Mexico 0 - Panama 0

Panama City and upstarts Panama welcomed Mexico into a sea of red-clad fans.  The first half was controlled by Mexico, but the clearest chance was missed into the side netting by Javier Hernandez after a nice endline pass from Javier Aquino could not quite be turned goalward.  The half ended scoreless.

As he was in their home match against Jamaica, Mexico goalkeeper Jesue Corona was the sole reason Mexico escaped with a point on this occasion.  Corona came to the rescue as a well-designed rolling ball from a corner kick allowed Blas Perez (pictured, red) to run on a curl into open space ten yards from goal.  His strike was low and hard, but Corona's quick drop to his left prevented the goal. Roman Torres made a game-saving tackle inside Panama's box with under five minutes to play as he ran down Aldo de Nigris, who had latched onto a long-distance through ball moments before.  The match ends 0-0 with both teams within touching distance of the top of the table.

Costa Rica 7 pts +2
USA 7 pts +1
Mexico 7 pts +1
Panama 6 pts +2
Honduras 4 pts -2
Jamaica 2 pts -4

Match Reports:
http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1471563/mexico-struggles-goalless-draw-panama?cc=5901
http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/futbolmexico/id/712?cc=5901

Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=404UjgEe7hc