( CNN ) -- Mexico bounced back from two successive defeats to beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-1 on Wednesday and keep alive hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup finals . Mexico 's match-winner Oscar Rojas tussles with Trinidad and Tobago 's goalscorer Hayden Tinto . The result lifted the Mexicans up to fourth place in the six-team CONCACAF group , from which only the top three nations automatically progress to next year 's showpiece in South Africa . If Javier Aguirre 's side can not do any better than the position they find themselves at the halfway stage of the qualifying schedule , then a two-leg play-off against the fifth-best team from the South American group will follow . Mexico , on six points , are one behind third-placed Honduras , who defeated El Salvador 1-0 on Wednesday thanks to a 14th-minute winner from Carlos Pavon . Aguirre experienced a much more positive result than his first match in charge , a 2-1 defeat away to El Salvador on Saturday . In Mexico City , Guillermo Franco gave the hosts a perfect start when he cut in from the right and beat goalkeeper Clayton Ince . However , Hayden Tinto made Mexico pay for missing several chances when he pounced on a defensive mistake and fired into the top corner on the stroke of halftime . But Oscar Rojas netted a long-range winner three minutes after the interval to leave the bottom-placed Soca Warriors with just two draws from five outings . Costa Rica top the group on 12 points , two ahead of the United States .
Mexico bounce back from two successive defeats to beat Trinidad and Tobago . Javier Aguirre experiences first victory since taking over again with 2-1 triumph . The result puts Mexico up to fourth in six-team CONCACAF group at halfway . Honduras move up to third position in the group after defeating El Salvador 1-0 .