COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rafa Marquez scored a tiebreaking goal on a header in the 90th minute, giving Mexico a 2-1 win Friday night and its first victory in a World Cup qualifying match played in the United States since 1972.
Miguel Layun put Mexico ahead in the 20th minute in the opener of the 10-match final round of qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean, but Bobby Wood tied the score in the 49th.
The United States dominated play in the second half before the 37-year-old Marquez, unmarked and drifting across the penalty area at the near post, got the back of his head on Layun’s corner kick.