Honduras vs. Canada 2012 World Cup 2014 Brazil Qualification soccer match.

GAME OVER WAY TO GO CATRACHOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Final Score Honduras 8 Canada 1
Honduras Classifies as the leader of Group C

GOOOLLLLLLL Honduras 8 Canada 1 Carlos Costly

GOOOOOOLLLL Honduras 7 Canada 1 Jerry Bengtson

Gol by Canada Honduras 6 Canada 1 Hume Iain
Eleven minutes left in the game
We are at minute 70
Honduras 6 Canada 0

GOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLL Mario Martinez
Honduras 6 Canada 0

Game Update:
GOOOOOOOLLLLL Honduras Jerry Bengston
Honduras 5 Canada 0
Half Time Honduras 4 Canada 0
Honduras 4 Canada 0
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL Honduras. MARITO MARTINEZ
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL Honduras. Carlo Costly
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL Honduras. Jerry Bengston
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL Honduras. Jerry Bengston
Honduras 4 Canada 0

Honduras 3 Canada 0

Jerry Bengston another Gol for Honduras
Honduras 2 Canada 0

Honduras 1 Canada 0 Gol by Jerry Begnston
At minute # 7 into the game!

Okay, so we got a little excited during the game! Can you tell?

Review of the game? Simple; 90 minute game, 9 Goals, average 1 goal every 10 minutes. That is what you call a fun exciting game (if you are Honduran of course). No really enough said! During the game we tried to give you updates of the play by play but REALLY every time we started to type there was another goal. So we just keyed in GOOOOOLLLLLLL as we say here in Honduras. What else did anyone care about at that moment? LOL

Okay, here is the replay:

Jerry Bengtson scored a first to lead Honduras over Canada 8-1 and into next year’s final round of 2014 World Cup qualifying in North and Central America.
Panama also advanced with a 1-1 draw at winless Cuba as the Canadians failed to reach next year’s World Cup qualifying final round from the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF).
Tuesday marked the conclusion of the 12-nation penultimate qualifying round with only unbeaten Mexico assured of moving on when the day began.
Needing a victory to advance from Group C, Honduras struck quickly with Bengtson scoring in the seventh and 16th minutes.
Carlos Costly added the first of his two goals in the 28th minute and Mario Martinez followed in the 32nd as Honduras seized a 4-0 half-time advantage.
Canada’s David Edgar netted an own goal in the 48th minute and Martinez netted his second tally in the 62nd to put Honduras ahead 6-0.
Iain Hume answered for Canada in the 76th minute but Bengtson completed his hat trick in the 82nd minute and Costly finished off the scoring in the 85th to complete the rout.
At Havana, the already-eliminated Cubans netted their only goal in six qualifying matches when Alberto Gomez scored in the 38th minute.
Nelson Barahona equalized for Panama in the 77th to earn a draw. Honduras took the group crown on goal difference thanks to the blowout of Canada.
Guatemala and the United States were set to meet later at Kansas City, Kansas, with a draw sending both sides into next year’s six-team qualifying for three guaranteed berths at the 2014 global football showdown in Brazil.
Their Group A rivals, Jamaica, were playing host to winless Antigua and Barbuda needing a victory and some help to advance.
In Group B, Mexico was to host El Salvador and Costa Rica was at home later to winless Guyana, the Ticos needing a victory to ensure advancement.

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The Catrachos must win the Canada vs Honduras match to qualify for the Hexagonal to the World Cup on Tuesday the 16th of October 2012 Game time is 2:00 PM Honduras Time (GMT -6) 4:00 PM New York Time.

A message leaked from the Honduran camp on Monday.

“Kill or be killed,” one local paper read, a message that the home side has reportedly repeated ahead of this afternoon’s critical World Cup qualifier, a match that will see Canada advance to CONCACAF’s final round with a draw.

“Tuesday has to be like that,” Honduran midfielder Jorge Claros said of the statement.

Ironically, Claros, who is currently on loan at Scottish side Hibernian, survived a gunshot wound to the head during a failed car-jacking here just over a year ago — something that demonstrates the magnitude of today’s qualifier.

“That’s the culture,” Canadian head coach Stephen Hart said when hearing Claros’ comment. “They’ve declared a national holiday (today). That alone tells you how important it is.”

With more than 100 caps between them, not to mention a number of massive European club fixtures, both Julian de Guzman and Kevin McKenna reflected on the enormity of today’s match — and the possibility Canada’s decent run could come to an end in Central America.

“It’s going to be fantastic,” McKenna, the Calgary native said of Tuesday’s game. “It is the biggest game of my career and I hope it turns out good.”

In the run-up to this point, each successive qualifier has meant a little more. From Canada’s opening win in Havana to its must-win match against Cuba last Friday, today’s spectacle is the culmination of an entire summer filled with hopes and dreams, where each point gained moved Canada closer to securing passage to CONCACAF’s last six.

“This is probably the most important game of our lives — and in our careers,” de Guzman said. “This could change a lot of things for us. This is what we’ve been fighting for and it comes down to this one game.

“It’s everything for us,” he continued, before repeating, “it’s everything for us.”

FIELD’S OK, KINDA

During their pre-match field inspection at the Estadio Olimpico on Monday afternoon, the Mexican crew in charge of calling this afternoon’s match were quite thorough in the normally mandatory, but pointless, field inspection.

Upon exiting the pitch, the crew were asked to give their opinions of the surface, one a FIFA official approved here over the weekend.

