MIAMI – The Final Round of the 2026 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Qualifiers continues with a Central American clash between Nicaragua and El Salvador in Group A on Thursday at Costa Rica Federation Field #1 in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

This will be the fifth time these teams face each other in the Women’s U-17 category. Their last encounter came in 2015. El Salvador leads the all-time series with a 3-0-1 record.

Nicaragua will seek to bounce back after starting the Final Round with a 5-nil loss to Canada on Tuesday.

El Salvador is coming off a 1-1 draw against the Dominican Republic. Emma Torres struck for La Selecta in the 70’, before the Dominicans rescued a point in stoppage time.

**All-Time series **

El Salvador and Nicaragua will face each other for the first time in any round of the Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship.

El Salvador will face a Central American team for the fifth time in the history of the Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship (W-1 D-2 L-1). The only victory came in a 6-0 win against Guatemala on April 24, 2022, in Group H at Estadio Panamericano in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, with goals from Cynthia Ramírez, Breanna Julissa Medina (2), Carolina del Carmen Ayala , and Karoline Mercedes Velásquez (2).

El Salvador has recorded two consecutive draws in its last two matches against Central American teams:

2-2 vs Costa Rica (February 5, 2024)

1-1 vs Honduras (March 31, 2025).

Nicaragua will face a Central American team for the fourth time in the Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship and has yet to record a victory:

2-0 vs Panama (April 27, 2022)

1-0 vs Costa Rica (April 30, 2022)

2-0 vs Panama (April 6, 2025).