By Jose M. Romero /@RomeroJoseM

For FOX Deportes

In a soccer tournament with three groups of four teams, each team has only six games – two against each of the rest of the teams in the group – to gather enough points to move on the next round.

In other words, Mexico and the United States, the two top teams in the CONCACAF region, have to keep racking up points from wins or draws so as to move on from the group qualifying stage to the final stage, from which the World Cup 2014 teams will come. The top two teams from the three groups advance to a final stage of six teams.

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