Gold Cup 2013 Results: Mexico Should Sack Jose Manuel de la Torre After Loss

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Published: July 8, 2013

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Jose Manuel de la Torre has run out of time and options. As a result, his position as Mexico national team coach has become untenable.

Mexico limped to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Panama in their first match of the Gold Cup. It's never good for El Tri to lose to a country like Panama, but what was more distressing was the fact that Mexico continued to look listless on the pitch.

Panama are a good side, but El Tri should have had no problem beating them by at least a couple of goals. Instead, Panama were the aggressors, moving the ball up the pitch and creating the opportunities in the final third.

If this was just one match, it wouldn't be a huge problem. It would be embarrassing, but largely written off. Instead, this was just a continuation of what has been plaguing Mexico for the past few months.

It has all been building for quite a while, making De la Torre a marked man for Mexico supporters.

Fox Soccer's Kyle McCarthy reported that "Chepo" had to leave the pitch with fans in attendance throwing things in his direction.



Beyond the Pitch suggested the manager would have to channel his inner Snake Plissken.



At this point, the only decision left is for the federation to sack De la Torre right now. It's the only choice. The group has to get rid of him. As Mexican football expert Tom Marshall pointed out, De la Torre has no intention of resigning.



The biggest problem with sacking De la Torre now is that there's less than a year before the 2014 World Cup. Replacing a manager now is not a great move in terms of stabilizing an already fractious national team.

However, how much better are things going to get under "Chepo" in that time?

De la Torre has constantly tinkered with his team, but nothing has worked. You look at how the United States has improved as Jurgen Klinsmann has made a couple of changes here and there a...
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