The Super Eagles of Nigeria will hope to secure their first win against reigning Concacaf kings, Mexico when both teams meet for the sixth time at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in the early hours of July 4.
The West African side have not won a friendly match since 2019 when they beat Egypt, and this would be their first game playing Cameroon in a double-header fixture last month.
That Gernot Rohr-led Nigerian side had Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Paul Onuachu, and Terem Moffi but still could not manage to find the back of the net against the Indomitable Lions.
The Super Eagles team is made up mostly of players drawn from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) prepared to go head-to-head against an El Tri – who are putting the finishing touches to their plans of defending their Gold Cup trophy.
Mexico handed Panama a straightforward 3-0 thrashing when the sides faced off at the Nissan Stadium on Thursday.
And it looks like El Tri may not have much difficulty dealing with a second string Nigerian team owing to their current form which puts them above heavyweights such as Germany and Holland in the latest FIFA ranking.
Rohr is expected to be at the dugout out in the absence of ex-international and technical director of the Nigerian Football Federation Augustine Eguavoen.
