CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Standings: Mexico Leads USA in Table

The USMNT are gaining momentum in World Cup qualifying. (Getty)

The World Cup may not start until June 14, 2018, but things have already gotten interesting. USA, Mexico and the remaining CONCACAF squads are already on the fifth round of qualifying.

ESPN describes the final leg of the World Cup qualifying process.

The six winners from the fourth round form one group of six teams. Top three teams qualify with the fourth placed team in an intercontinental playoff (0.5 place) against a team from Asia.

Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica, Panama and Honduras join USA and Mexico as the final six teams in the hex.

We’re halfway through the qualifying process with five more matches to go. According to ESPN’s Soccer Power Index (SPI), both Mexico and the United States have a good chance of heading to Russia.

Mexico has an SPI of 99.9 percent making El Tri almost a certainty to be in the 2018 World Cup. Costa Rica is next in line with a 90 percent SPI. The United States have the third best chance of advancing at 83 percent.

The United States have had mixed results in their first two June matches. The USMNT reached a 1-1 draw with Venezuela, but bounced back with a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago. Christian Pulisic was the story of the match, scoring both goals for the United States.

After squaring off with Mexico, the USMNT will have the rest of June off. The United States face Ghana July 1, Panama on July 8, Martinique on July 12 and Nicaragua on July 15.

Here’s a look at the current standings. Heavy will be updating the table as soon as the USA-Mexico match goes final.

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifying Standings & Table

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June 11, 2017 8:15 pm