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Mexico overcome a hostile El Salvador to remain in first place of CONCACAF’s World Cup Qualifiers

Mexico prevailed over a hostile San Salvador crowd to get their second away victory in the 2022 CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers with a 2-0 win over El Salvador. Mexico was the better team against an El Salvador side that offered some fight, but not much more. and got a deserved victory to remain in first place of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Mexico will now have to face the two toughest away matches in November when they travel to Cincinnati to face the United States and then to freezing Edmonton to face Canada, but will have a buffer by remaining in first place and the boost of having had another FIFA date where they got seven out of nine points.