No Javier Aguirre? No problem.
With their head coach serving a suspension, the Mexican national team used a first-half blast from Gerardo Torrado to cruise to a 2-0 victory over Guadeloupe on Sunday.
Panama joined Mexico in the Gold Cup quarterfinals courtesy of its 4-0 mauling of Nicaragua. Blas Perez and Luis Tejada provided three of the goals for the Panamanians, who will now face the United States in the quarterfinals.
Here are the Gold Cup quarterfinal match-ups:
SATURDAY (in Philadelphia)
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Canada vs. Honduras (5pm, Telefutura)
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USA vs. Panama (7:30pm, Fox Soccer Channel, Telefutura)
SUNDAY (in Dallas)
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Guadeloupe vs. Costa Rica (4pm, Univision)
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Mexico vs. Haiti (7pm, Univision)
What did you think of Mexico's performance on Sunday? Are you worried about Panama? What teams do you see getting to the semifinals?
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Ives Galarcep is an American soccer writer/columnist for FoxSoccer.com and creator of SoccerByIves.net.
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