New Delhi, July 29 -- a 2-0 victory over Deportivo Mixco in the Group C opener of the CONCACAF Central American Cup 2026 at the Estadio Nacional Chelato Ucles.

Jorge Benguche had set the terms of the match more than an hour before Rodriguez made them final. His opener, struck at the 27-minute mark, cut through Mixco's defensive structure with a precision that has made him one of the most reliable finishers in Honduran club football. Benguche barely waited for the celebrations; this was the expected business of a Honduran club playing at home in a competition they have contested before. For Mixco, nothing about Tuesday night at the Estadio Nacional carried any precedent at all.

Deportivo Mixco arrived in Tegucigalpa as a club making its ...