Ricardo Ferretti never really wanted to coach the Mexican national team. And he took the job only because he was promised it was an interim position.
But Saturday he pulled off one of the biggest wins in the country's long soccer rivalry with the U.S., with Paul Aguilar's goal with two minutes remaining into overtime giving Mexico a 3-2 win in a wild CONCACAF Cup, played before a crowd of 93,723 at the Rose Bowl.
With the win, Mexico earned the right to represent CONCACAF in the 2017 Confederations Cup, an important eight-team tune-up for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.