{"id":1667,"date":"2025-10-14T17:07:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/?p=1667"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:07:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:07:25","slug":"honduras-beat-haiti-3-0-to-top-world-cup-qualifying-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/14\/honduras-beat-haiti-3-0-to-top-world-cup-qualifying-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Honduras beat Haiti 3-0 to top World Cup qualifying group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14.png 1000w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-14-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Honduras won 3-0 against visiting Haiti on Monday to seize the lead in their CONCACAF World Cup qualifying group and boost their chances of reaching the 2026 finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haiti had entered the contest in Tegucigalpa, leading Group C on goal difference from Honduras after the sides drew 0-0 last month. But Honduras went top on eight points, two clear of Costa Rica, who beat Nicaragua 4-1 at home, while Haiti dropped to third, one point further adrift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final two rounds of qualifying matches take place in November. CONCACAF&#8217;s United States, Canada and Mexico have already qualified as co-hosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final 12 teams have been drawn into three groups, with the winners of each also qualifying. The two second-place teams with the best records will still have a chance to qualify via playoffs with teams from other regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honduras striker Rigoberto Rivas opened the scoring in the 18th minute in Tegucigalpa, taking a high-bouncing through ball from Kervin Arriaga and chipping it over Haiti goalkeeper Johny Placide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthony Lozano put Honduras 2-0 up in the 26th minute with a right-foot shot off a pass from Luis Palma. Romell Quioto completed the scoring with a close-range effort in the 40th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In San Jose, Alonso Martinez opened the scoring for Costa Rica in the 12th minute, but Junior Arteaga equalised in the 26th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Martinez scored again in the 28th minute to re-establish the lead and Manfred Ugalde made it 3-1 in the 49th minute. A left-footed bicycle kick by Francisco Calvo made it 4-1 in the fourth minute of stoppage time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualifying matches on Tuesday include Trinidad and Tobago against Curacao, Bermuda against Jamaica, Suriname against Panama and Guatemala against El Salvador.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Honduras won 3-0 against visiting Haiti on Monday to se [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1669,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667\/revisions\/1669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dxtynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}