Honduras will play two friendlies in the US before heading back to San Pedro Sula to open up qualifiers against Panama in El Olimpico. Honduras vs. New Zealand - May 26th - Dallas - The Cotton Bowl Honduras vs. El Salvador - June 2nd - Washington D.C. - RFK Stadium aka Lil El Salvador New Zealand squad: Porteros Jake Gleeson (Portland Timbers, EE.UU.)Glen Moss (Wellington Phoenix)Mark Paston (Wellington Phoenix) Defensores Michael Boxall (Vancouver Whitecaps, CAN)Tony Lochhead (Wellington Phoenix)Ryan Nelsen (Tottenham Hotspur, ING)Winston Reid (West Ham, ING)Ben Sigmund (Wellington Phoenix)Tommy Smith (Ipswich Town, ING)Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City) Centrocampistas Leo Bertos (Wellington Phoenix)Jeremy Brockie (Wellington Phoenix)Aaron Clapham (Canterbury United)Cameron Howieson (Burnley, ING), Dan Keat (Galaxy de Los Ángeles, EE.UU.)Michael McGlinchey (Central Coast Mariners, AUS)Tim Payne (Blackburn Rovers, ING)Marco Rojas (Melbourne Victory, AUS) Delanteros Kosta Barbarouses (Alania Vladikavkaz, RUS)Rory Fallon (Aberdeen, ESC)Chris Killen (Chongqing, CHN)Shane Smeltz (Perth Glory, AUS),Chris Wood (West Bromwich Albion, ING)
El Salvador haven't announced their call-ups yet, while Honduras will announce their call-ups after La Gran Final is over.
Nomina de Los Guanacos: 1. Dagoberto Portillo 2. Benji Villalobos 3. Nelson Wilfredo Bonilla Sánchez 4. Darwin Adelson Cerén Delgado 5. Alexander Enrique Mendoza 6. Elder Figueroa 7. Rafael Burgos 8. Ricardo Ulloa 9. Dennis Jonathan Alas 10. Jaime Enrique Alas 11. Romero Monteagudo 12. Moisés Xavier García 13. Alfredo Pacheco 14. Milton Molina 15. Isidro Gutiérrez 16. Ramón Sánchez 17. Edwin Sánchez 18. Mark Léster Blanco 19. Osael Romero Joining team May 20 Arturo Alvarez Victor Turcios Joining team May 22 Eliseo Quintanilla Joining team May 27 Steve Purdy
Honduras make their call-ups today. Luis Suarez plans to call-up 25 players for the next two friendlies, before cutting the squad to 20 and returning back to San Pedro Sula for their WCQ match against Los Canaleros.
Honduras made call-ups.. will post list later. Listening to love radio.. Carlo Costly called-up... ahh god. Heard something about Osman Chavez not being called-up.. I hope thats a joke.
Official 27 man Honduran call-up: Portero: Jose Mendoza (C.D. Platense), Noel Valladares (C.D. Olimpia), Donis Escober (C.D. Olimpia) Defensa: Mauricio Sabillon (C.D. Marathon), Victor "El Muma" Bernardez (San Jose Earthquakes), Johnny Leveron (C.D. Motagua), Rommell Murillo (C.D. Marathon), Daniel Tejada (Real Espana), Juan Carlos Garcia (C.D. Olimpia), Wilmer Crisanto (C.D. Victoria), Brayan Beckeles (C.D. Olimpia), Emilio Izaguirre (Glasgow Celtics), Maynor Figueroa (Wigan Athletic) Medio-Campo: Oscar Boniek Garcia (C.D. Olimpia), Arnold Peralta (C.D.S. Vida), Roger Espinoza (Sporting Kansas City), Mario Berrios (C.D. Marathon), Wilson Palacios (Stoke City), Edder Delgado (Real Espana), Alfredo Mejia (C.D. Motagua), Carlos "El Chino" Discua (C.D. Motagua) Delanteros: Carlos Wil Mejia (C.D. Olimpia), Anthony "El Choco" Lozano (C.F. Valencia), Allan Lalin (Real Espana), Carlo Costly (Sin Club), David "El Pantera" Suazo (Calcio Catania), Kervin Johnson (Real Espana)
Oh Boy... This should be interesting. So Absences: Ramon Nunez - Leeds United (Lack of playing time) Edgar Alvarez - Citta di Palermo (Lack of playing time) Marvin Chavez - San Jose Earthquake (???!!!) Jorge Claros - Hibernian FC (???!!!) Andy Najar - DC United (???!!!) Osman Chavez - Wisla Crakow (Out with Injury) Hendry Thomas - Wigan Athletic (Lack of playing time) Jerry Bengtson - C.D. Motagua (LOL, Terrible season) Julio Cesar Rambo De Leon - Sin Club (Terrible season) Georgie Welcome - C.D. Motagua (Terrible Season) Eddie Hernandez - BK Hacken (Just started the season) Rommell Quioto - C.D.S. Vida (in Poland on trial) Deep pool of players... I like that Suarez isn't scared to leave out players who just haven't played enough games with their club, but I still question why he left out some players like Najar, Chavez and Claros out when they've had stellar seasons and have seen a lot of playing time.
