Mexico started their 2025 U15 CONCACAF Championship campaign by crushing Nicaragua by a 9-0 score. Mexico completely dominated a Nicaraguan side that never competed. Mexico could have won by more goals but a couple of good saves from Nicaragua’s goalkeeper kept the score in single digits. Mexico will now face off against El Salvador on Tuesday while Nicaragua will play against Honduras.
The first half started with Mexico coming out with their best starting 11 including Barcelona’s Robert Oliveras
and Matthew Arana and Da’vian Kimbrough up top. It didn’t take long for Mexico to completely dominate as Nicaragua held on. After getting the ball just outside the area, Matthew Arana would get past a defender and get off a left footed shot that went past Nicaragua’s goalkeeper, Carlos Muñoz and into the net to give Mexico the early 1-0 lead. After a great combination play, Lisandro Torres left the ball in the path of Da’vian Kimbrough, who got off a right footed shot past Muñoz and into the net to score and give Mexico the 2-0 lead. After Nicaragua lost the ball, Dylan Reyes would get off a marvelous shot from outside the area that went past Muñoz to score and give Mexico the 3-0 lead. Almost 17 minutes into the match, Mexico was cruising to a 3-0 lead that was well deserved. From just outside the area, Torres got off a left footed shot that forced Muñoz to make a good save. Nicaragua subbed out Fernando Vargas and Mohamed Jamhour for Kenneth Parrales and Alessandro Calero. Minutes after coming in, Calero tripped up Arana and a Penalty Kick was given to Mexico. Matthew Arana took the PK and with a strong right footed shot perfectly placed past Muñoz, he would score the goal that increased their lead to 4-0. Mexico subbed out Henry Godinez for Juan Carlos Martinez Jr. Oliveras got off a right footed shot in the area but it went well wide. Kimbrough would also get off a right footed shot in the area that went wide. Oliveras got off a right footed shot that Muñoz saved. A free kick from Gael Aguilar would go just wide. The halftime whistle blew as Mexico completely dominated in a rainy afternoon.
The 2nd half started with Mexico subbing out Goalkeeper Jose Corona (who didn’t have any participation), Robert Olivares, Dylan Reyes and Juan Garza for Sergio Bernal, Axel Sandoval , Lionel Blanco and Patricio Gil. Off a corner kick, the cross into the area was volleyed by Gael Aguilar past Muñoz and into the net to score and give Mexico the 5-0 lead. As the rain started to pour, field conditions started to hamper. A shot from outside the area from Martinez Jr forced Muñoz to make a good save. After getting the ball in the area, Paxon Ruffin got off a right footed shot that went wide. Mexico subbed out Da’vian Kimbrough and Paxon Ruffin for Xavier Ray and Patricio Silva. Nicaragua subbed out Alessandro Calero and Cesar Morales for Mikkel Mendoza and Anthony Vargas. A left footed shot a Mexico attacker forced a save from Muñoz. After a ball wasn’t cleared, Gil got off a left footed shot in the area that Muñoz made a wonderful save on. After getting the ball, Patricio Silva made a great run past a defender and got off a left footed shot past Muñoz to score and give Mexico the 6-0 lead. A great play that started from one end off the field to another with a backheel pass from Rey to Silva, who then got off a low cross into the area where Axel Sandoval got off a left footed shot past Muñoz to score a wonderful goal and increased the lead to 7-0. Torres got off a right footed shot that forced Muñoz to make another save. Off a free kick, Eider Gonzalez got off a right footed shot that Bernal easily saved, in the first shot on goal from the Central America side. After a great combination play, Juan Carlos Martinez Jr got off a right footed shot inside the area that went past Muñoz and into the net to give Mexico the 8-0 lead. Another shot from Torres forced a save from Muñoz. Off a counter, Mendoza had a chance but his right footed shot went wide. Nicargua subbed out Allan Espinoza and Hollman Mendoza for Jeremy Balmaceda and Leonard Manzanares. Off a corner kick, the ball was flicked into the path of Aguilar who missed a close range chance in a bad miss. In the last minute of the game, Juan Carlos Martinez Jr would get off a right footed shot from outside the area that went past Muñoz and into the net to score the goal that placed the score at 9-0. It was the last kick off the game as the match ended and Mexico got their superb victory.
Mexico started their 2025 U15 CONCACAF Championship in grand fashion by destroying Nicaragua with a 9-0 win. From the first minute to the last, Mexico was the superior team. The bigger physicality, speed and well worked passing was too much for Nicaragua to handle. Mexico made a great start to the tournament in which they are one of the favorites but they will have tougher opposition as the group stage continues. Nicaragua only threatened dangerously once and it was with the score already 8-0, so they will not be a good test for how the rest of the tournament will be for Mexico in terms of difficulty. Mexico will now face El Salvador, the other weak team from Group A while Nicaragua faces off against Honduras.
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