Mexico opened Rafael Marquez’s tenure as national-team coach with a 1-1 draw against Colombia after conceding early. Seventeen-year-old Gilberto Mora scored his first goal for the senior national team to level the match; Mexico next plays Peru on Tuesday.
Colombia took the lead on Luis Javier Suarez’s header from Richard Rios’s cross. Mexico struck the woodwork three times before Mora’s second-half equalizer. Colombia’s next match is against Paraguay in New Jersey on Friday.
Mexico had not beaten Colombia since 2010, according to the article. Their previous meeting, a 2025 friendly, ended in a 4-0 Colombia win.
