If the US National Arena Soccer Team needed a wake up call before next month's WMF World Cup in Perth, Australia, Saturday night's 13-2 loss to Mexico should do the trick.
Erick Tovar, Brandon Escoto, and Juan Carlos Gonzalez each had three goals and two assists for Mexico. Tovar was playing in his first game in over a year after missing last season with a torn ACL.
Taylor Bond and Brian Farber scored the only goals for the US, who have been outscored 19-5 in the second half of their three most recent losses to Mexico, including 9-1 tonight.
Mexico floored it in the fourth quarter, scoring five goals in 2:46 to turn what was a 4-1 halftime score into a 12-1 blowout.
Saturday's attendance at Stockton Arena was 3,416.