Unlike the majority of national team’s across the world, Mexico usually plays its “home games” on foreign soil, specifically just north of the border in the United States. Another way of seeing the situation is that unlike most national teams, El Tri has, in the words of the former commissioner of Mexico’s soccer federation, “two homes.” Ever since the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, El Tri has played a total of 57 games. Of those, 39 have been played on U.S. soil and just 10 in Mexico. Those numbers are clearly swayed by official competitions such as the Gold Cup and Concacaf Nations League that are held exclusively in America. However, looking at just the 27 international friendlies Mexico has played in that same time frame, the split is 18 games in the U.S. and only seven on Mexican soil. Among those friendlies in Mexico was the scoreless draw against Uruguay in November 2025, during which fans were hostile towards their own national team.…