The Mexican forward looked to be on the path toward success but fell back into his old ways and put his status for March's qualifiers in danger.
Time heals all wounds, but it opens some too.
In this case, Carlos Vela, a man who recently looked to be back on the way up, needed only three weeks to pull the emergency brake on his momentum heading into Mexico's March qualifiers against Canada. Now, it seems Vela, whose surname in Spanish translates to "candle," could see his flame extinguished just as soon as it was lit again.