There have been more news throughout the Central American leagues since my last update, so here's a summary:
In Guatemala, Jalapa defeated Municipal 3-1 in the Clausura final yesterday, thanks to two goals by Juan José Castillo. The return match will be Sunday at the Mateo Flores stadium, and Municipal will have to win by three goals to win the league title and advance to the group stage of the CONCACAF Champions League. The promotion playoffs are almost complete -- Peñarol de La Mesilla and Universidad de San Carlos will play in Liga Nacional next season. San Pedro and Juventud Retalteca will play off over two legs starting on Sunday to decide the final promoted team.
In Costa Rica, Santos de Guápiles will play in Primera next season after defeating Barrio México 4-3 over two legs in the Segunda División promotion playoff. It's a quick return for Santos, who were relegated from the top flight at the end of last season. Barrio México haven't appeared in Primera in 25 years.
Atlético Gualala and Necaxa drew at a goal apiece in the promotion final in Honduras. The return leg is this Sunday.
Chorrillo and San Francisco will meet in the Apertura final in Panama on Sunday. Chorrillo defeated Tauro over two legs, and San Francisco defeated Atlético Chiriqui. (I don't have to aggregate scorelines, but in the return legs Chorrillo beat Tauro 3-0 and San Francisco won 3-1.) The winner goes to the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary round.
ADDENDUM: I didn't include Nicaragua in my original post, but Chinandega FC won the second division Clausura championship after defeating Inatec 3-2 over two legs. Because Chinandega also won the Apertura tournament, they will ascend to the Primera División. According to that news report I just referenced, Inatec and Unan Managua will playoff for the runner-up position in Segunda, and the winner of that series will face Real Madriz in a promotion/relegation playoff. But Real Madriz finished seventh overall in the table; how did they end up in the playoff? I'm missing something here.
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