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Mexico demolish Belize to cruise into CONCACAF group stage

By Brian Homewood

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters): Mexico strolled into the group stage of the CONCACAF zone World Cup qualifiers with a 7-0 demolition of tiny neighbours Belize on Saturday.

They were joined by Costa Rica, who ended a 14-match winless streak by beating Grenada 3-0, and Guatemala, who beat St Lucia 3-1, in the second preliminary round second leg ties.

Midfielder Fernando Arce and striker Jared Borgetti scored twice each to help Mexico to a comfortable win in Monterrey.

Carlos Vela and Andres Guardado shared a goal apiece while Belize's Trevor Lennen put through his own goal as Mexico completed a 9-0 aggregate win.

The game was Mexico's last under caretaker coach Jesus Ramirez, who will be replaced by former England coach Sven Goran-Eriksson.

Borgetti, Mexico's leading scorer, took his tally to 46 goals with his brace.

Costa Rica, who have qualified for the last two World Cups, completed a 5-2 aggregate win over the Caribbean islanders of Grenada.

Alvaro Saborio and Brian Ruiz scored in the first half hour to put the Ticos on the way to their first win since they beat Chile in a friendly just over a year ago.

Randall Azofeifa added a third in the 89th minute for relieved Costa Rica, who found themselves 2-0 down in the first leg before hitting back to draw 2-2.

Guatemala beat St Lucia 9-1 on aggregate with their win in Los Angeles, where the Caribbean side were technically at home.

Two goals from Gonzalo Romero put the Central Americans in charge before Kenwen McPhee reduced the arrears at the end of the first half.

Abner Trigueros completed the scoring four minutes from the end for Guatemala, who have never played at the World Cup finals.

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