El Tri Vence!

I missed the first few minutes, but Mexico looked much improved based on the 75 minutes I saw of their 2-0 over Costa Rica last night. (Ignore the Soccernet write-up, it was Costa Rica and not Honduras they beat.) The forwards (Bravo and Vuoso) were pretty quiet other than the first goal, but the midfielders did a great job controlling the field. Guardado being back was a big part of that; the team is completely different when he is on the field. With a rotation of Torrado, Guardado, Arce, Leandro, Medina, and Pardo, they should be competitive at midfield with all but the very elite teams. Ochoa saved them a couple of times, but the defense was solid, too. Maybe they don't need Márquez throwing around dirty tackles and getting beat like a rented mule against the elite forwards. Now they just have to do it on the road. 

But the best performance of the night was by the play-by-play guy from TV Azteca, who at one point, with the camera locked on a despondent Costa Rican cheering section, cried out, "Look what we did to them! They want to cry, they want to cry!" This caused much laughter. 

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