Pre-2000 History:
The first ever US-Mexico meeting was on May 24, 1932 in a WC Qualifier in Rome, won by the US 4-2. In the next 23 games from 1937 to 1979, the US didn't win a single game against them, losing 20 matches and drawing the other 3. In the 1980s, the US only played them 3 times, losing twice, but did finally break through with a 2-1 win on Nov 23, 1980 in a WC Qualifier.
The rivalry then truly began in the 1990s, when the two countries met 15 times. In this decade, the US was finally respectable, winning 4, drawing 5, and losing 6. However, they were win-less in the last 7 match-ups leading up to 2000.
With all that as context, here are the games since 2000:
On US Soil:
June 11, 2000
US 3 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorers: Brian McBride, Frankie Hejduk, Ante Razov
US Cup, East Rutherford, NJ
October 25, 2000
US 2 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorers: Landon Donovan, Josh Wolff
Friendly, Los Angeles, CA
February 28, 2001
US 2 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorers: Josh Wolff, Earnie Stewart
WC Qualifier, Columbus, OH
April 3, 2002
US 1 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorer: Clint Mathis
Friendly, Denver, CO
May 8, 2003
US 0 - Mexico 0
Friendly, Houston, TX
April 28, 2004
US 1 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorer: Eddie Pope
Friendly, Dallas, TX
September 3, 2005
US 2 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorers: Steve Ralston, DaMarcus Beasley
WC Qualifier, Columbus, OH
February 7, 2007
US 2 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorers: Jimmy Conrad, Landon Donovan
Friendly, Glendale, AZ
June 24, 2007
US 2 - Mexico 1
US Goalscorers: Landon Donovan, Benny Feilhaber
Gold Cup Final, Chicago, IL
February 6, 2008
US 2 - Mexico 2
US Goalscorers: Oguchi Onyewu, Jozy Altidore
Friendly, Houston, TX
February 11, 2009
US 2 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorer: Michael Bradley (x2)
WC Qualifier, Columbus, OH
July 26, 2009
US 0 - Mexico 5
Gold Cup Final, East Rutherford, NJ
June 25, 2011
US 2 - Mexico 4
US Goalscorers: Michael Bradley, Landon Donovan
Gold Cup Final, Pasadena, CA
August 10, 2011
US 1 - Mexico 1
US Goalscorer: Robbie Rogers
Friendly, Philadelphia, PA
September 10, 2013
US 2 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorers: Eddie Johnson, Landon Donovan
WC Qualifier, Columbus, OH
April 2, 2014
US 2 - Mexico 2
US Goalscorers: Michael Bradley, Chris Wondolowski
Friendly, Glendale, AZ
April 15, 2015
US 2 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorers: Jordan Morris, Juan Agudelo
Friendly, San Antonio, TX
October 10, 2015
US 2 - Mexico 3
US Goalscorers: Geoff Cameron, Bobby Wood
Concacaf Cup, Pasadena, CA
In Mexico (all games at Azteca Stadium, Mexico City):
July 1, 2001
US 0 - Mexico 1
WC Qualifier
March 27, 2005
US 1 - Mexico 2
US Goalscorer: Eddie Lewis
WC Qualifier
August 12, 2009
US 1 - Mexico 2
US Goalscorer: Charlie Davies
WC Qualifier
August 15, 2012
US 1 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorer: Michael Orozco
Friendly
March 26, 2013
US 0 - Mexico 0
WC Qualifier
At the World Cup:
June 17, 2002
US 2 - Mexico 0
US Goalscorers: Brian McBride, Landon Donovan
WC Quarterfinal, Daejon, South Korea
So, our overall record since 2000:
US soil: 11 wins, 4 draws, 3 losses
Azteca: 1 win, 1 draw, 3 losses
World Cup: 1 win
(World Cup Qualifiers: 4 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses)
Overall: 13 wins, 5 draws, 6 losses
Observations:
- Donovan is our leading scoring vs Mexico since 2000 with 6 goals. Bradley has scored 4. Oddly, Dempsey is the 2nd leading scorer in our history but he has never scored against Mexico.
- Outside of McBride and Donovan's World Cup goals, the biggest goal may be Benny Feilhaber's game-winning wonderstrike in the 2007 Gold Cup Final, which secured our 2009 Confed Cup spot.
- Our victory in the 2012 game made history, because it was the first win the US has had on Mexico soil in 25 tries. We subsequently had a draw there a year later for only the 2nd time in history.
- Our 3 losses on US soil since 2000 are the Gold Cup finals of 2009 and 2011 and the Confederations Cup Playoff 2015. The 2009 loss is accompanied with an asterisk - we sent our C team because our A team just got finished beating Spain and pushing Brazil to the brink in the Confederations Cup. Our 2011 loss started off promising - a 2-0 lead - that fizzled with 4 straight unanswered Mexico goals (no thanks to BORNSTEIN!) and ended Bob Bradley's tenure as US coach. The 2015 loss was the most crushing of all, because we sent our A-team, still played defense nearly the entire 120 minutes, and showed little progress since Klinsmann took over after our 2011 loss.
- Klinsmann's record vs Mexico is 3 wins, 3 draws, and 1 loss, including Mexico's first ever loss to us at Azteca.
- Of our 13 wins since 2000, we have beat Mexico by the scoreline of dos a cero (2-0) 8 times ( in 2000, 2001, 2002 at the WC, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015). (In our history, we've only beat Mexico 2-0 one other time: July 5, 1991 in a Gold Cup semi). In the 2013 WC qualifier, Dempsey actually shanked a PK in stoppage time on purpose to preserve the dos a cero!
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