Mexico's national team still looking for identity as World Cup looms

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Mexico's national team still looking for identity as World Cup looms

SANTA CLARA – The once-optimistic fans who sat in traffic, tailgated in the parking lot and took over the home of the San Francisco 49ers by blasting horns and singing popular Mexican song “Cielito Lindo” probably left Levi’s Stadium with worried hearts after Mexico’s national soccer team lost 3-2 to Colombia on Tuesday night. But […]

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