Copa Mundial 2026 · Sede México
The World Cup
comes home.
A fan tribute to three who carry the green: a rising wall, a returning wolf, and a living legend. Rangel, Jiménez, and Memo.
The lineup
Three names. One shirt. Every chant in the building.
When the green sea fills the stands at home, these are the players the country looks to. A goalkeeper writing his first chapters, a striker with nothing left to prove, and the keeper who became folklore.
Raúl Rangel
Raúl Rangel
“Tala” · The future between the posts
Guadalajara raised him and Chivas made him their own. Raúl Rangel came up through the youth ranks at the most Mexican club in the country, took the gloves as a starter, and never gave them back. Cool head, fast feet, and the kind of reflexes that turn a 1-0 into three points.
Now he carries that calm into El Tri. With the tournament landing at home, Tala represents the next generation of Mexican goalkeeping - the heir apparent learning beside a legend, ready the moment his country calls his number.
- Academy product who became Chivas' undisputed number one.
- Won his first senior Mexico call-ups on the road to 2026.
- Known for sweeping behind the line and starting attacks with his feet.
Raúl Jiménez
Raúl Jiménez
“El Lobo” · The bicycle kick that started a legend
From América to Atlético, Benfica, and the Premier League, Raúl Jiménez has spent a decade proving Mexican strikers belong at the highest level. The overhead goal against Panama announced him; the years since made him a fixture in El Tri's number nine shirt.
He came back from a fractured skull that would have ended most careers, returned to score for club and country, and arrives at a home World Cup as the experienced spearhead Mexico leans on. When the moment is biggest, El Lobo wants the ball.
- Iconic bicycle-kick goal vs Panama in his early international days.
- Battled back from a serious skull injury to play again at the top.
- Veteran leader of Mexico's attack heading into a home tournament.
Guillermo Ochoa
Guillermo Ochoa
“Memo” · Six World Cups. One San Memo.
There is Mexican goalkeeping, and there is Memo Ochoa. Brazil 2014 turned him into folklore - the night he single-handedly held off the hosts in Fortaleza and the whole country chanted his name. He has been El Tri's wall across an era most players never get to see once, let alone six times.
Captain, showman, save-machine. With the World Cup returning to Mexico, Memo's story comes full circle: the kid from Guadalajara closing the most decorated goalkeeping career his nation has ever produced, on home soil, in front of a green sea that has chanted for him for twenty years.
- One of the few players in history to appear at six World Cups.
- His performance vs Brazil in 2014 is among the great World Cup displays.
- Long-time captain and the face of Mexican goalkeeping.
Opening match · Estadio Azteca · June 11
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days to kickoff
The chants are written. The green is pressed. When El Tri walks out at home, Rangel, Jiménez, and Memo carry a whole country with them.
¡Vamos México! 🇲🇽