TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Rommel Quioto and Alexy Vega scored second-half goals and Honduras beat Nicaragua 2-0 Tuesday to take the group lead in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying final round after the first two matches.

Quioto scored in the 47th minute and Vega sealed the victory in the 90th for the Catrachos, who are aiming for their fourth World Cup.

The Hondurans, who defeated Nicaragua in their previous two World Cup qualifying matches, qualified for World Cup tournaments in Spain 1982, South Africa 2010 and Brazil 2014.

With the win, Honduras remains undefeated and leads Group C in Central American qualifying with four points, while Costa Rica and Haiti are in second place with two and Haiti is last with one.

The Costa Ricans wasted a lead for their second match in the final r

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