Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago produce crazy 4-4 draw in Gold Cup group finale (Video)

Perhaps the craziest Gold Cup ever fittingly had its group stage end with a game that went completely bonkers in the final five minutes between Group C's top two teams.

Trinidad and Tobago, having come back with three unanswered goals during a 12-minute flurry in the second half, held a 3-2 lead late when El Tri produced an equalizer in the 88th minute and then what figured to be the game-winner just two minutes later thanks to an own goal by Kenwyne Jones. Mexico, despite all of its problems, looked like it was going to escape Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium with the victory it needed to win the group and avoid a quarterfinal matchup with Costa Rica.

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But there was one more shocking plot twist left. Yohance Marshall's header off a corner kick in the final seconds of stoppage time provided the leveler and exclamation point on Wednesday's wild 4-4 draw that left Trinidad and Tobago atop Group C. The Soca Warriors will meet Panama in the quarterfinals.

To fully comprehend the madness, let's go back and digest each of the big moments.

First, Andres Guardado's blast brought Mexico even at 3-3 in the 88th minute.

Then, Jones, who scored Trinidad and Tobago's second goal, accidently knocked in Miguel Layun's hard cross into his own net for a 4-3 Mexico lead in the 90th.

And then Joevin Jones took a corner kick, amid garbage and various objects thrown from the stands, that was slammed into the back of the net by the unmarked Marshall.

Even if Mexico had held on for the win, it wouldn't have masked the issues that have plagued Miguel Herrera's side for quite some time now. And he said as much in his postgame press conference.

In Wednesday's early game, Cuba capped a more improbable comeback by beating Guatemala 1-0 to qualify for the knockout stage. Yes, this is the same Cuban side that was routed 6-0 by Mexico in its opener and had two players leave the team to defect.

The Cubans will face the United States in the quarterfinals at 5 p.m. ET on Saturday in Baltimore. Haiti and Jamaica will meet in the second quarterfinal at M&T Bank Stadium at 8 p.m. ET.