Miracle that no one believed in just happened

Nicaragua - Haiti 3:0

Scorer: 1:0 85-pen Juan Barrera
            2:0 87 Juan Barrera
            3:0 90 Juan Barrera

Additional information: Nicaragua is the last, twelfth participant in this summer's Gold Cup after a dramatic entry into the competition. Winning 4:3 on aggregate in the last 5 minutes from normal time, this will be the team's second participation at the event which starts this July.

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Managua will give the last traveller

The capital of Nicaragua will give the last voyager for the Gold Cup 2017. The hosts will have to give at least three goals to Haiti, if they want to be seen at this summer's continental championship in`United States of America. Who will be successful is tough to say, but the final winner will be known early Wednesday morning. This game will start on 29 March from 03.00 CET and it can be decided either in 90, 120 minutes or penalty shoot out. But one thing is for sure: fifth place placed teams from Copa Centroamericana and Caribbean Cup will do everything to participate in the grand football event in north America this July.

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Precious visiting goal

Haiti - Nicaragua 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 18 Jeff Louis
              2:0 39 Kervens Belfort
              3:0 54 Jeff Louis
              3:1 86 Carlos Chavarria

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Couple of games away from glory

Only 180 minutes (or more) divides Haiti and Nicaragua from participating in the Gold Cup, which will be held this summer in United States of America. Both significant games for the two nations will be played in a space of 4 days. Port-au-Prince will host the first match which will start on 25 March, Saturday at 01.00 CET.

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Last team will be decided in Nicaragua

Who will all participate for the north American football championship in five months time? Eleven teams are already known and only one is missing. For that remaining spot real battle awaits us at the end of next month. 
The north American confederation conducted a draw today where two sub-regional teams learned who will host first and second leg. Fifth place finishing country from the Caribbean cup's mini-tournament, Haiti will first host Nicaragua, a side which took same spot at the Copa Centroamericana competition, on 24 March. Just four days later the largest central American country will return the hospitality. From that point on, fiesta may begin and the real prize for the overall winner will be this summer's Gold cup.
Haiti hunts its seventh appearance at the event, while Nicaragua will try to enter for the second time (after 2009).

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Additional games for final spot

It has been announced that the final, twelfth place at this summer's Gold Cup grand event will be decided at the end of March.
The decider between fifth place teams from CONCACAF's two sub regions: from the Caribbean Cup mini-tournament - Haiti and Copa Centroamericana competition - Nicaragua have to meet on 24 and 28 March. Which country will host first or second game it will be specified in the draw who is going to be held this Friday, 03 February in the confederation's headquarters at Miami beach, Florida, United States of America from 18.00 CET, streamed live on its facebook page.

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Statistics from central America

Just finished Copa Centroamericana in Rommel Fernandez stadium in Panama City, Panama provided lots of excitements, plenty of thrills, fantastic moves, disappointments for some and joy for others. Here is the recap what has happened over the past 10 days:
- Goals. From 15 matches 27 goals were scored or 1.8 per game. First 45 minutes is a leader with only one goal difference from the second: in the opening half players were in the mood where 14 times have touched the net, while after the break 13 goals were scored.
- Results. The unpopular result (0:0) was repeated 3 times, 2:1 and 1:2 also 3 times, while 3:1 was in 2 games. However, the absolute leader was 1:0 and 0:1 which we saw in 6 matches, whilst 0:3 is the lone result.
- Scorers. Henry Figueroa from Honduras has opened the scoring in this fourteenth edition of Copa Centroamericana, but unfortunately it was in his own net.
Eddie Hernandez (Honduras) is the best goalscorer with 3 goals. Four players have scored twice: Erick Andino (Honduras), Jose Ortiz (Costa Rica), Rubilio Castillo (El Salvador) and Bryan Garcia (Nicaragua). Fifteen more names got on the score sheet.
- Punishments. There were 2 penalties awarded and successfully converted for Belize and Honduras
- 'Bad boys'. Out of six, only one team has 'produced' undisciplined players. El Salvador is the 'guilty' side with 3 red cards from different matches. Two of them were direct red cards in the same game (against Honduras) and later two yellow were issued in a match versus Panama.
- Winners, semi-winner and looser. We will see more from the newly title winners Honduras, runner up Panama, last game winner El Salvador and, now, former champion Costa Rica this summer in the north American football championship popularly known as Gold cup. Fifth team Nicaragua is not out of it yet, but they have to do another, last job i.e. play an additional game with Haiti at a later date for the final 12 spot before the main 07 July event. Disappointing Belize will watch the show from home on TV.

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Quartet finally known

Belize - Honduras 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 56 Eddie Hernandez

El Salvador - Nicaragua 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 53 Irvin Herrera

Panama - Costa Rica 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 67 Armando Cooper

Additional information: Three year reign of Costa Rica is over as Honduras is the new 2017 Copa Centroamericana champion. These two together with Panama and El Salvador booked their place for this summer's festival - Gold Cup. Final participant for the event will be known at a later date when Caribbean Cup fifth place winner Haiti will take on also fifth team from Copa Centroamericana - Nicaragua. For the time being Belize is staying at home.

