Mexico wins to set up Gold Cup finals with USMNT

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Raúl Jiménez scored successful the 50th infinitesimal disconnected an assistance from 16-year-old Gilberto Mora and Mexico precocious to its 12th CONCACAF Gold Cup last with a 1-0 triumph implicit Honduras connected Wednesday night.

El Tri precocious to play the United States successful the last Sunday nighttime successful Houston for the eighth gathering successful the rubric crippled betwixt the 2 countries with Mexico owning a 5-2 edge. Mexico has won 9 Gold Cups, the U.S. 7 and Canada one.

Mexico broke done aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional connected a play started by Alexis Vega with a walk to Mora adjacent the apical of the box. Mora slid a walk to Jiménez, who bushed Edrick Menjívar with a right-footed changeable for his 42nd vocation planetary goal.

No. 17 ranked Mexico appeared to adhd to that pb a fewer minutes aboriginal erstwhile Edson Álvarez tapped successful a extremity disconnected a acceptable portion but that was negated erstwhile video reappraisal ruled helium was offside.

But El Tri managed to clasp onto that pb arsenic 75th ranked Honduras was incapable to make an equalizer.

Honduras reached this signifier for the archetypal clip since 2013 contempt losing the opener of the tourney 6-0 to Canada. The Hondurans haven't made the last since the inaugural tourney successful 1991 erstwhile they mislaid successful punishment kicks to the U.S.

There were fewer bully chances successful the archetypal fractional with Mexican goalie Luis Malagón making an casual prevention connected Dixon Ramírez's changeable from extracurricular the container aft not facing immoderate shots connected extremity the past 2 games.

El Tri's had 2 bully opportunities precocious successful the half. Johan Vásquez's changeable successful the container deflected disconnected Honduran defender Denil Maldonado and close into the hands of goalie Menjívar.

Menjívar past made a crisp prevention against Marcel Ruíz successful the 42nd infinitesimal and Julián Martínez cleared the rebound retired of danger.

There was a chippy infinitesimal successful the 11th infinitesimal erstwhile a shot was played into the Mexico seat area. Romell Quioto aggressively tried to get the shot for Honduras and Mexican reserve Guillermo Ochoa took exception, starring to players connected some teams getting heated and a yellowish paper for Ochoa.