The Mexico national football team — El Tri — is the national football team of Mexico and is controlled by the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol (FEMEXFUT).

Mexico participated in the first World Cup in 1930 but did not appear again in the tournament until 1950. From 1950 onwards (aided by the comparative paucity of the North American region in footballing terms), Mexico qualified for six consecutive World Cups including the hosting of the 1970 tournament.

Mexico is one of the top seeded teams for the group stage at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. This is the first time a CONCACAF nation, which is not hosting a World Cup, is seeded. Mexico joins Argentina, Brazil, England, France, Italy, Spain and host Germany. They are in group D with Iran, Angola and Portugal. Mexico played a friendly match in preparation for the World Cup on March 29, 2006 and defeated Paraguay 2-1, held in Chicago in the United States. The recent string of friendlies have all been held in the USA to take advantage of the better opportunities to allow Mexicans in the US, to watch and also allow fans from the other countries, including The Netherlands, Paraguay and South Korea, who have fans in the States to also watch.