28-684: Chacón is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alex Pineda Chacón (born 1969), coach for the Atlanta Silverbacks Alicia R. Chacón (born 1938), American politician and judge Antonio Chacón (1869–1929), flamenco singer Arturo Chacón Cruz (born 1977), Mexican tenor Bobby Chacon (1951–2016), American boxer Carme Chacón (1971–2017), Catalan politician Cecilia Chacón (born 1971), Peruvian politician Charyl Chacón (born 1985), beauty pageant title-holder Diego Fajardo Chacón , Spanish military governor of
56-750: A 2–1 defeat to Ecuador . The match against France featured the first use of goal-line technology to award a goal at the World Cup: an own-goal by Honduras's goalkeeper, Noel Valladares . Against Ecuador, Carlo Costly scored Honduras's first goal in the Finals for 31 years. Honduras failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup . In the Hexagonal stage they dropped into fourth place after Panama scored an 88th-minute winning goal in their last match against Costa Rica. Honduras had themselves dropped points by conceding late goals in their two previous games, against Costa Rica and
84-519: A musical form [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Chacón . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chacón&oldid=1255288478 " Categories : Surnames Spanish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
112-546: Is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Win Draw Loss Fixture The following 28 players were called up for the CONCACAF Nations League quarter-final matches against Mexico on 15 and 19 November 2024. Caps and goals updated as of 15 November 2024 after the first match against Mexico . The following players have also been called up to
140-454: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alex Pineda Chac%C3%B3n Álex Mauricio Pineda Chacón (born 19 December 1969) is a retired Honduran footballer who played as a midfielder . Chacón spent most of his career with Club Olimpia of Honduras, joining the side in 1988, and leading the team to two Honduran championships and a CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1988. He later played with UA Tamaulipas of Mexico during
168-683: Is governed by the Federación Nacional Autónoma de Fútbol de Honduras . They are nicknamed Los Catrachos , La Bicolor, or La H . Honduras has qualified for the World Cup three times, in 1982 , 2010 , and 2014 , and never advanced beyond the group stage. Outside of the FIFA World Cup tournament, Honduras has competed in several other international competitions, like the CONCACAF Championship (which they won in 1981 ), and
196-557: Is the representative team in official men's football . They were created and played in a football tournament organized to celebrate Central American Independence the first international football match. During their first appearance at the Central American and Caribbean Games in 1930 , Honduras posted a record of two wins and three losses. Their only wins came against Jamaica (5–1) and El Salvador (4–1), while they lost two games to Cuba and Costa Rica . The national association,
224-525: The 1986 World Cup . Their next major accomplishment was being runners-up at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup , losing against the host nation, the United States . For the 1998 World Cup , Jamaica and Mexico eliminated Honduras at the third round stage. Despite Honduras's overwhelming 11–3 victory against Saint Vincent & the Grenadines , Jamaica defeated Mexico at Independence Park, Kingston , allowing
252-782: The Copa América (which their best result was third place in 2001 ). Apart from that, Honduras has also won the Central American Cup championship four times, having won the final edition in 2017 . The national team plays in the Nations League The national team made its debut in the Independence Centenary Games held in Guatemala City in September 1921, losing 9–0 to Guatemala . The Honduras Men's National Team
280-575: The National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras ( FENAFUTH ) was founded in 1935. It joined FIFA in 1946 and co-founded CONCACAF in 1961. Prior to the qualification stages leading up to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, Honduras and El Salvador found themselves in what was called the Football War . This nickname was given to the situation after a play-off game was played between
308-421: The 1993–94 season, and then for Sporting Cristal of Peru during the 1994–95 season, appearing in four Copa Libertadores matches. In 2001, Chacón joined Major League Soccer side Miami Fusion . During the 2001 season, Chacón played a crucial attacking role on a team stacked with offensive talent, including Preki , Diego Serna , Ian Bishop , and Chris Henderson . Chacón registered 19 goals and 9 assists for
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#1733086137510336-697: The Netherlands Antilles. In the first game against El Salvador, Honduras won 1–0 in Tegucigalpa on 8 June 1969. Honduras were coached by Carlos Padilla Velásquez and the only goal of the game was scored by Leonard Welch. Honduras lost the second game 3–0 in San Salvador , and a play-off was required in the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on 27 June. El Salvador won 3–2 to qualify and eliminate Honduras from
364-1089: The Philippines Dulce Chacón (1954–2003), Spanish poet Elio Chacón (1936–1992), Venezuelan baseball player Iris Chacón (born 1950), Puerto Rican dancer José Chacón (disambiguation) , several people Jourdan Chacon (1996-current), American Lázaro Chacón González (1873–1931), President of Guatemala Lucía Chacón Hechavarría (1911–2024), Cuban supercentenarian Manuel Aguilar Chacón (1797–1846), head of state of Costa Rica, elected in 1837 Mariandrée Chacón (born 2004), Guatemalan sprinter Oscar Baylón Chacón (1929–2020), Mexican politician Pablo Chacón (born 1975), Argentine boxer Pelayo Chacón (1888-after 1930), Negro and Cuban League baseball player Peter R. Chacon (1925–2014), Californian politician Santiago Chacón (born 1992), Argentine footballer Shawn Chacón (born 1977), former Major League Baseball player Soledad Chacón (1890–1936), American politician See also [ edit ] Chacon (disambiguation) Chaconne ,
392-484: The Reggae Boys to advance to the next round. Since 1993, CONMEBOL has invited teams from other confederations to participate in their confederation championship, the Copa América . Honduras took part as one of the last-minute teams added for the 2001 tournament, as Argentina dropped out one day before the start. The team arrived only a few hours before the tournament's first game and with barely enough players. Despite
