Honduras advances, Haiti in Gold Cup upset

Honduras advances, Haiti in Gold Cup upset

Jorge Claros scored in injury-time to lift Honduras to a 1-0 victory over El Salvador on Friday and into the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup football tournament.

Claros scored in the second minute of injury time, snagging a pass from Edder Delgado in the penalty area and belting it past Salvadoran keeper Dagoberto Portillo.

With their second win in two matches Honduras tops the Group B standings with six points.

They became the second team to secure a quarter-final spot, after Group A leaders Panama on Thursday.

In the first match of the Group B double-header, Jean Eudes Maurice scored twice to lead Haiti to a 2-0 upset victory over Trinidad and Tobago.

The win, after a loss to Honduras in their tournament opener, kept Haiti in the hunt for a quarter-final berth.

Haiti used their speed to good advantage to pressure the Trinidad goal, and Maurice opened the scoring in the 16th with a shot that beat Trinidad keeper Jan Michael Williams.

He added the insurance goal in the 52nd, pouncing on the loose ball after Williams had deflected a shot.

The Gold Cup continues on Saturday with Group C matches in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the United States face Cuba and Costa Rica take on Belize.

The winners of the North and Central America and Caribbean regional football championship will battle the 2015 champions for a place in the 2017 Confederations Cup.

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