Things change quickly when the heat rises and yet the temperature simultaneously plummets.
Mexico was 4-0-2 and atop the Concacaf World Cup qualifying table after two windows in the Octagonal, seemingly coasting to a place in Qatar next fall. It'll still probably get there with relative ease. Modern history would suggest that not only will Mexico qualify for the World Cup, but it'll get out of the group and promptly be eliminated in the round of 16. After all, that's happened for the last seven cycles without fail. But its 2026 World Cup co-hosts and a Panama side that just won't quit have certainly made things more interesting as the year in World Cup qualifying comes to a close and as the final two windows loom in the coming months.