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Mexico just a win away from qualifying
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico moved within a win of qualifying for the 1998 World Cup, routing El Salvador 5-0 Sunday behind two goals by Benjamin Galindo.Mexico (4-0-2) leads the six-nation final round of qualifying from soccer's North and Central American region with 14 points and can clinch one of the area's three berths by winning when it plays last place Canada next Sunday at Edmonton.
Jamaica (3-2-3) dropped to second with 12 points, followed by the United States (2-1-4) with 10, El Salvador (2-3-3) with nine, Costa Rica (2-4-2) with eight and Canada (1-4-2) with five.
Before 110,000 fans in Guillermo Canedo Stadium, Galindo scored in the 30th minute, Alberto Garcia Aspe connected five minutes later and Galindo converted a penalty kick in the 38th.
Roberto Alves scored three minutes into the second half and Luis Garcia added the final goal in the 81st.
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