07/05/2009

Associated Press

Carlo Costly headed in a free kick by Walter Martinez in the 76th minute on Saturday, helping Honduras open group play in the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a 1-0 victory over Haiti.

Martinez took the free kick from the left of the penalty area about 2 yards up from the goal line. He drove it into the box, and Costly went up and flicked it off the left side of his head and into right corner of the net, well beyond the reach of Haiti goalkeeper Jean Dominique Zephrin.

Honduras will take on the United States next Wednesday in Washington, D.C., in the second of its three Group B games. Haiti will play Grenada, also next Wednesday in Washington.