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The United States continued its dominance over Mexico and two goals from Michael Bradley on Wednesday won 2-0 on the "Tri" in the startup of the final hexagonal of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying.

Bradley scored on 43 minutes and in the discounts, the second with the complicity of the Mexican goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez.


Mexico played a man with much less of the supplement by the expulsion of its captain Rafael Marquez to 65 minutes after hitting a kick to the U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard. The defense will miss Barcelona's next match against Costa Rica hexagonal.

The defeat for the ruling could be the coach of Mexico, Sven-Göran Eriksson, whose performance has been severely criticized by the recent actions of the selection. The "Tri" lost 1-0 to a team in Sweden full of substitutes blanks in his most recent, and was classified andalusia hexagonal hard by goal difference.


United States does not lose its stronghold in Mexico for a decade, and on Wednesday once again proved that it is the ruler of the CONCACAF. Their next game is against El Salvador.

The first goal was born in a U.S. corner kick that kicked DaMarcus Beasely. The ball reached the second stick to Landon Donovan, who had a head-to-Oguchi Onyewu for a header on goal. Sanchez stopped the ball on the line, but the rebound was left to Bradley for the shot at point blank range.


Bradley was the second in rebates with a powerful shot from outside the area that happened between your hands to Sanchez.

"We had no luck, the team played well and is costing us," said striker Carlos Ochoa at the end of the game. "The team was trying to play."


Mexico started with good intentions and was three minutes clear of his chances of scoring with a shot from Giovani Dos Santos to Howard tackled legs.

Eriksson returned to invest in the youth Giovani in the attack, but aside from his speech at the beginning of the match and some sparks, the Tottenham striker has not generated many times of danger. Giovani made double with Nery Castillo, who left 36 injured.


United States took possession of the ball after the first quarter of an hour with DaMarcus Beasley and increases the speed and cunning of Landon Donovan.

A free kick from Donovan to 22 minutes stroked a stick, and after nine, Sanchez saved his shot on a goal by Clint Dempsey.


Alberto Medina tried to 36 for Mexico, but his weak shot was tackled by Howard without much trouble.

The second half was more of the same, with U.S. controlling the ball and hit Mexico betting on ideas.


Giovani missed another chance at 65, entering an auction center, but fell into the mouth of the arch.

In Mexico, where every day is growing pressure on Eriksson and selection, some fans are losing patience with poor performance.


"Whenever we win," said Bon-Var Victor, a musician of 38 years noted that the party in a bar in the capital. "There is so much pressure that they can not win, had several opportunities to score but could not finish the game."