César Montes went to Russia to play fútbol, not end up in a war movie.

After the reported drone attack involving his team's train, should he consider leaving Russia?

We get into that and more on the latest Mexican Fútbol Podcast.

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Let me know if I missed anyone. Does not count players that were only developed abroad.

USA 🇺🇸
Tyler Adams - AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Brenden Aaronson - Leeds United FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Chris Richards - Crystal Palace FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Haji Wright - Coventry City FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Zavier Gozo - Crystal Palace FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Alex Freeman - Villarreal CF 🇪🇸
Cole Campbell - SV 07 Elversberg 🇩🇪
Santiago Castaneda - SC Paderborn 07 🇩🇪
Joe Scally - Borussia Mönchengladbach 🇩🇪
Mathis Albert - Borussia Dortmund 🇩🇪
Christian Pulisic - AC Milan 🇮🇹
Weston McKennie - Juventus FC 🇮🇹
Gianluca Busio - Venezia FC 🇮🇹
Benjamin Cremaschi - Parma Calcio 1913 🇮🇹
Tanner Tessmann - Olympique Lyonnais 🇫🇷
Bryan Reynolds - Stade Rennais FC 1901 🇫🇷
Tim Weah - Olympique de Marseille 🇫🇷
Mark McKenzie - Toulouse FC 🇫🇷
Gio Reyna - RC Strasbourg Alsace 🇫🇷
Julian Araujo (Mexico) - AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Yan Diomande (Ivory Coast) - Real Madrid CF 🇪🇸
Luca Koleosho (Italy) - Paris FC 🇫🇷

Canada 🇨🇦
Promise David - Brighton & Hove Albion FC 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Daniel Jebbison - AFC Bournemouth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Jonathan David - Club Atlético de Madrid 🇪🇸
Tajon Buchanon - Villarreal CF 🇪🇸
Tani Oluwaseyi - Villarreal CF 🇪🇸
Nathan Saliba - Villarreal CF 🇪🇸
Alphonso Davies - FC Bayern München 🇩🇪
Ismael Kone - US Sassuolo Calcio 🇮🇹
Jacen Russel Rowe - Toulouse FC 🇫🇷
Nico Sigur - Toulouse FC 🇫🇷
Moise Bombito - OGC Nice 🇫🇷
Derek Cornelius - Olympique de Marseille 🇫🇷

Mexico 🇲🇽
Johan Vasquez - Genoa CFC 🇮🇹

Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Jeyland Mitchell - RC Strasbourg Alsace 🇫🇷

Haiti 🇭🇹
Carlens Arcus - Angers SCO 🇫🇷

So I just started getting into the Nations league this year and the whole group stage promotion relegation system is crazy to me. I understand that they want to make it balanced because in the region there are World Cup level teams and there are a fair share of low ranked teams made up of "part timers", and they are trying to make the competition fair. However, even though its not likely, those lower ranked teams have no possible way to progress. They will have to wait until the next Nations league after winning promotion, and then continue the cycle again until they get to the top group. I did the math and the absolute soonest a team in the bottom league can make promotion to the upper group and have an opportunity to lift the trophy is 2033! Its robbing a lot of small countries from having generational memories and david and goliath moments in my opinion. Not to mention exposure for their players with a bigger audience. I would like to instead see a tournament where every one of the teams in the region have an opportunity to progress with no limitations.

Let me know if I missed anyone. Does not count dual-nats/players that didn't grow up in the region.

USA
Ricardo Pepi - PSV 🔵
Alex Freeman - Villarreal CF 🔵
Samuel Adeniran - LASK Linz 🔵
George Bello - LASK Linz 🔵
Mathis Albert - Borussia Dortmund 🔵
Esmir Bajraktarevic (Bosnia) - PSV 🔵
Frantzdy Pierrot (Haiti) - PAE AEK 🔵
Obed Vargas (Mexico) - Club Atlético de Madrid 🔵
Yan Diomande (Ivory Coast) - Real Madrid 🔵
Tyler Adams - AFC Bournemouth 🟠
Weston McKennie - Juventus 🟠
Tanner Tessmann - Lyon 🟠
Bryan Reynolds - Stade Rennais 🟠
Chris Richards - Crystal Palace 🟠
Zavier Gozo - Crystal Palace 🟠
Christian Pulisic - AC Milan 🟠
Tim Weah - Marseille 🟠
Auston Trusty - Celtic 🟠
Julian Araujo (Mexico) - AFC Bournemouth 🟠
Erik Palmer Brown - Panathinaikos 🟢
Ian Hoffmann - Mjällby AIF 🟢
JJ Williams - Heart of Midlothian 🟢

