Mexico Takes a Important Step Towards the World Championship © JumpStory

The window for the select teams ended with the North American selection for the World Cup. In the last match, the Mexican national team won a crucial victory, defeating the Panamanian national team 1-0 at home. The only goal of the match was scored by Raul Jimenez in the 80th minute. After this victory, Mexico pulled away 4 points ahead of Panama. In North America, Canada, the United States, and the Mexican national teams occupy the first three safe places respectively. Panama may still have to go through an additional selection process for the World Cup. In South America, Ecuador's national team is getting closer to a ticket to Qatar, as they tied 1-1 with Peru in the last match. Meanwhile, Uruguay crushed Venezuela 4-1 and recovered after a difficult start to the selection process. In the Asian selection, South Korea has already secured a ticket to the World Cup in Qatar.