Emilio Izaguirre was voted man of the match in an online poll despite Honduras losing 1-0 to New Zealand.
It was the first international appearance for the Celtic favourite in over a year after a groin strain ruled him out of last summer’s Gold Cup.
On Saturday Honduras move on to Washington DC where they will meet El Salvador in their final warm-up match before World Cup qualifiers against Panama and Canada.
Izaguirre’s impressive performance is bound to increase pressure for him to be included in the Olympic squad which will be playing at the same time as Celtic’s Champions League qualifiers begin.
The defeat to New Zealand was a big blow to the confidence of the Hondurans who impressed in the last World Cup.
New Zealand included former Celt Michael McGlinchey in their squad with coach Ricki Herbert delighted with his side’s victory.
“As an ex All White I’m really proud to see the depth and quality of the players coming through,” the coach said.
“I’m pleased we’ve been given the chance to blood them at this level of international football.
“They’ve worked hard, trained really well and they took everything on to the pitch. The discipline and organisation tonight by them was terrific.
“Tommy Smith has done a great job leading that side and I thought Ivan Vicelich with the wealth of experience and true professionalism he brings was very good tonight. Around that now we have some really good energy and pace.”
Chris Killen will join up with the All Whites squad in the Solomon Islands for the Oceania Nations Cup from June 1-10.
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