The thing is, Mexico has the talent...they just have poor coaching.
1st off, glad you saw this, it was a lively discussion last month.
After the last game in September when Mexico lost to Honduras at home, they sacked the coach/manager...and Victor Vucetich, must be a Mexican of Yugoslavian descent, was brought in: http://us.soccerway.com/coaches/victor-manuel-vucetich/145284/
It was a rather fantastic game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Gc6g6GdYs
But they sure aren’t out of the woods on this, I repeat USA at Panama, Mexico at Costa Rica. Seems it could go any way possible. And then, whomever advances I understand will play the Kiwis, New Zealand, champion of Oceania speaking of, Australia sure got walloped in a friendly versus France, something like 6-0 and sacked their manager. The Socceroos also lost real badly to Brazil not to long ago.
I must’ve been watching baseball because I did not see it.