US qualifies after blitzing Mexico

The United States and Costa Rica celebrated qualification to next year's World Cup finals in Brazil while Mexico fell further into disarray on Tuesday after a dramatic night of action in the CONCACAF region.

Second-half goals from Eddie Johnson and Landon Donovan gave Juergen Klinsmann's US squad a 2-0 win over Mexico to move it to the top of the standings with16 points.

Costa Rica drew 1-1 in Kingston against Jamaica, taking it to 15 points, and with Honduras drawing 2-2 at home to Panama, none of the other four teams in the group can push the leading duo out of the top three automatic qualifying spots.