Match recap: México 3, Costa Rica 1

Photo by Maddie Meyer - FIFA/FIFA via Getty ImagesThe Mónica Vergara era has started off with a bang.

In their first game in almost a year, a new look México downed Costa Rica 3-1 at Estadio Azteca. In their first appearance in the historic temple of world fútbol, México shook off some early nerves to get a convincing win against a Concacaf rival that is on about the same level of quality.

It wouldn’t take long for Costa Rica to settle into a groove. in the fifth minute, Melissa Herrera hit a cross to Priscila Chinchilla on the left, but her shot went just wide of the net. Mexico got their first shot on goal in the eighth minute when Nicole Pérez got to a rebound and hit it from distance, but…