Perspectives on the U.S.-Mexico Soccer Rivalry

Part I. Nation and Citizenship

1. The Border War for Young Mexican American Soccer Players: How Family and National Identity Play Out on the Field
John Shrader

2. Women’s Soccer in Mexico: A Unique Spin on the Rivalry with the USA
Timothy F. Grainey

3. Place, Nation, and the Mexico–US Soccer Rivalry: Dual Citizens, Home Stadiums, and Hosting the Gold Cup
Hunter Shobe, Geoff Gibson

Part II. Media and Representation

4. A Resistance to Rivalry: The US–Mexico Soccer Matchup Through the Eyes of Mexican Sports Journalists, 1934–2013
Roger Magazine, Sergio Varela Hernández, Aldo Bravo

5. Gendered Nations: Media Representations of the Men’s and Women’s US–Mexico Soccer Rivalry
Lindsey J. Meân, Raquel Herrera

6. Mexico “on Top:” Queering Masculinity in Contemporary Mexican Soccer Chronicles
Patrick Thomas Ridge

Part III. Mythology and Symbols

7. Dos-A-Cero: US Soccer Mythology and Columbus, Ohio
Stephen P. Andon

8. An (Im)penetrable Fortress: The Mythology of Estadio Azteca in the US–Mexico Men’s National Team Soccer Rivalry

Jeffrey W. Kassing

9. Picturing a Rivalry: Nationhood, Soccer, and Contemporary Art
Daniel Haxall

Part IV. Fans and Fandom

10. Food-Ball: Tailgates that Enculturate Before US–Mexico Fútbol Matches
Roxane Coche, Oscar Guerra

11. Global Fútbol, the Masked Fan, and Flat Screen Arenas: Mexican Soccer Communities in the USA and the Genesis of the Tricolor Brand in Global Landscapes, 1970–2012
Juan Javier Pescador

12. Bicultural Stress, Soccer, and Rivalry: How Mexican–Americans Experience the Soccer Competition Between Their Two Countries
Roxane Coche, Lindsey J. Meân, Oscar Guerra

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