Manama, November 13 (BNA) Christian Pulisic sent a message with his head and undershirt. Take that, Mexico. The Associated Press said Pulisic and the Americans were back on top of the region.
Pulisic scored on his first touch in the 74th minute, Weston McKinney added a goal in the 85th minute, and the United States beat Mexico 2-0 on Friday night in World Cup qualifiers – a “Dos a Cero” result that became traditional early in the century 21.
When Pulisic scored five minutes after his entry, he ran to the finish line and pulled his shirt to show the fans dressed in red, white and blue.
It was the third win this year for the 13th-placed Americans over 9th-seeded Mexico after a 3-2 victory in the Nations League final in June and a 1-0 win in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final in August.
Hot matches between Mexico and the United States are the norm, and this match ended with the United States, with a short man after Miles Robinson – who scored the Gold Cup goal – receiving a pair of yellow cards.
The United States and Mexico each have 14 points, followed by Canada with 13 points, Panama with 11, Costa Rica, Jamaica and El Salvador with six points, and Honduras with three points.
Three countries from North and Central America and the Caribbean will qualify for next year’s World Cup and the fourth-placed country will advance to the play-off match.
The United States won four consecutive playoff games at home against Mexico 2-0, all in Columbus, Ohio, before losing 2-1 in November 2016 at Crewe Stadium. This resulted in the Americans losing the 2018 World Cup.
Pulisic, one of the few left, came in for Brenden Aaronson in the 69th minute. Since a high left ankle injury on September 8 in Honduras, Pulisic has been limited to two late matches with Chelsea.
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