Canada
Alphonso Davies - FC Bayern München 🔵
Jonathan David - Club Atlético de Madrid 🔵
Tajon Buchanon - Villarreal CF 🔵
Tani Oluwaseyi - Villarreal CF 🔵
Nathan Saliba - Villarreal CF 🔵
Nael Kane - LASK Linz 🔵
Bryan Ouanda - SK Slavia Praha 🔵
Daniel Jebbison - AFC Bournemouth 🟠
Zachary Zalewski - Jagiellonia Bialystok 🟠
Derek Cornelius - Marseille 🟠
Alistair Johnston - Celtic 🟠
Promise David - Brighton & Hove Albion 🟢

Mexico
Santi Gimenez - FC Porto 🔵
Armando Gonzalez - Olympiacos 🟠
Mateo Chavez - AZ Alkmaar 🟠
Rodrigo Huescas - F.C. København 🟢
Anthony Hernandez - Inter D'Escaldes 🟢

Panama
Andres Andrade - LASK Linz 🔵
Cristian Martinez - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 🔵
Cesar Blackman - ŠK Slovan Bratislava 🔵
Amir Murillo - Besiktas 🟠
Josue Vergara - KAA Gent 🟢

Costa Rica
Josimar Alcocer - Sparta Prague 🟠
Kenay Myrie - F.C. København 🟢
Carlos Mora - CSU Craiova 🟢
Jurguens Montenegro - Egnatia 🟢
Orlando Galo - Riga FC 🟢
Anthony Contreras - Riga FC 🟢

Honduras
Kervin Arriaga - PAE AEK 🔵
Luis Palma - Lech Poznan 🟠
Dereck Moncada - FC Lugano 🟢

Jamaica
Kaheem Parris - Sabah FK 🔵
Leon Bailey - Olympiacos 🟠
Javon East - Hapoel Be'er 🟠
Ronaldo Webster - CSU Craiova 🟢

Haiti
Dany Jean - Torreense 🟠

Trinidad
Levi Garcia - Panathinaikos 🟢

Guadeloupe
Steve Solvet - Sabah FK 🔵

Forge FC and St. Louis City SC qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup after winning the 2026 US Open Cup and the 2027 Canadian Championship, respectively.

Nashville qualifies through MLS, securing one of four spots.

Olimpia, Alajuelense, Motagua, and Cartagines qualify through the Central American Cup.

This is the best soccer intro I have probably seen.

He played for both youth teams of México and the USA. He’s also elegible to play for Cuba.

Haiti's Violette AC had to abandon its plans to play the second leg of the Caribbean Cup semifinals against Jamaica's Portmore United in Santiago de los Caballeros after Dominican authorities revoked the permit to hold the match. The decision comes amid tensions between the two countries and after a Dominican nationalist group announced protests to prevent the game from taking place. According to reports from Haiti, the Violette delegation has already left on Sunday, while Concacaf confirmed that the match will be postponed and will be rescheduled for the week of October 26. The LATEST thing is that we are talking about a club that is already forced to play OUTSIDE OF ITS COUNTRY due to the insecurity in Haiti and that achieved a PERFECT GROUP PHASE, winning all four of its matches to deservedly reach these semifinals.

Is Gilberto Mora really worth $50 million?

We discuss the reported offer, the hype surrounding him, and whether Mexican football is doing enough to develop young talent.

We also get into Rafa Márquez's winless run with Mexico, América's refereeing controversy, Chivas, Cruz Azul, and the latest jovenazos, including Tahiel Jiménez and Brian Gutiérrez.

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Would that mean the top 3 that finish in nations league A plus the bye receiving nations go to Copa America?

Jeyland Mitchell and Josimar Alcócer have been revalued in the European market for €8 and €6 million in their clubs, Strasbourg Racing and Sparta Prague respectively. They are only topped by Manfred Ugalde who plays in Spartak Moscow. And now, very young players like Alajuelense’s Yerlan Sosa are showing great promise. Could this be a generation that will give Costa Rica a decent national team capable of competing in CONCACAF?