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Rafael Marquez and Mexico get their revenge, beat the U.S. 2-1 in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Mexico finally put an end to "Dos a Cero" on Friday night, defeating the U.S. men's national team 2-1 to open the final round of World Cup qualifying.

Miguel Layun opened the scoring for the visitors with a deflected effort in the 20th minute, but Bobby Wood equalized four minutes into the second half for the hosts. It was left to Rafa Marquez to grab the game winner in the 89th minute to give El Tri a valuable victory on the road to Russia 2018. It also marked the first qualifying victory for Mexico in the U.