Cuban U17 soccer team to play final match in Central American tour

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 29 (acn) The Cuban U17 soccer team will play today its second and last friendly match against El Salvador, thus finishing its Central American tour.

In the first match between these two squads, last Monday, Cuba lost 0-2. It is worth mentioning that both squads are training for the CONCACAF final, based in Panama in April and in which 12 teams will compete for four tickets to the World Cup in India, next October.
So far, the Cubans have played seven friendly matches, if adding the two friendly games of last month against Jamaica, where they drew 1-1 and then lost 0-1.
During their tour to Central America, they lost twice against Panama (2-4 and 0-5). Then, they won 2-1 and lost 2-4 to Honduras and lost (0-2) to the Salvadorans.
Thus, their current balance is of seven for and 18 against goals. Five of the goals were scored by left winger Rivaldo Roldan, including two penalties.
The Cuban squad must return to Havana on Thursday to continue its training phase at Mario López National Soccer School.