Mexico vs Jamaica live updates (2024)

• Mexico win their opening match of the Copa America
• Michail Antonio header correctly ruled out for offside
• Gerardo Arteaga struck from range to win the game
• Game overshadowed by nasty Edson Alvarez injury

The Athletic's Stuart James and Thom Harris have dissected the key talking points from this match, looking at:

• How big a loss is Edson Alvarez for Mexico?
• Mexico getting their goal from an unlikely source
• Did Heimir Hallgrimsson's tactical gamble pay off?
• The surprisingly subdued crowd

Follow the link below to check out their breakdown!

Wednesday

• Ecuador vs Jamaica in Las Vegas, Nevada
• Venezuela vs Mexico in Inglewood, California

Sunday June 30

• Mexico vs Ecuador in Glendale, Arizona
• Jamaica vs Venezuela in Austin, Texas

Group B table

1. Venezuela: 3 points, +1 goal difference, 2 goals for
2. Mexico: 3 pts, +1 gd, 1 gf
3. Ecuador: 0 pts, -1 gd, 1 gf
4. Jamaica: 0 pts, -1 gd, 0 gf

Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

• Expected goals: 1.01 - 0.53
• Shots: 20 - 13
• Shots on goal: 9 - 4
• Saves: 4 - 8
• Possession: 61% - 39%
• Corners: 7 - 6
• Offsides: 1 - 3
• Fouls: 8 - 7
• Yellow cards: 0 - 0

A significant win for Mexico as they open Copa America with three points.

Winning your first match is more important at Copa America than it is at the Euros given there's no route for third-place teams to advance to the knockout stage here.

But their future prospects in this tournament have taken a huge hit with the loss of Edson Alvarez. The West Ham player suffered a non-contact injury in the first half and given how serious his reaction was, you'd expect him to miss the rest of the tournament.

Jamaica have now played seven games at Copa America all-time, suffering seven defeats and getting outscored 10-0.

How differently things may have gone had Michail Antonio's goal been allowed to stand...

90+2' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Lowe and Quinones come together in a heavy collision as both jumped contesting for the ball in Mexico's box. That looked like a rough one to recover from but play quickly resumes as Jamaica are desperate for a goal.

90+1' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Just three minutes for Jamaica to rescue a result here.

90' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Lowe fouls Martinez and gives Mexico an opportunity to run valuable time off the clock. Lowe reacts by angrily telling Martinez to get up, but he can have no complaints about that call.

87' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Dixon has created an immediate spark in Jamaica's attack since entering the game a few minutes ago. He darts into the Mexico box and gets to the byline. Without many teammates up in support, he does well to win a corner on a deflection that wasn't far from an own goal.

Moments later Dixon gets an opportunity to shoot from the edge of the box, but gets under the ball and misses wildly.

84' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Jamaica win a free kick in a dangerous shooting position but Nicholson fires it into the upper deck of the stands.

81' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Jamaica make another double sub, bringing Kaheim Dixon on for Bobby De Cordova-Reid and Renaldo Cephas on for Michail Antonio.

Jamaica have one sub remaining, Mexico are out.

78' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Mexico make their final two subs as Roberto Alvarado and Érick Sánchez come on for Uriel Antuna and Luis Chávez, both of whom are strenuously urged off the pitch by the referee.

76' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Things were looking so positive for Jamaica when it appeared that they had taken the lead through Antonio early in the second half. A brutal turn of events as they're now staring down a seventh defeat in seven matches all-time at Copa America.

71' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

Right before Mexico's goal, each side made a double change.

• Mexico: Guillermo Martínez and Carlos Rodríguez replaced Santiago Giménez and Orbelín Pineda
• Jamaica: Michael Hector and Damion Lowe replaced Di'Shon Bernard and Demarai Gray

69' Mexico 1-0 Jamaica

It had been coming! A fantastic strike across the face of goal by Gerardo Arteaga gets Mexico on the board.

Mexico had been creating a steady stream of chances since Jamaica's goal was disallowed.

66' Mexico 0-0 Jamaica

Quinones bursts past two defenders and into the box but just as it looks like Mexico are finally set to score the opening goal, he misses the target completely.

This is a game desperately in need of a goal.

64' Mexico 0-0 Jamaica

Gimenez takes a great touch to create space from his defender and unleashes a powerful shot at the near post, forcing another save from Waite.