Mexico (pictured) celebrates after winning the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship, defeating host Honduras in the final on March 15, 2015, in San Pedro Sula. (Photo: Mexsport
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras – Mexico won its second straight CONCACAF Under-17 Championship title and record-extending sixth overall, defeating Honduras in the final 3-0 on Sunday night at the Estadio Francisco Morazan.
The Tricolor also stretched its unbeaten streak in the competition to 24 straight games, while the host lost for the first time in six tournament outings.
Both sides previously earned places at the 2015 FIFA World Cup, where they will be joined by Costa Rica and the United States, which also qualified by winning single-match playoffs earlier in the day.
Kevin Magaña gave the Mexicans a seventh minute lead to silence the capacity crowd. The influential Kevin Lara worked his way into the right side of the Honduran box and delivered a cross that the Guadalajara midfielder nodded home from eight-yards out.
Eight minutes later, Claudio Zamudio doubled the advantage with his third CU17 goal. Once again, Lara provided the service from the right, whipping in a cross that Zamudio headed from seven yards beyond right-diving goalkeeper Michael Perello.
Mexico put the game out of reach four minutes after the break through Ulises Torres. A right-sided free kick -- pumped diagonally into the Honduran box -- was headed to the top of the six-yard box, where Torres found the back of the net with his left foot.
The FIFA U-17 World Cup will be played October 17-November 8, 2015, in Chile.
