ALAJUELA, Costa Rica - Daniela Salcedo finally capitalized on Mexico's dominant possession in the 68th minute and El Tri subdued Jamaica 3-0 on Saturday at the CONCACAF Under-17 Women's Championship.
The result gave Mexico six points after two games and all but guaranteed it a place in the semifinals. Two teams will qualify along with host Trinidad and Tobago for the U-17 Women's World Cup in September.
Lucera Lara added an insurance goal two minutes later for Mexico, and Diana Gonzalez tacked on a third in the 76th. Mexicao also hit the crossbar in the 69th when substitute Maria Sanchez saw her dipping shot bang off the top side of the pipe.
Mexico appeared content to shoot from distance with Gonzalez, Christina Murrillo, Claudio Ibarra and Tanya Samarzich all trying but nothing that really tested goalkeeper Shantel Graham.
Jamaica, which was beaten 4-1 by Canada in its opener on Thursday, appeared to be headed for the draw when a Lara's corner kick in the 48th minute deflected out of the middle of a crowd in front of the goal but a well-positioned Lotoya Duhaney cleared the ball off the line at the near post.
Graham also made a diving block to deny Murillo on her 20-meter free kick attempt in the 61st.
But Mexico finally prevailed when Lara settled a long ball into the area, sent a short ball to her right to Murillo, who took two touches before sending the ball wide right to an onrushing Salcedo.
Salcedo stuck the ball first time to easily beat Graham.
Lara scored her goal when Gonzalez sent a ball into the area for Maria Sanchez. Graham raced off her line to defuse the danger, but the rebound fell at Lara's feet and she simply scored into an open net.
Graham was her own enemy on the final goal. After picking up a ball, she placed it back down and then picked it up again, resulting in an indirect free kick just inside the 18.
Sanchez rolled a short ball for Gonzalez, who drove a low ball around the wall.
Jamaica had a few chances, mostly through Shenika Williams.
Williams chased a dangerous looking through ball in the 26th minute, but was shouldered off the ball by a recovering Cristina Ferral as the two approached the goal.
The Reggae Girlz's best chance came in the 55th when Ferral collided with fellow central defender Lauren Reyes and both fell, allowing Williams to gather the ball in and approach goalkeeper Cecilia Santiago alone.
Williams closed to about 10 meters before unleashing a left-footed shot that Santiago just managed to get a piece of and deflect wide of the near post.