couple more other absences... Luis Ramos - Drebceni (Doesn't figure within Luis Suarez's set-up, smfh) Mario Martinez - Real Espana (Poor season)
players out for New Zealand game: Daniel Tejeda - Visa problems Kervin Jhonson - Visa problems Arnold Peralta - Visa problems Maynor Figueroa - Giving him rest Wilson Palacios - Giving him rest Victoria "El Muma" Bernardez - Rest to totally recuperate from his knee injury But, they all are expected to comeback for El Salvador friendly in RFK. The first 3 are getting the visas worked on so they can fly directly to DC.
Friendly tonight at 7:30 US Central Time. Honduras vs. New Zealand PROBABLE ALINEACIÓN DE HONDURAS:Noel Valladares; Bryan Beckeles, Rommel Murillo, Johnny Leveron, Juan Carlos García; Edder Delgado, Alfredo Mejía, Emilio Izaguirre, Boniek García; David Suazo y Carlo Costly.
The Official Starting 11 for tonight against Nueva Zelandia: Noel Valladares; Mauricio Sabillon, Rommel Murillo, Brayan Beckeles, Juan Carlos García; Edder Delgado, Alfredo Mejía, Emilio Izaguirre, Boniek García; David Suazo y Carlo Costly.
Honduras vs. New Zealand in 12 minutes: Confirmed Starting XI: Noel Valladares; Mauricio Sabillon, Johnny Leveron, Rommel Murillo, Juan Carlos Garcia; Edder "El Camello" Delgado, Alfredo Mejia, Oscar Boniek Garcia, Emilio Izaguirre; David "El Rey" Suazo y Carlo "El Cocho" Costly
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Shane Smeltz powers a header past Noel Valladares. Rojas a with a sweet cross from the right. Rommel Murillo is such a bad defender. why the fack do they call him up. He lost the player whom he was suppose to Mark (Smeltz), and got punished for it. Thank God he won't be starting anytime soon with Osman coming back from Injury and El Muma.
Halftime: New Zealand 1-0 Honduras Minus that brain fart from Rommel Murillo. Honduras has been playing very well. Just unfortunate to score or find a clear chance at net, but then again its basically a try-out, so I don't expect a lot from this game.
Uh Oh.. sound the alarms... David Suazo walks off the game with a Thigh Muscle injury.. looks like he strained it. Allan Lalin comes in for El Pantera. Hopefully its nothing serious enough to keep him away from the Panama game.
two more subs for Honduras Juan Carlos Garcia comes off for Carlos Wil Mejia, while Marrio Berrios comes on for Alfredo Mejia. Emilio Izaguirre moves to Leftback, while Carlos Wil moves to that Left wing role.
Wilmer Crisanto comes on for Carlo Costly... Wilmer Crisanto is going to slide into that right wing role and make Boniek and Carlos Wil play more centrally.
Honduras vs El Salvador about to kick off Así sale El Salvador: Villalobos; García, Purdy, Turcios, Pacheco; Cerén, D. Alas, J. Alas, Romero; Bonilla, Burgos. Así sale Honduras: Valladares; Sabillón, Bernárdez, Leverón, Figueroa; García, Palacios, Delgado, Izaguirre; Johnson, Costly
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!! EL MUMA !!!! EL MUMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sabillon lays a corner off for Emilio Izaguirre who whips in a cross which finds Victor "El Muma" Bernardez's head and finished into the bottom of the net!! Honduras 1-0 El Salvador