(ABOVE) Action from the Central American under-17 playoff between Guatemala (white jersey) and host El Salvador on January 24, 2015, at the Estadio Cuscatlán in San Salvador.
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Guatemala qualified for the 2015 CONCACAF Under-17 Championship, defeating host El Salvador 2-0 on Saturday to win their Central American playoff series 2-1 on aggregate.
Diego Fernando Raymundo Lima (21’) and Esteban Garcia (51’) struck for the Chapines in front of a crowd of 9,374 at the Estadio Cuscatlan.
The Salvadorans won the first leg 1-0 on the road a week earlier in San Miguel Petapa.
The 12-team CONCACAF event will be played February 27 – March 15 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
For the tournament schedule, click here.
January 24, 2015: San Salvador, El Salvador – Esatdio Cuscatlan (A: 9374)
El Salvador 0
Guatemala 2 (Diego Fernando Raymundo Lima 21’; Esteban Garcia 51’)
El Salvador: Pedro Medrano; Joaquin Lozano (Jorge Najarro 26’), Alexis Montes, Juan Jose Martinez, Mauricio Gomez, Gerardo Molina (Josue Melendez 65’), Carlos Menendez, Marvin Aranda, Carlos Medrano, Luis Azenon (Carlos Herrera 55’), Fernando Quintanilla.
TD: Jose Rafael Tobar
Guatemala: Gilder Lemus; David Ramos, Fernando Fuentes, Mario Rodas, Esteban Garcia, John Mendez (Fredy Quan 70’), Diego Fernando Raymundo Lima (Stefan Beherns 64’), Victor Valdez, Erick Soto, Armando Aroche, Abel Lemus (Francisco Spross Cifuentes 90’+3).
TD: Juan Manuel Funes