“So, so,” one official said of the Estadio Olimpico’s field, which is surrounded by barbed wire and a small moat.

“It’s OK to run on,” a FIFA official said with a grin.

That, in a nutshell, is what developed nations face on the road within the region — spotty officiating, shady surfaces and officials that do little to address the issues.

“The grass is very long right now,” Hart said as a middle-aged Honduran stadium worker trimmed the sideline behind him with a machete. “They’ll cut it and roll it for tomorrow’s game.”

If the man with the machete is any indication, he’s likely still working on it.

END OF AN ERA?

A host of long-serving Canadian national team players could call it quits if Canada fails to progress from this afternoon’s fixture.

McKenna, 32, has already announced his likely retirement from international football, and the writing is on the wall with a number of other pieces that have been in the squad for a decade or more.

“I get goosebumps just talking about it,” said McKenna, when reminded today could be the last time he puts on a Canadian kit. “It’s going to be emotional and I hope it keeps going.”

Along with Canada’s steady centre back, 34-year-old Dwayne De Rosario, who will miss today’s match through injury, likely won’t be around for the next World Cup cycle.

At 38, left back Ante Jazic is on his last legs and de Guzman, 31, has hinted that this qualifying cycle could be it.

“It has been a headache not being able to make the (final round),” de Guzman said of his third qualifying cycle. “It’s coming down to this final game tomorrow and we have to give it our lives.

Add to that Terry Dunfield, 30, Olivier Occean, 30, Patrice Bernier, 33, and Mike Klukowski, 31, and this could be the final World Cup cycle for eight Canadian contributors.

WAY BACK WHEN

When Hart took over for former Canadian head coach Dale Mitchell midway through 2009, he wanted to re-instill a sense of pride in a Canadian side that was battered and beaten following a disastrous World Cup qualifying campaign.

“We (had) to become a team that was hard to beat regardless of the situation,” he said of the three-year process that’s brought Canada to this point. “If you’re down you play right through to the final whistle. And if you’re up it’s the same. The (players) have responded really well.”

Four clean sheets in five third-round qualifiers has Canada believing it can play for a result here this afternoon — a testament to the attitude Hart has infused in the side since taking over three years ago.

“We’re playing well and (Honduras) has to beat us,” McKenna said. “I think we have players who can hurt them too.”

Honduras Final Team roster for the game Honduras vs Canada

Canada Final Team Roster for the match Canada vs Honduras.

The game has begun, good luck Catrachos!

Previous Game Updates

The way things are shaping up, a mere one-goal victory for Canada won’t provide enough of a cushion for what’s shaping up to be a do-or-die match in Honduras Tuesday. Even though the Canadians are tied on points with the Catrachos, Honduras has a sizable margin in goal differential thanks to beating up on the Cubans last month.

So even if Canada wins 1-0 on Friday and Honduras loses in Panama, that result would still require a draw in San Pedro Sula on Tuesday – in front of 40,000+ screaming Hondurans for the Canadians to advance.

The National Selection Team Coach Luis Suarez has selected the following players to practice for the games:

UPDATE: October 9th 2012
Honduras Selección player Roger Espinoza will be unable to participate in the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014™ qualifying matches for Honduras on Oct. 12th and 16th against Panama and Canada.

Roger Espinoza, “El Chino”
Fans are running a gamet of emotions after the Honduran soccer player injured his ankle while playing for the Sporting Kansas City team in the USA this past weekend. The talented “futbol” player could be out of commission as long as a month. Espinoza tangled with Andy Gruenebaum near the end of the USA match (a 1-1 draw), and had to be taken off the field in a stretcher. He was officially diagnosed with a right anterior medial ankle sprain.

Espinoza, nicknamed “El Chino”, is 25, and was one of three overage players selected by head coach Luis Suarez to represent Honduras in the Olympics sub-23 competition earlier this year. Espinoza gained world-wide recognition with his soccer expertise at the Olympics, but he is no stranger to pressure. El Chino has made numerous appearances for the Honduras National Team at the highest levels, including the UNCAF Nations Cup, CONCACAF Gold Cup, and FIFA World Cup.

Wilson Palacios is rumored as a possible stand-in for Espinoza in the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014™ qualifying matches, as he is currently in La Ceiba, Honduras on personal business.

Goalies: Noel Valladares (Olimpia), Donis Escober (Olimpia) y José Mendoza (Marathón).

Defence: Johnny Leverón (Motagua), Wilmer Crisanto (Victoria), Osman Chávez (Wisla Cracovia, Poland), Arnold Peralta (Vida), Maynor Figueroa (Wigan Athletic, England), Víctor Bernárdez (San José Earthquakes, USA), Juan Carlos García (Olimpia), Emilio Izaguirre (Celtic, Scotland), José Velásquez (Victoria).

Midfielders: Edder Delgado (Real España), Boniek García (Houston Dynamo, USA), Mario Martínez (Seattle Sounders, USA), Jorge Claros (Hibernian, Scotland), Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City, USA), Marvin Chávez (San José Earthquakes, USA), Luis Garrido (Olimpia), Mario Berríos (Marathón).

Forwards: Roger Rojas (Olimpia), Mitchel Brown (Marathón), Júnior Lacayo (Victoria), Georgie Welcome (Motagua), Carlo Costly (Veria FC, Greece) y Jerrry Bengtson (New England Revolution, USA).

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