Sports-entertainment producer Jon Weinbach is following up The Last Dance with 'Good Rivals,' an excellent film about the U.S.-Mexico soccer rivalry.
In 2002, more than 25,000 fans at the old Crew Stadium watched 64 matches from the World Cup played in South Korea. That was the tournament when the USMNT defeated Mexico 2-0 in the Round of 16.
Weinbach is an old hand at placing sports in a larger context of changing times, evolving history and, in this case, the ever-shifting relationship between the United States and Mexico. The border wall is a recurring, haunting image in"Good Rivals." It’s only a rivalry if the other side starts winning, and in this century, the scale has tipped to the north. Thus, Fortress Columbus – the site of four U.S. victories in World Cup qualifiers, each by a 2-0 score– is as much a character in the docuseries as is Estadio Azteca.
Said Weinbach, “You can say England-Germany is a bigger rivalry, but there aren’t 30 million Germans living in England, and supporting Germany to beat England. There aren’t 30 million Brazilians living in Argentina. Here, we have cohorts of kids who are dual citizens, with torn allegiances. We’re physical neighbors. There’s an interplay of politics, culture and sport that’s really unique.”
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