Qualifying

Mexico's selección looked about a million times better in a dirty 3-0 win over Jamaica than in their squeaker against Honduras a couple of weeks ago. I'm not convinced that Dos Santos and Vela should be starting up front together, but both looked a lot more comfortable this time around, especially Vela. 

As is customary here, the US matchup with Cuba wasn't televised, but I did catch some highlights that looked to be filmed by the same spy plane that surveilled the missiles in '62. Even from 80,000 feet, a 1-0 win for the Americans looks bad.