
Grenada visited Costa Rica after blowing a 2-0 lead at home in the previous encounter. The aggregate stood at 2-2 coming into the day, but the Costa Ricans gave themselves distance early by scoring twice in the first half for a 2-0. Costa Rica added a bonus goal just before second half stoppage time. The six yellows cards in the game were split evenly between the teams, but the goals finished 3-0 in Costa Rica’s favor. Costa Rica advance to Round Three on a 5-2 aggregate count.
Belize visited México already in a 2-0 aggregate hole. México finished off their neighbors with a goal fest, scoring four goals in the first half and three more in the second half. Poor Belize knocked the sixth of the seven goals into their own goal in second half stoppage, only to have their misery extended by another stoppage-time goal. The 7-0 trashing gave the Mexicans a 9-0 series win and a spot in Round Three as the favorites in Group B against Honduras, Jamaica, and Canada.
Goal scorers:
Guatemala: Romero 24, 43; Trigueros 86
Saint Lucia: McPhee 45
Costa Rico: Saboria 17; B. Ruiz 32; Azofeifa 90
México: Vela 8; Borghetti 9, 90+3; Guardado 33; Arce 45+1, 47; Lennen 90+2 OG (Belize)
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