420-569: The United States. They entered a play-off against Australia , and after a 0–0 draw at home, Honduras were eliminated when they lost the second leg in Sydney 3–1. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – CONCACAF third round , Honduras did considerably worse, with the Hondurans, for the first time ever in a World Cup qualification, failed to register a win, with just four draws. Immediate effect with
448-754: The arrival of a new manager Steve Nicol led to a diminished role on the squad for Chacón. He moved to the Los Angeles Galaxy after the 2002 season and soon later to the Columbus Crew , but neither move reinvigorated his career. After the 2003 season, Chacón, without a place in MLS, moved to the American A-League , where he found plenty of playing time for the Atlanta Silverbacks . Although he only registered 3 goals and 2 assists in 2004, Chacón's leadership
476-596: The goal post eight times. On 14 October 2009, Honduras qualified for the 2010 World Cup after a 1–0 win against El Salvador gave them the third automatic qualifying spot from the Fourth round of CONCACAF Qualifying . Honduras faced Chile , Spain , and Switzerland in their first-round group. In their first match they lost to Chile 1–0, to a goal from Jean Beausejour . They then lost 2–0 to Spain, with both goals scored by David Villa . In their last match they drew 0–0 against Switzerland and were eliminated in last place in
504-464: The group ahead of Panama. In the final round of qualifying, the Hexagonal , six teams faced each other in a home-and-away format. In their first two games, Honduras defeated the United States 2–1 and came back from a two-goal deficit to draw 2–2 with Mexico . They lost three of their next four matches before traveling to Mexico City to face Mexico in the Azteca . Honduras again trailed but scored twice in
532-508: The group. In the qualifying competition for the 2014 World Cup, Honduras were given a bye to the third round because of their third-place position among CONCACAF teams in the March 2011 FIFA World Rankings . They qualified for the final round by finishing first in their group, which included Panama , Canada and Cuba . After beginning with a home defeat against Panama, Honduras recovered and beat Canada 8–1 in their final match, allowing them to win
560-689: The national team as they are going through a generational change of players for the team. Honduras plays the majority of its home games at Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés in Tegucigalpa . The national team formerly played at Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano in San Pedro Sula , which stopped being the home stadium due to declining facilities. Estadio Francisco Morazán also occasionally hosts home games. Estadio Nilmo Edwards in La Ceiba has also hosted friendly exhibition matches since 2007. The following
588-432: The odds, Honduras progressed into the quarter-finals, where they defeated Brazil 2–0. In the semi-finals, Colombia knocked out Honduras 2–0. Honduras advanced to the final round in the qualifying competition for the 2002 FIFA World Cup , but again failed to qualify after losing at home to Trinidad & Tobago , and away against Mexico in their final two matches. The match against Trinidad, and Tobago saw Honduras hit
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#1733086137510616-439: The qualifications. Honduras won the 1981 CONCACAF Championship and qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 1982 . Despite drawing against the hosts Spain and Northern Ireland , both 1–1, they were eliminated in the first round after losing their last match to Yugoslavia 1–0. Honduras finished second in the 1985 CONCACAF Championship , losing their final match 2–1 against Canada , who went on to qualify for
644-534: The second half for a stunning 2–1 win . They returned to Tegucigalpa, where they drew 2–2 against Panama, who escaped defeat with a last-minute goal by Roberto Chen . In the final two games, Honduras beat Costa Rica 1–0 at home and qualified with a 2–2 draw against Jamaica in Kingston . In the Finals in Brazil, Honduras again finished bottom of their first-round group, after 3–0 defeats against France and Switzerland, and
672-600: The team and led the league in goals and points . He was recognized with the MLS Most Valuable Player Award . The Fusion were contracted after the 2001 season along with the Tampa Bay Mutiny , and he was unable to recapture the form that served him well in his first year. He was selected by the New England Revolution in the 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft , but the emergence of Taylor Twellman and
700-435: The two countries to decide which would qualify for the Finals. This political crisis eventually turned into a war that lasted approximately 100 hours. Honduras had begun qualifying by defeating Costa Rica and Jamaica. Against Jamaica, they easily won both games, 5–1 on aggregate. They beat Costa Rica 1–0 in Tegucigalpa and drew 1–1 away. This set up a final match between Honduras and El Salvador, who had eliminated Guyana and
728-517: Was an April 2000 FIFA World Cup qualification against Nicaragua . Chacón joined the Silverbacks as an assistant coach in 2007. The squad when on hiatus for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, but Chacón remained in the role. While the club was being restructured, he coached youth soccer club Forsyth Fusion, now known as the United Futbol Academy. After four years with the club as an assistant, he
756-567: Was named head coach on 7 November 2011. Álex Pineda Chacón has been released from his duties Coaching the Silverbacks in June 2012 after an unsuccessful season. Chacón has now settled in Georgia with his wife and two daughters. C.D. Olimpia Sporting Cristal Honduras national football team The Honduras national football team ( Spanish : Selección de fútbol de Honduras ) represents Honduras in men's international football . The team
784-528: Was recognized with a selection to the A-League All-League first team. Pineda Chacón made his debut for Honduras in a December 1992 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Costa Rica and has earned a total of 45 caps, scoring 5 goals. He has represented his country in 12 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 1993 UNCAF Nations Cup as well as at the 1993 , 1996 , 1998 and 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cups . His final international
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