharito Hernandez. The Mexico international joined LA Galaxy from Sevilla. He was signed as the direct replacement for the departing Zlatan Ibrahimovic. The Swede left MLS football at the expiration of his contract last season. He returned to Europe to join former side AC Milan.

Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Raul Jimenez is being rumored to be actively pursuing a career away from the West Midland. The Mexico international has had stints at Atletico Madrid and is believed to be favoring a return to Spain above every other option out there.

After trying out his hand at Atletico, the presence of much established strikers made it impossible to become Diego Simeone’s number choice as striker. Benfica was the Mexican forward’s next stop but even the Iberians felt he didn’t align with how they wanted to play and what they expect from him as a striker. A loan to Wolves was the best deal they could come up with and after being impressed with what they saw, the powers that be decided to make his loan spell a permanent deal.
He remains an integral part of the team and news of his imminent departure has brought a little of anxiety into the West Midlands.

The first round matches for the FIFA U-17 World Cup will see two of the world’s best teams face to face as Argentina will be taking on Spain and the match will be held at Vitoria. Argentina, the champions from South America, has participated in the competition with a lot of reputation and for Pablo Aimar, he boasts to be a coach who has been able to enjoy a high-quality career for international games of his own. On the other hand, Spain has not been able to win the Under 17 World Cup for once. They have become runners-up four times and went to the finals in the very recent edition of it in the year 2017.

Proud rights were maintained by Mexico over the US as they thrashed them 3-0 in a friendly match held in New Jersey. Only one strike was needed by Jonathon Dos Santos from the Mexican football team when both the teams met each other at the final match of the Gold Cup. But it is far better to see the teams playing in this friendly match. Hernandez, the striker from Sevilla went off the ground in the first half. Uriel Antuna and Erick Gutierrez came to the field as replacements. It should be mentioned that both of them did a great job to get the deserved victory for the team.

Christian Pulisis is considered to be the brightest player of USA. He avoided the chance of converting a late penalty and the young player, Joshua Sargent, who plays for the forward position in the team, was not able to convert the pass to Jonathon Orozco too. Sergio Dest played the match for the USA as a debutant at the left-back position. He forced the goalkeeper to get involved into the very first real save of the game by his effort of putting the ball into a long-range. It was quite threatening but it was saved at the last moment.

Mexico coach Gerardo Martino wants a unified Copa America comprising of the whole American continent in the future.The Argentine tactician was questioned about the travel and distances in the Gold Cup in the United States this summer.

However, he diverted from answering and instead gave his opinion that there should be a new format for the Copa America.