Mexico's national team is well respected by international opponents. In 2016 they faced off against the United States in the finals of the World University Championship of American Football, hosted in Monterrey, Mexico. The U.S. team, made up of D3 and D2 players from U.S. universities, came away with a good deal of respect for their opponents. "It's not just the U.S.A. that's good at football anymore," said U.S. defensive end Fred Clearman III, who played at Malone University, an NCAA Division II school in Canton, Ohio.