Leandro Bacuna - Another great effort

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Curacao 1, Honduras 0

Leandro Bacuna gave Curacao its first-ever Gold Cup goal in its fifth game, finding the target in the 40th minute and leading his team to a win in the Group C nightcap at Houston.

Gevaro Nepomuceno’s cross from the right flank found Bacuna just behind the penalty spot, and Bacuna rolled the ball into the bottom right corner of the net.

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History was made on Friday in the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup, as Curacao upset Honduras 1-0 at BBVA Stadium, scoring their first goal and posting their first win in Gold Cup history in the process.

In Curacao's second tournament appearance in the Gold Cup era, they built on the experience from the 2017 tournament and their opening match this time around to post a huge result in their program's history. Honduras, on the other hand, have been eliminated from advancing to the knockout stage, a shock exit for one of the region's perennial contenders.

Honduras peppered Curacao's goal with shots, but goalkeeper Eloy Room was up to the test, making seven saves in the first half. And that effort propelled his teammates on, as Leandro Bacuna opened the scoring for Curacao against the run of play, with a wicked one-timer off a low cross in the 40th minute.

Honduras didn't give up and continued to pile the pressure on Curacao, and thought they tied up the game just before the hour through Rubilio Castillo, but the goal was waved off due to an offside call in the buildup. Curacao had a great chance to ice the result late, but a last-ditch tackle kept Honduras' hopes alive. But it wasn't to be as the Caribbean nation pulled off the win.

CONCACAF - Gold Cup:: group C
# P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Jamaica 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
2 El Salvador2 1 1 0 1 0 1 4
3 Curacao 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
4 Honduras 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 0

Jamacia v Cutacao in the last group game

He’ll be playing a big part next season

This was a strange signing at the time. We had a great chance to stay up and made a signing that suggested that we were preparing for the championship.

That being said, my mates a reading fan and insists he's a decent championship player, so he could serve us well this year.

This was a strange signing at the time. We had a great chance to stay up and made a signing that suggested that we were preparing for the championship.

That being said, my mates a reading fan and insists he's a decent championship player, so he could serve us well this year.

Not really like that though was it.

If you remember during that time things where a bit hectic at the club and signing players went on the back burner.