Last night Grenada ended their 2009 Gold Cup campaign with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Honduras in Massachusetts.

Grenada’s game was again marked by defensive mistakes and with only 71 seconds on the clock Honduras got in behind the Spice Boyz defence, goalkeeper Andray Baptiste was late to the ball, slid and missed which gave Walter Martinez an easy tap in.

On 25 minutes Honduras’ advantage was doubled. Baptiste saved an initial header from Roger Espinoza but the ball bounced back into play for Alan Lallin to nod square to Espinoza to head in at the second attempt.

Grenada were still making chances and can take a lot of heart from this as they exit the competition. On 35 minutes Delroy Facey was unfortunate to hit a post after beating the goalkeeper and with half time looming Anthony Modeste missed a good chance following a corner kick.

Moving into the 56th minute Honduras made it 3 -0 with a header from Melvin Valladeres and then on 67 minutes Honduras were given a penalty after Michael Mark brought down Mariano Acevedo. Again the Spice Boyz showed their spirit in adversity, the initial kick was saved but the rebound found the taker, Carlos Costly, for another tap in.

More chances for Honduras followed along with a notable attempt for Grenada which almost gave them a consolation but Marcus Julien’s shot was just saved by Doris Escobar.

All in all Grenada can take a lot of experience from this tournament. They came to the USA after qualifying for the Gold Cup finals for the first time in their history while also being the smallest nation ever to make the finals. The experience will no doubt have taught them a lot and they should become a lot stronger for it.

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Despite losing an early goal from a Haiti free kick the Spice Boyz took the game back to Haiti and carved out a few good chances, Delroy Facey missed the best when he hit too high from close range. Haiti were a constant threat though and with 12 minutes left a calamitous mix up in the Grenada defence let the opposition in to seal the game.

Hard luck Boyz, let’s hope for better in the game against Honduras. For a full match report click here.

USA made no mistake against Grenada in Seattle yesterday, the CONCACAF Gold Cup Group B game ended in a 4-0 win for USA with goals from Stuart Holden, Freddy Adu, Robbie Rogers and Charlie Davies. Brief video highlights are above (we couldn’t find any with English commentary) and you can click here for a full match report. Grenada will be left hoping for a better performance against Honduras and Haiti in their remaining group games.