This morning, Beijing time, the third stage of the China-North American World Preliminary Tournament began the penultimate round of competition. Canada, the first to play, beat Jamaica 4-0 at home and qualified for the World Cup for the second time in history. Canadian international Alfonso Davis, who missed the game due to injury, cried with joy in front of the TV, and his girlfriend Heitma also celebrated the beautiful moment through social media.
Subsequently, Costa Rica beat El Salvador 2-1 away, the United States beat Panama 5-1 at home, and Mexico beat Honduras 1-0 away, winning all of them, and there was no backlash in this morning's CENTRAL AND NORTH AMERICAN World Preliminary Tournament.
Panama has missed the World Cup because it currently has only 18 points, four points less than the fourth-place Costa Rica (22 points), while Costa Rica has at least qualified for the intercontinental play-offs. And because the United States, which has 25 points, has as many as 13 goals on goal difference, and the last round of away games against Costa Rica, as long as it is not a super-large score loss, the United States team will definitely qualify for the World Cup. The rules for advancing to the CENTRAL AND NORTH American World Preliminary Tournament are first-leading goals difference.
Costa Rica is currently only 3 points away from Mexico, only 4 goals difference, the final battle, if Costa Rica wins the United States at home, and Mexico loses at home to El Salvador, Costa Rica may push Mexico and directly qualify for the World Cup. Of course, this possibility is very small. At present, the high probability of qualifying for the Central and North American World Cup is that Canada, the United States and Mexico will directly qualify, and Costa Rica will qualify for the 4th place intercontinental play-off.
The strongest team in Central and North America is Mexico, but this year's Mexico does not seem to be as strong as in the past, and it actually needs to be confirmed to advance to the last round. The United States performed more stable than the previous one, the last Central American World Preliminary Tournament, because Panama's home 2-1 Costa Rica home team "Ghost Ball" (in fact, did not score), the points surpassed the United States, directly obtained the right to qualify, Honduras qualified for the play-offs, the United States team was eliminated. This morning, the United States swept Panama 5-1, which was a revenge for the last World Cup. In this morning's game, Pulisic scored a hat-trick and was the biggest contributor to america's big victory.
The United States, which missed the last World Cup, will enter the World Cup this time. In fact, football is not a popular sport in the United States, but American male footballers often have the courage to play, even in the World Cup, they are not afraid of strong hands, and still play pleasing football. What is most worth learning from Chinese football in American football? Without it, it's the mindset!