March 31, 2008 4:37 PM
Mexico fires coach Hugo Sanchez
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hugo Sanchez was fired as coach of Mexico’s national team Monday, two weeks after El Tri was eliminated from Olympic qualifying.
The Mexican soccer federation fired Sanchez 16 months after he took the job amid promises of regional titles and an Olympic medal.
The failure to qualify for Beijing is particularly stinging for Mexican players of this generation, who won the Under-17 World Cup in Peru in 2005 and reached the quarterfinals at the Under-20 Word Cup last year in Canada.
Also tarnishing Sanchez’s 33-game coaching tenure was Mexico’s loss last year to the United States in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final.
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