In this cartoon, Pachuca, the triumphant Tuzo, celebrates passage to the SuperLiga final.
Two Houston Dynamo players (Eddie Robinson? Craig Waibel?) look on in astonishment.
"Is that really a Mexican team?" asks Eddie.
"Yes, why do you ask?" responds Craig.
"Because they actually won on penalties," answers Eddie.
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I am also very surprised that a Mexican team came out victorious in a PK shoot-out given their history and all. If I recall correctly the Mexican PK curse (at the NT level) started against Bulgaria in the '94 World Cup and continued in the '95 Copa America when they were sent home by the U.S. in a P.K. shoot-out. At the club level the most notable example was when Cruz Azul made it to the Copa Libertadores final against Boca Junior in 2001 and the game went to PK's in the famed pressure-packed Bombonera down in Buenos Aires (Paco Palencia scored during regulation time). Cruz Azul lost the PK shootout when Pinheiro blew it. Ahhhh, memories.... :-)
I stand corrected! I think the Mexican PK curse started in Estadio Tecnologico in Monterrey (home of Rayados) during the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal game between Mexico and Germany (West Germany at the time).
If that's Houston's Eddie Robinson and Craig Wabel, who is the Pachuca player dressed as a bunny with the stethoscope over his head?
It's not the cartoonist's fault that MLS teams have no decent mascots. That's probably why the artists portray the players as people instead of a team icon.
Also, it's a gopher, not a bunny.
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