Canada men's soccer team fights to valuable draw in front of raucous Mexican crowd

Four games into the final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying and Canada is unbeaten, turning heads and raising expectations.

The Canadian men rallied to tie Mexico 1-1 on a Jonathan Osorio goal Thursday, picking up a valuable away point against the top-ranked team in North and Central America and the Caribbean.

The Canadian men have taken their lumps at Azteca Stadium in the past. But John Herdman's young side, despite missing some important pieces, showed in the first half and parts of the second that it can keep up with the CONCACAF powerhouse, giving as good as it got and sometimes more on hostile ground.

"We wanted three points. I'm content with the point but at the same time I think there was an opportunity to take three," said Herdman. "I think we'll walk away from this, looking at this in time thinking we could have taken three points."

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History was against that.

Osorio's goal was Canada's first against Mexico at Azteca in 41 years. Canada Soccer Hall of Famer Gerry Gray scored in the 87th minute to lift Canada's to a 1-1 tie in a World Cup qualifier in November 1980. The Canadian men were 0-6-1 against Mexico all-time at Azteca and had been outscored 16-0 there over the last four matches there dating back to July 1993.