Tony Hibbert also did his bit, clearing off the line after Jerome Thomas's weaving run wreaked havoc in the home defence.
Mexico might have thrown in the towel but continued to press, with Hernandez heading wide again and Gabriel Heinze clearing off the line from substitute Guillermo Franco.
There was a similar episode at the other end when Fox allowed a pass-back to run dangerously near the goal-line before eventually clearing the ball.
The Barnsley defence was soon back under pressure with Bobby Hassell and Foster clearing a Benayoun shot off the line before Howard's block kept out Crouch's follow-up.
Dempsey and Konchesky forced Duke to tip over goalbound strikes before Mendy showed the value of a defender on the post at a corner by clearing a Johnson header off the line.
Cahill was Everton's saviour at the other end on 13 minutes, clearing a looping header from Davies off the line.
Cano then sent the next pitch on the shortest possible journey out of the ballpark, just clearing the fence down the right-field line.
Ryan made up for his earlier mistake in the 57th minute by clearing a shot from Warren Feeney off the line before Doncaster sent on Robert Gill as a substitute on the hour.
He distinguished himself in defence by clearing Porto substitute Cristian Rodriguez's header off the line, then unveiled a moment of supreme skill to wrap up Arsenal's win after 63 minutes.
Stefan Terblanche covered back well but then the Ospreys wing shanked his clearing kick horribly to give the men in red a five-metre line-out.
The very optimistic might regard it as a clearing of the air, the re-stating of Israel's bottom line.
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