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Nicaragua and El Salvador will battle against each other for final automatic place

Nicaragua - Belize 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 29 Juan Barrera
              1:1 54-pen Elroy Smith
              2:1 83 Daniel Cadena
              3:1 89 Bryan Garcia

Honduras - Costa Rica 1:1

Scorers: 1:0 17 Erick Andino
              1:1 59 Francisco Calvo

Panama - El Salvador 1:0

Scorer: 1:0 81 Abdiel Arroyo

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Defending champions got themselves another unpopular result

El Salvador - Belize 3:1

Scorers: 1:0 15 Gerson Mayen
              2:0 20 Juan Barahona
              3:0 23 Henry Ventura
              3:1 43 Deon McCaulay

Costa Rica - Nicaragua 0:0

Panama - Honduras 0:1

Scorer: 0:1 36-pen Eddie Hernandez

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Decision week

From the central American zone next week we will (finally) find out which four will depart into the Gold Cup, one 'lucky' team who will be given a lifeline with the additional playoff game and one 'unlucky' team who will want to forget everything and stay at home for the next two years. Because participating in this summer's event is a dream come true for every CONCACAF team, so for the last three matchdays we are sure that we are going to see some cracking and outstanding football.
So far, no one has the advantage of progressing through i.e. everyone can be at the quartet and everyone can be placed fifth, while for the sixth team there will be no discussion here. Thus 'only' nine games are left to play in this sub-region. Whereas who will be happy and who will be less happy we are going to find out at the closure of next weekend.

17 January, Tuesday at 22.06 CET: El Salvador - Belize.

18 January, Wednesday at 00.36 CET: Costa Rica - Nicaragua.
18 January, Wednesday at 03.06 CET: Panama - Honduras.

20 January, Friday at 22.06 CET: Nicaragua - Belize.

21 January, Saturday at 00.36 CET: Honduras - Costa Rica.
21 January, Saturday at 03.06 CET: Panama - El Salvador.

22 January, Sunday at 17.06 CET: Belize - Honduras.
22 January, Sunday at 19.36 CET: El Salvador - Nicaragua.
22 January, Sunday at 22.06 CET: Panama - Costa Rica.

Note: From the original schedule every game is delayed from 5 to 7 minutes tops (six was placed here because it is most common to start).

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Honduras is not kidding

Belize - Costa Rica 0:3

Scorers: 0:1 24 Jose Ortiz
              0:2 50 Johan Venegas
              0:3 64 Jose Ortiz

El Salvador - Honduras 1:2

Scorers: 1:0 10 Rodolfo Zelaya
              1:1 62 Rubilio Castillo
              1:2 90 Rubilio Castillo

Panama - Nicaragua 2:1

Scorers: 1:0 08 Roderick Miller
              2:0 12 Josiel Nunez
              2:1 29 Bryan Garcia

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Three matches, two draws and one win

Honduras - Nicaragua 2:1

Scorers: 0:1 19-own goal Henry Figueroa
              1:1 23 Eddie Hernandez
              2:1 69 Erick Andino

Costa Rica - El Salvador 0:0

Panama - Belize 0:0

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These players will try to make Copa Centroamericana great

From tomorrow in Panama City, Panama, 13 until 22 January CONCACAF's sub-region the Central American Football Union will give four penultimate teams for the major competition - Gold cup event, while the fifth placed would go to an additional playoff. In the fourteenth edition of the Copa Centroamericana, with Guatemala being thrown out, six teams are in pursuit for those four magical + one life line spot(s). They will play round robin format, or like the hexagonal tournament which is a used term for the World Cup qualifiers, in five rounds and these 138 players will try to make a name for themselves (unfortunately not all will have the opportunity to be on the pitch).

Belize:

Goalkeepers: Shane Orio, Woodrow Wilson West.

Defenders: Michael Atkinson, Makonnan Clare, Ian Elvis Gaynair, Trevor Bruce Lennen, Tyrone Jamal Pandy, Elroy Alexander Smith, Evral Reginald Trapp, Kahlil Velasquez.

Midfielders: Denmark Casey, Andres Makin Jr., Devon Aithon Makin, Nana Mensah, Jordy Leonel Polanco, Delone Torres, Luis Alonzo Torres.

Forwards: Jarret Nicholas Davis, Daniel Jimenez, Elroy Edwin Jr. Kuylen, Deon McCaulay, Michael Salazar, Gilroy Thurton.

Costa Rica:

Goalkeepers: Dany Carvajal Rodriguez, Leonel Moreira Ledezma, Patrick Pemberton Bernard.

