Hurricane Relief Tournament ("Project Soccer Relief '98") 1998

Tournament organized for the victims of the hurricane "Mitch" in Central
America in the fall of 1998; net proceeds destined for the countries
hit by the hurricane.

All matches at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.

SEMIFINALS

Tuesday, November 17, 1998, 19:00h
Att: 35,000 
MEXICO 2-0 EL SALVADOR (1:0)
  [Luis Hernández 12', Oscar Mascorro 54']

MEX: Oswaldo Sánchez - Javier Saavedra, Duilio Davino (Francisco Gabriel de Anda 9'), Oscar Mascorro, Salvador Carmona 
     (Saúl Salcedo 46'), Pavel Pardo (Luis Ernesto Pérez 72'), Nicolás Ramírez (Joel Sánchez 46'), Rafael García, 
     José Manuel Abundis (Jesús Arellano 60'), Luis Hernández (c) (Cesáreo Victorino 86'), Jesús Mendoza.
Coach: Manuel Lapuente.

SLV: Misael Alfaro - William Osorio, Wilfredo Iraheta Sanabria, Leonel Cárcamo, Guillermo Amaral García, Juan Agustín Gámez 
     (Abraham Monterrosa 75'), Carlos Alfonso Castro Borja, William Renderos Iraheta (Fredy González Vichez 84'), 
     Mario Pablo Quintanilla, Israel Castro Franco (José Alfredo Pérez 59'), Nildeson de Silva Melo.
Coaches: Mario Peres Ulibarri "Marinho" (BRA) / Julio Escobar (CHI).

Referee: Kevin Stott (USA)

Tuesday, November 17, 1998, 21:00h 
GUATEMALA 3-3 HONDURAS (2:1) [6-5 PEN]
Att: 21,300
  [Engelbert Herrera 39', Juan Carlos Plata 42', Everaldo Valencia 64'; Marlon Hernández 37', César Obando 70´ pen, Alex Pineda Chacón 85']

GUA: Edgar Estrada - Germán Ruano, Nelson Cáceres, Rigoberto Gómez, Rolando Cedeño (Erick Miranda 51'), Claudio Rojas 
     (Víctor Gómez 64'), Everaldo Valencia (Guillermo Ramírez 88'), Engelbert Herrera, Juan Carlos Plata, Freddy García, Jorge Rodas.
Coach: Eduardo Luján Manera (ARG).

HON: Héctor Medina - Mario Chirinos (Eduardo Arreola 46'), Arnold Cruz, Samuel Caballero (Ramón Romero 46'), Edgar Sierra 
     (Luis Guifarro), Alex Pineda Chacón, Juan Manuel Coello (José Luis Pineda), Oscar Lagos, César Obando, Marlon Hernández, 
     Gregorio Serrano (David Suazo 46').
Coach: José de la Paz Herrera.

Sent off: Arnold Cruz (HON) 76'.

Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (MEX)


THIRD PLACE MATCH

Wednesday, November 18, 1998, 19:00h 
Att: 27,891
HONDURAS 2-1 EL SALVADOR (1:0)
  [César Obando 4' pen, José Luis Pineda 70'; Israel Castro Franco 49']

HON: Hugo Caballero - Oscar Lagos, Samuel Caballero, Juan Manuel Coello (Luis Guifarro 76'), Ramón Romero, César Obando, 
     Gregorio Serrano, José Luis Pineda, Edgar Sierra, Marlon Hernández (David Suazo 71'), Alex Pineda Chacón (Mario Chirinos 68').
Coach: José de la Paz Herrera.

SLV: Misael Alfaro - Carlos Hernández, Leonel Cárcamo (Rafael Tovar 46'), William Renderos Iraheta (Abraham Monterrosa 46'), 
     Carlos Alfonso Castro Borja, Fredy González Vichez, Mario Pablo Quintanilla, René Durán (José Alfredo Pérez 46'), 
     Wilfredo Iraheta Sanabria, Guillermo Amaral García, Nildeson de Silva Melo (Israel Castro Franco 46')
Coaches: Mario Peres Ulibarri "Marinho" (BRA) / Julio Escobar (CHI).

Referee: Pascual Rebolledo (MEX)


FINAL

Wednesday, November 18, 1998, 21:00h
Att: 27,891.
GUATEMALA 2-2 MEXICO (0:0) [5-3 PEN]
  [Juan Carlos Plata 76' pen, 79'; Luis Hernández 75' pen, Joel Sánchez 83' pen]

Penalties: Plata (G), Hernández (G) (1:1); Miranda (G), Sánchez (W) (2:1); Ruano (G), Pardo (G) (3:2); 
           Herrera (G), Gabriel de Anda (4:3); Rodas (G) (5:3).

GUA: Edgar Estrada - Germán Ruano, Erick Miranda, Rolando Cedeño, Nelson Cáceres (Selvyn Ponciano 90'), Víctor Gómez, 
     Jorge Rodas, Claudio Rojas, Engelbert Herrera, Juan Carlos Plata, Guillermo Ramirez (Carlos Ruiz 26')
Coach: Eduardo Luján Manera (ARG).

MEX: Oscar Pérez - Salvador Carmona (Javier Saavedra 46'), Oscar Mascorro, Francisco Gabriel de Anda, Joel Sánchez (c), 
     Saúl Salcedo (Rafael García 46'), Cesáreo Victorino (Luis Hernández 56'), Luis Ernesto Perez (Pavel Pardo 46'),
     Nicolás Ramírez, Jesús Arellano, Jesús Mendoza (José Manuel Abundis 56').
Coach: Manuel Lapuente.

Referee: Ronald Gutiérrez (CRC)

Topscorers:

Plata (Guatemala)       3
L. Hernández (Mexico)   2
Obando (Honduras)       2
About this document

Thanks to Josef Bobrowsky (R.I.P.) for earlier version of this file and to Ismael Ramos (Honduras) for additional information
Prepared and maintained by Erik Francisco Lugo for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Erik Francisco Lugo
Last updated: 17 Jul 2026