World Cup Corner

Jared Borgetti became Mexico’s all-time leading scorer when his goal set Mexico on the way to a hard-fought 2-0 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over Costa Rica on Wednesday. Unbeaten in their 14-match qualifying campaign to date, Mexico lead the six-team final stage with 16 points from six games.

The United States guaranteed themselves at least a fourth-place finish in the CONCACAF ‘Hexagonal’ despite struggling to dispatch Trinidad & Tobago 1-0 in Hartford.

An injury time goal by Gonzalo Romero lifted Guatemala to a 2-1 victory over Panama here Wednesday in a North and Central America and Caribbean FIFA World Cup qualifier. The victory gave Guatemala seven points in the six-nation final qualifying group in the region, putting them in third place along with Costa Rica who fell to Mexico in Mexico City 2-0.