Internazionale, the Milanese team that last month won the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club competition, took the field without a single Italian.
The scandal-hit Turin side have already lost five players since their relegation, with the club insisting Patrick Vieira's departure to Internazionale will be the last.
He impressed against Seattle Sounders with a debut goal and assist, unnerved Internazionale at times in California and should have added to his tally against the Mexicans.