El Salvador with high hopes against Mexico in the Quarterfinals of the CU17

BRADENTON, Florida- Never before has El Salvador been so close to qualifying to their first ever FIFA U-17 World Cup, but on their way is the current Concacaf Champion, Mexico

In the past history between these two teams, El Salvador has not been able to beat the Mexican team in the last four games, they have only tied one. (2-2 in 2007).

But the current Salvadoran team has generated many illusions to achieve the desired classification to the World Cup in Brazil and will look to seek a victory with their scorers Emerson Saúl (4) and Styven Vásquez (2) against the Mexicans this Sunday.

• NOTE: All stats date back to 2011 when the Concacaf Under-17 Championship format was modified.
• This will be their 5th meeting in a CU17.
• Mexico is unbeaten, with 3 wins and 1 draw, all with a clean sheet. 12 goals in favor and 2 against.
• Faced each other in Group B of HON 1987, Mexico 1-0; in Group B of SLV/JAM 1999, Mexico 3-0; in Group A at HON/JAM 2007, 2-2 (Andrés Flores and William Maldonado; Andrés Rodríguez and Jesús Cuevas) in Honduras; and in Group C at PAN 2017, Mexico 6-0 (Kevin Menjívar and Giovanni Ávila -ec-, Luis Olivas, Daniel López x2 and Alan Maeda).
• México (MEX) will play its 82nd game. Record: 62W-14D-5L, 247GF-41GC, +206.
• El Salvador (SLV) will play its 49th CU17 match. 10W-11D-27L, 59GF-101GC, -42GD.
• México has appeared in 13 U17 World Cup: 1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 y 2017. Was champion at Peru 2005 and Mexico 2011, only Concacaf team to have won U17 World Cup.
• El Salvador has never qualified for a U17 World Cup.
• Mexico has a perfect record, 4 wins in 4 games. 13GF-1GC. Beat Jamaica 1-0, Bermuda 5-0 and Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 in Group E, then beat Puerto Rico 2-1 in R16. Has 7 saves and 3 clean sheets. Santiago Munoz leads team in scoring with 4 goals and also in shots, with 13. Has scored 2 with his foot and 2 via header.
• El Salvador has 3 wins and 1 loss, 9GF-6GC. Beat Guyana 4-0, Honduras 2-1 and lost 4-1 to Haiti in Group G, then beat Jamaica 2-1 in R16. Has 10 saves and 1 clean sheet. Emerson Saul is leading scorer with 4 goals.
• Mexico leads CU17 in shots, 80 shots, 35 on goal.
• El Salvador leads CU17 in offside calls. 9.
• Mexico leads tournament in ball recoveries, 92.
• Kevin Román (SLV): eLeads CU17 in shots (20). Has 3 assists in 4 games.
• Bryan González (MEX): Led team in shots vs. Puerto Rico, 6 shots, 4 on goal and 2 off target.
• Styven Vásquez (SLV): In addition to scoring a goal in R16 vs. Jamaica, led team in passes (37) and ball recoveries (3). 
• Israel Luna (MEX): One of the top players in 2-1 win vs. Puerto Rico. Scored his 2nd goal in 2019 CU17, the other came vs. Bermuda.