Mexico broke through early in the second half on a play started by Alexis Vega with a pass to Mora near the top of the box. Mora slid a pass to Jiménez, who beat Edrick Menjívar with a right-footed shot for his 42nd career international goal. But El Tri managed to hold onto that lead as 75th ranked Honduras was unable to generate an equalizer. Johan Vásquez's shot in the box deflected off Honduran defender Denil Maldonado and right into the hands of goalie Menjívar. There was a chippy moment in the 11th minute when a ball was played into the Mexico bench area.