Mexico's gold medal at the London Olympics was supposed to be a good sign for the national team as it looked ahead to the World Cup 2014. Instead, the Mexicans barely qualified.
Despite all the problems of 2013, Mexico coach Miguel Herrera says his team can go deep — very deep — into the tournament in Brazil.
"The round of 16 seems like very little," Herrera said recently, "we're going to reach the final."
Mexico had four coaches during its qualifying campaign, finished 11 points behind the United States over 10 games, and only nudged out Panama to secure an . . .
