Mexican Uriel Antuna scored the first goal at State Farm Stadium with a withering counterattack in the 55th minute, but Colombian-American striker Jesús Ferreira equalized in the 81st minute after Carlos Rodríguez’s shot over the crossbar.
Being this meeting outside the FIFA dates, both teams were armed with players coming almost exclusively from their local tournaments.
With this friendly, which serves as preparation for the next League of Nations and Gold Cup, Mexico has five consecutive games without beating the United States, its neighbor and great rival of Concacaf.
The result squeezes the new helmsman of Mexico, the Argentine Diego Cocca, who came from a two-time championship with Atlas was the hope to relieve the poor performance left by Gerardo Martino, after Qatar 2022.