Players have been hoping for a USA-Mexico final in the Concacaf Under-20 Championships, and had their wishes granted after beating Honduras
To understand how much respect the Honduran Under-20 national team showed for the United States in their Monday Concacaf Championship clash, consider that the Catrachos entered the match undefeated, having scored a whopping 31 goals in the Concacaf tournament. Despite that impressive record, Honduras still decided the safest path to a place in the 2019 Under-20 World Cup was trotting out a defensive-minded lineup and packing numbers behind the ball rather than running the risk of being blown out by the Americans.