LAS VEGAS -- Typically even-tempered and collected, Mexico interim manager Jaime "Jimmy" Lozano couldn't help but smile much more after collecting a 3-0 semifinal victory on Wednesday against Jamaica that has guided his team to the Gold Cup final.
"If I rewind the tape to three weeks ago, I was unemployed," said the 44-year-old coach from Mexico City. "There was a person, who was up in that box [at the stadium], that trusted in me. That believed in me and believed in my process."
Lozano was referring to Juan Carlos Rodriguez, the new commissioner of the Mexican Football Federation (FMF).