Defenders: Johnny Acosta Zamora, Francisco Calvo Quesada, Kenner Gutierrez Cerdas, Pedro Leal Valencia, Christopher Meneses Barrantes, Allan Miranda Albertazzi, Jhamir Ordain Alexander, Michael Umana Corrales, Juan Pablo Vargas Campos.

Midfielders: Elias Aguilar Vargas, Marvin Angulo Borbon, Randall Azofeifa Corrales, David Guzman Perez, Osvaldo Rodriguez Flores, John Jairo Ruiz Barrantes, Ulises Segura Machado, Gerson Torres Barrantes, Deyver Vega Alvarez.

Forwards: Jose Guillermo Ortiz Picado, Johan Venegas Ulloa.

El Salvador:

Goalkeepers: Oscar Daniel Arroyo Pena, Henry Edimar Hernandez Cruz, Benji Oldai Villalobos Segovia.

Defenders: Juan Alfredo Barahona Pena, Ibsen Adalberto Castro Avelar, Alexander Vidal Larin Hernandez, Ivan Roberto Mancia Ramirez, Oscar Rafael Menjivar Oviedo, Henry Javier Romero Ventura, Bryan Alexander Tamacas Lopez.

Midfielders: Jaime Enrique Alas Morales, Darwin Adelso Ceren Delgado, Oscar Elias Ceren Delgado, Roberto Carlos Dominguez Fuentes, Pablo Oshan Batuto Punyed Dubon, Andres Alexander Flores Mejia, Richard Guillermo Menjivar Peraza, Nestor Raul Renderos Lopez, Herberth Arnoldo Sosa Burgos, Gerson Mayen Villavicencio.

Forwards: Nelson Wilfredo Bonilla Sanchez, Irvin Enrique Herrera Baires, Rodolfo Antonio Zelaya Garcia.

Honduras:

Goalkeepers: Donis Escober, Luis Lopez.

Defenders: Ever Alvarado, Felix Crisanto, Henry Figueroa, Brayan Garcia, Cesar Oseguera, Marcelo Pereira, Jairo Puerto, Allans Vargas.

Midfielders: Cristian Altamirano, Marcelo Canales, Michaell Chirinos, Jorge Claros, Luis Garrido, Alexander Lopez, Alfredo Mejia, Oliver Morazan, Oscar Salas.

Forwards: Erick Andino, Rubilio Castillo, Eddie Hernandez, Diego Reyes.

Nicaragua:

Goalkeepers: Justo Carlos Lorente Collado, Roger Javier Sanchez Arias, Diedrich Erwing Tellez Cuevas.

Defenders: Jason Domingo Casco Juarez, Luis Fernando Copete Murillo, Cyril Alexander Errington Rodriguez, Oscar Renan Lopez Pineda, Josue Abraham Quijano Potosme, Manuel Rosas Arreola, Erick Jose Tellez Fonseca.

Midfielders: Jason Eliezer Coronel Martinez, Bryan Anthony Garcia Sirias, Marlon Andres Lopez Moreno, Maykel Antonio Montiel, Luis Angel Peralta Ramirez, Alexis Lenin Somarriba Vargas, Bismarck Antonio Veliz Gomez.

Forwards: Juan Ramon Barrera Perez, Elvis Angel Figueroa, Lester David Jarquin, Norfran Adan Lazo Morales, Jaime Jose Moreno Ciorciari, Daniel Cadena Sanchez.

Panama:

Goalkeepers: Jose Calderon, Alex Rodriguez.

Defenders: Azmahar Ariano, Harold Cummings, Eric Davis, Roderick Miller, Michael Amir Murillo, Luis Ovalle, Angel Patrick, Jan Carlos Vargas.

Midfielders: Edgar Yoel Barcenas, Ricardo Buitrago, Armando Cooper, Anibal Godoy, Jose Gonzalez, Amilcar Henriquez, Josiel Nunez, Alberto Quintero, Oscar Villareal.

Forwards: Abdiel Arroyo, Rolando Blackburn, Enrico Small, Alejandro Antonio Taylor.

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Central American countries gets into action

Last CONCACAF's sub-region to hold preliminary competition before the Gold Cup. The fourteenth edition from Copa Centroamericana will be played in Panama City, Panama from 13 until 22 January.

As Guatemala FA is still disqualified from FIFA, six nations will want to finish in top four that guarantees them a place in this summer's Gold Cup. Fifth place team can still go to the July's event, but first they have to play an additional play off game against the fifth team at the Caribbean region (which tonight was won by Haiti). One nation will stay at home after five matchdays. Next weekend are scheduled to be played two rounds.

13 January, Friday at 22.00 CET: Honduras - Nicaragua.

14 January, Saturday at 00.30 CET: Costa Rica - El Salvador.

14 January, Saturday at 03.00 CET: Panama - Belize.

15 January, Sunday at 19.00 CET: Belize - Costa Rica.

15 January, Sunday at 21.30 CET: El Salvador - Honduras.

16 January, Monday at 00.00 CET: Panama - Nicaragua.

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