It wasn’t exactly the cleanest performance from El Tri, but nonetheless, as expected, Mexico got the job done as they beat Martinique 3-2 on June 23 and left Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte atop Group A with a perfect nine points in the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup. A quarterfinal draw with either Costa Rica or Haiti is what now awaits.
That’s 7/7 wins for Tata Martino, who becomes the second-straight permanent Mexico manager to start his tenure with such a win streak. Some of Mexico’s injury troubles also got better, not great, but better and some players are already getting European eyes on them at the start of the tournament.