Gerardo Torrado’s header in the 42nd minute and Miguel Sabah’s goal in the 85th gave Mexico a 2-0 victory over Guadeloupe on Sunday and the Group C title in the Gold Cup football tournament.
The concluding result in group play completed next weekend’s quarter-final pairings in the CONCACAF regional football championship tournament.
Host United States will meet Panama and Canada will face Honduras next Saturday at Philadelphia while the Mexicans will face Haiti and Guadeloupe will play Costa Rica next Sunday in Dallas.
The semi-finals will be July 23 at Chicago with the title game three days later at New York.
Mexico coach Javier Aguirre served the first match of his three-game suspension on Sunday. If the Mexicans should lose to Haiti next weekend, he will be sidelined for next month’s World Cup qualifier against the arch-rival US squad.
