By beating Costa Rica 1-0, Mexico remained the leader in the final round of CONCACAF qualifiers for the 2022 Men's World Cup, while La Sele is in seventh place of eight teams.
A youthful United States squad will be looking to exorcise the ghost of the team's ill-fated bid to reach the 2018 World Cup on Thursday as the CONCACAF region's final qualifiers for Qatar 2022 get under way.