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The Mexico Men\u2019s National Team takes on Panama in the first of two international friendlies this month, as ramp up to the 2026 FIFA World Cup continues. Panama vs. Mexico kicks off Thursday, January 22 (1\/22\/2026) at 8 p.m. ET. Here\u2019s how to watch it for free<\/a>.<\/p>\n How to watch: Stream international soccer with DIRECTV (free trial)<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/p>\n What: International soccer friendly<\/p>\n Who: Panama vs. Mexico<\/p>\n When: Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026<\/p>\n Time: 8 p.m. ET<\/p>\n Where: Estadio Rommel Fernandez, Panama City,Panama<\/p>\n TV: FOX Deportes, TUDN<\/p>\n Live stream: DIRECTV (free trial)<\/a>, fuboTV Latino (free trial)<\/a>, Sling Latino<\/a><\/p>\n Mexico last took to the pitch in a pair of friendlies in November 2025, going 0-0 against Uruguay before losing 2-1 to Paraguay. After Thursday\u2019s match against Panama, the Mexican team plays Bolivia on Sunday, January 25 at 2:30 p.m. on FOX Deportes.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s a recent soccer story via The Associated Press:<\/p>\n CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) \u2014 FIFA said Wednesday it has received more than 500 million ticket requests for this year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n Soccer\u2019s organizing body said outside the host United States, Mexico and Canada, the most requests were made by fans residing in Germany, England, Brazil, Spain, Portugal, Argentina and Colombia.<\/p>\n FIFA is asking for up to $8,680 per ticket<\/a>. After criticism, FIFA said last month it will offer $60 tickets<\/a> for every game to the 48 national federations in the tournament, and the federations will decide how to distribute them to their fans who attended their previous games.<\/p>\n It said the most-requested match in the third sales phase, which ran from Dec. 11 through Tuesday, was Colombia vs. Portugal on June 27 at Miami Gardens, Florida; followed by Mexico vs. South Korea on June 18 at Guadalajara, Mexico; the final on July 19 at East Rutherford, New Jersey; the opener between Mexico and South Africa on June 11 at Mexico City; and a second-round match on July 2 at Toronto.<\/p>\n FIFA said it will notify people about their ticket applications no earlier than Feb. 5 and will allocate them randomly for matches in which demand exceeds availability.<\/p>\n What is DIRECTV?<\/a><\/p>\n DIRECTV<\/a> is a subscription streaming service that lets you watch live TV from major broadcast and popular cable networks. Enjoy local and national live sports, breaking news, and must-see shows the moment they air. Included: unlimited cloud DVR storage space so you can record as many shows as you want and stream them from wherever you go. DTV starts at $89.99 per month after a 5-day free trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. The Mexico Men\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-426905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}