Match Report
In the standings it was Honduras 18th on 8 points, Puerto Rico 87th on 0 — separated by 8. Puerto Rico had been under-performing their position — 149th on five-round form against 87th in the table. Per game in the league, Honduras were scoring 1.4 and conceding 1.8, Puerto Rico 0 and 4, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Honduras had not won in 5 games. Puerto Rico had been beaten in four straight games.
M. Escobar Toca took charge of the match — our records show 76 games refereed with an average of 1.3 yellow cards per game. Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino in Tegucigalpa staged the fixture, a ground that holds 34,000. Honduras led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 4-0 full-time score.