The USA qualified for the 2017 U-17 World Cup on Friday with a 6-2 win over Cuba, but on Sunday Mexico denied Coach John Hackworth’s team the icing on the cake, beating the USAin Concacaf U-17 Championship final in a penalty-kick shootout after a 1-1 tie in Panama City.

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