Gomez gives US victory as Mexico advance

Herculez Gomez scored a second-half free-kick as the USA got their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign back on track with a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Tuesday. Meanwhile Mexico became the first team through to the next regional stage of qualifying after Javier Hernandez scored the only goal in a 1-0 win against Costa Rica. Gomez curled in a shot from just outside the penalty area in the 55th minute to avenge the defeat to Jamaica last week in front of a crowd of 23,881 at the Columbus Crew Stadium. “It wasn’t very pretty but we did very well,” Gomez said. The United States, Jamaica and Guatemala all have seven points at the top of Group A in the semi-final round of qualifying in North and Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF).