QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Aug 16, 2012 -> 11:04 AM)
When it comes to the US playing in the Azteca, yes, they are atrocious.
That is also what we see and experience. We don't draw the animosity over in Europe or South America so the USMNT doesn't experience that.
Obviously, when matches are abandoned and people are killed like what happens in eastern europe, south america and africa, that is much worse.
The crowd control isn't the best in Mexico but I think it is even worse in Guatemala. That place is a disaster to play in.
Well, that's understandable, Europe and SA don't feel a rivalry. Mexico's national past time is soccer and the only sport besides boxing where they can hang with their mighty gringo neighbors. I am not defending those rotten Mexican fans who do all that extra sports crap, I'm just saying that overall they aren't nearly as bad as other country's fans where fans of the other team have been beaten or killed.
BTW, Klinsmann thanked the Mexican Soccer Federation for the overall hospitality they recieved...we aren't all bad
I also want to add that as a Mexican American, I root for the USA in every sport except soccer (only when it's against Mexico) and when it's a Mexican fighter vs an American fighter in boxing (except if it's against a fellow Mexican American) Michael Orozco, a Mexican American scored the US goal so I guess it wasn't so bad.