Mexico and the United States are yet to reach the status of greatest mens soccer teams on the planet, although each has beaten the accepted powers often enough to have gained considerable respect.But when it comes to the rivalry between the two national teams, they may have no superiors.Fox Sports analyst and former United States mens national team defender Alexi Lalas has called it many times the best rivalry in international soccer. NBC Sports analyst and former USMNT goalkeeper , I have always thought that your fate and reputation and your legend will ultimately be decided as a U.S. player by how you perform against Brandon Brooks Jersey Mexico.And now the not-always-neighborly soccer competition between the USMNT and El Tri has become the subject of a documentary series brought to us by some of the people involved in The Last Dance, an Academy Award-nominated director, , who was a producer on the project and appears throughout the three parts as an interview subject offering context and information about history and development of the rivalry.Its excellence is a fitting legacy for Wahl, who worked with the team led by SkyDance Sports president Jon Weinbach, Meadowlark Medias John Skipper, and director Gabriel Serra to deliver a film that captures all the reasons why USA-Mexico sizzles, from the political complications of the common border, the politicization of that border, the decades-long dominance of Mexico, and the recent emergence of the Americans as a continental force.The series, " . Just about anyone one could hope to hear from in its three episodes Clint Dempsey, Claudio Reyna, John Harkes from the U.S., Chicharito, Luis Hernandez, Jared Borgetti from Mexico appears to add some information or anecdote. Bora Milutinovic, the one person who has coached both teams, also gets plenty of opportunity to discu s his perspective.MORE: If you were reminded by the World Cup of how great soccer can be, or you're seeking to quench a thirst for soccer in between your club's matches, "Good Rivals" tells a compelling story in riveting fashion over the course of its three episodes.Im a fanatical U.S. Soccer fan. Aside from maybe the Lakers and maybe, at this point, more so Im probably more pa sionate about the U.S. national soccer Clayton Thorson Jersey team than any other team, Weinbach, the executive producer, told The Sporting News. If youre in this community, you know how real this rivalry is, how pa sionate it is and, from a storytelling point of view, how unique it is.Yes, of course theres an on-field rivalry, and thats great. Its unique in the world, and I really mean this. Yes, England and Germany, Brazil and Argentina there are a number of significant international soccer rivalries that have maybe some political history. But none of them are actual neighbors in the way that we are with Mexico. Brian Westbrook Jersey There are not 30 million Brits living in Germany. There are not 30 million Argentinians living in Brazil wondering which culture they belong to.And its maybe the only area in the U.S.-Mexico dynamic over 200 years where the United States was not just the absolute underdog, they were secondary. It was the one area that Mexico had over us. And when that dynamic changed, its a really interesting area for storytelling.MORE: The series is built around the two players at the center of the rivalrys surge following the turn of the century: USMNT forward Landon Donovan and Mexico defender Rafa Marquez.Donovan talks about the Mexican influence in his life as akid growing up in the California town of Redlands. But after he was alleged to have urinated during a practice se sion on the Estadio Jalisco field, home of Mexicos famed Chivas club, he became a favorite target of Mexican fans.Marquez makes a revelation inside the first five minutes which may help to explain why he always seemed to carry an extra dose of intensity onto the field against the U.S. That aggre sivene s cost him in the 2002 World Cup Round of 16 game against the USMNT when he was red carded for head-butting midfielder Cobi Jones near the end of the Americans 2-0 victory. He was red-carded again in 2009 World Cup qualifying when he delivered a studs-up challenge to Howard.For me, to have Landon Donovan and Rafa Marquez embody this contemporary rivalry was incredible, Serra told TSN.For me, when I do a project, its very important that we connect with the main characters. Its very important that the interview is not just a space where you take out information from people, but where you see a portrait of a person, a personal portrait, a very intimate portrait. It was the goal to connect with Rafas personal matters. I was very aware of things that can move him and touch him.The series tries to connect the personal life of these two incredible sportsmen in soccer with the contemporary rivalry. The emotional path they have taken in life it was very important to connect with this rivalry, with the moments of the rivalry. The 2002 World Cup meeting between the U.S. and Mexico in the Round of 16 serves as DeSean Jackson Jersey the beginning chapter of the series and is referenced in later episodes. As Donovan said, the two teams could be playing in World Cups for another 100, 200 or 500 years without ever being matched in the tournament and, in this case, they met at a time when the U.S. had made significant progre s in the game over just a dozen years and Mexico was fielding a supremely talented squad.Donovan represented the progre s of the U.S., having earned the Golden Ball for best player at the 1999 Under-17 World Cup. Marquez represented the talent of the Mexico side; he was excelling at Monaco in France and soon was to be transferred to FC Barcelona, where he would start in a Champions League final and help Barca win the trophy in 2006.MORE: Serra is originally from Nicaragua, and so he was able to bring a sense of neutrality to the project. This film Mack Hollins Jersey definitely is not slanted in either direction.For me, this series also speaks about the wounds the wounds this rivalry has brought to soccer and to the relationship of the two countries, Serra said. And theres a big, big wound between the U.S. and Mexico, and that is the 2002 World Cup. And I dont have that wound. Thats a wound for Mexicans they will never, never, never forget.Many Mexicans said it was the worst game they had in life, it was terrible. And the Americans were happy," he continued. "Im in the middle of all this, and I can take these emotions and bring it to a dramatical structure, and I brought it and I think its brilliant and very nice. I think people will enjoy it a lot.