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Mexico and Costa Rica were seconds away from advancing to penalty kicks in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup Sunday night, but a controversial penalty decision allowed Mexico to score a game-winning goal at the end of extra time. Mad Costa Rica fans – heavily outnumbered by...

More than 70,000 football fans flocked to the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for the 2015 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal match between the National Men’s Football Teams of Costa Rica and Mexico. Raging Costa Rica fans – heavily outnumbered by...

Additionally, Cuba kept a clean sheet for the first time in 14 games in the competition, conceding two goals or more in 13 straight games.

Herrera instilled discipline and stability into the group, leading them through the playoffs against New Zealand and guiding Mexico through the group stages where they finished as runners-up, tied on points with host nation Brazil.

Cuba are cutting their CONCACAF Gold Cup preparations fine having started training for Thursday’s Group C opener against Mexico at Soldier Field with only 17 players and without coach Raul Gonzalez.