Kevin Baxter: With Mexico soccer in a dire state, its president searches for a miracle comeback
LOS ANGELES — Yon de Luisa was wearing a bright green Mexican national team polo shirt and an even brighter smile when he entered Banc of California Stadium on Monday, less than two hours before El Tri's women's team beat Angel City, 2-0, in an exhibition.
He hardly looked like a man carrying the weight of his country's World Cup hopes on his shoulders. But then looks can be deceiving. As the embattled president of Mexico's soccer federation, De Luisa is taking criticism from all sides — not all of it deserved — less
