Honduras blanked by Romania 3-0

Honduras blanked by Romania 3-0

Published Jun. 5, 2010 9:35 p.m. ET

Honduras saw its winless streak stretched to five matches when it was beaten by Romania 3-0 on Saturday in its final World Cup warmup game.

Honduras hasn't won since beating the United States 3-1 in a friendly in January.

Goals by Marius Nicolae in the 20th and Gheorghe Florescu in the 45th minute gave Romania a 2-0 lead in the first half.

Mirel Radoi converted a penalty after 76 minutes to complete the scoring.

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Honduras opens its World Cup campaign against Chile on June 16 and also plays Switzerland and Spain in Group H.

Romania failed to qualify for the tournament in South Africa.
 

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