Forward
Carlo Costly returned to the Honduras national team a year and a half after he quit in a dispute with head coach
Jorge Luis Pinto. He is one of 29 players in Pinto's squad for
World Cup 2018 qualifying matches against Trinidad & Tobago and the USA. It includes four MLS players.
Costly, who has scored 32 goals in 74 games for the Catrachos, faced the USA in
World Cup 2009 and 2013 qualifying.
Honduras Roster: Goalkeepers: Donis Escober (Olimpia), Luis Lopez (Real
Espana), Ricardo Canales (Vida).
Defenders: Bryan Beckeles (Necaxa/MEX), Maynor Figueroa (FC Dallas), Henry Figueroa (Motagua), Felix Crisanto (Motagua), Carlos Sanchez (Honduras
Progreso), Jhonny Palacios (Olimpia) Ever Alvarado (Olimpia), Emilio Izaguirre (Al-Fayha, RSA), Jhonny Leveron (Marathon).
Midfielders: Bryan Acosta (Tenerife/ESP), Jorge Claros (Real
Espana), Alexander Lopez (Olimpia), Alfredo Mejia (Xanthi/GRE), Oliver Morazan (Juticalpa) Esdras Padilla (Juticalpa), Sergio Pena (Real Sociedad), Carlos Discua (Motagua), Boniek Garcia (Houston
Dynamo), Juan Delgado (Honduras Progreso).
Forwards: Anthony Lozano (Barcelona B/ESP), Rony Martinez (Baoding Yingli Yitong/CHN), Alberth Elis (Houston Dynamo), Romell Quioto ((Houston
Dynamo), Carlo Costly (Olimpia), Ovidio Lanza (Juticalpa), Eddie Hernandez (Motagua).
No Najar or Espinoza? Did they too get in a dispute with Jorge Luis Pinto?
Almost an elimination game between T&T and Honduras.