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Message: [QUOTE="businesslawyer, post: 4186250, member: 55"] You are correct that we can beat Panama and still finish behind Costa Rica. Not likely but possible. To actually control our own destiny we need to beat Panama and tie Costa Rica. Beating Panama and tying Mexico allows Costa Costa Rica to tie us and let it come down to goal differential But there are absolutely plenty of scenarios where getting points in Mexico become the difference between 3d and 4th and 4th and 5th as well. If it truly was a meaningless game, there would be no decision to make. It's just far less likely than the Panama game to be decisive. [/QUOTE]