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What you need to know about the USA vs. Mexico match
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Oct 9, 2015
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What you need to know about the USA vs. Mexico match
The stakes are high for both Mexico and the US. The winner will advance to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.
Mexico players arrive for a training session at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on October 9, 2015, a day before Mexico plays the United States here in the playoff match for the Confederations Cup. AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
Mexico players arrive for a training session at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California on October 9, 2015, a day before Mexico plays the United States here in the playoff match for the Confederations Cup. AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)
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The stakes are high for both Mexico and the US. The winner will advance to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia.

More than 90,000 soccer fans will pack Pasadena's Rose Bowl Saturday as the USA takes on Mexico.

The stakes are high for both teams. For Mexico, it will be the first important game since the team fired its controversial coach Miguel Herrera. For the US, coach Jurgen Klinsmann has faced growing criticism after some big losses.

The winner will advance to the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. To break it all down we're joined by Andrea Canales, reporter with ESPN FC and Wiso Vazquez from Fút. Mex. Source.